Brigham Young citations

Brigham Young, né le 1er juin 1801 à Whitingham, dans le Vermont, et mort le 27 décembre 1877 à Salt Lake City, fut le successeur de Joseph Smith comme président de l'Église de Jésus-Christ des saints des derniers jours de 1847 à sa mort survenue en 1877. Il fut également le premier gouverneur de l'État du Deseret, non reconnu par le gouvernement des États-Unis , puis du Territoire de l'Utah , et participa ainsi à la guerre de l'Utah.

Il se convertit au mormonisme en 1832 et devint membre du collège des douze apôtres en 1835. Lorsqu'il prit la présidence, il conduisit l'exode des pionniers mormons qui traversèrent, en chariots à bœufs ou en charrettes à bras, les plaines d'Amérique du Nord jusqu'à la vallée du lac Salé, où les premiers mormons arrivèrent en 1847.

Brigham Young est un personnage controversé, principalement en raison de ses enseignements sur la question noire, de doctrines jugées violentes et de la mise en place de la polygamie en Utah. Il a également le record de longévité à la présidence de l'Église, soit 33 ans. Wikipedia  

✵ 1. juin 1801 – 29. août 1877
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Brigham Young: Citations en anglais

“The Lord chose Joseph Smith, called upon him at fourteen years of age, gave him vision, and led him along, guided and directed him in his obscurity.”

Journal of Discourses 8:354. (March 3, 1861)
Young comments on Joseph Smith, Jr.’s First Vision
1860s

“Now, there is no harm in a teapot, even if it contains tea, if it is let alone.”

Journal of Discourses, 12:28 (April 7, 1867)
Young discusses the Mormon prohibition against drinking coffee and tea, known as the Word of Wisdom.
1860s

“Now hear it, O inhabitants of the earth, Jew and Gentile, Saint and sinner! When our father Adam came into the garden of Eden, he came into it with a celestial body, and brought Eve, one of his wives, with him. He helped to make and organize this world. He is MICHAEL, the Archangel, the ANCIENT OF DAYS! about whom holy men have written and spoken-He is our FATHER and our GOD, and the only God with whom WE have to do. Every man upon the earth, professing Christians or non-professing, must hear it, and will know it sooner or later. They came here, organized the raw material, and arranged in their order the herbs of the field, the trees, the apple, the peach, the plum, the pear, and every other fruit that is desirable and good for man; the seed was brought from another sphere, and planted in this earth. The thistle, the thorn, the brier, and the obnoxious weed did not appear until after the earth was cursed. When Adam and Eve had eaten of the forbidden fruit, their bodies became mortal from its effects, and therefore their offspring were mortal…It is true that the earth was organized by three distinct characters, namely, Eloheim, Yahovah, and Michael, these three forming a quorum, as in all heavenly bodies, and in organizing element, perfectly represented in the Deity, as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.”

Journal of Discourses 1:50-51 (April 9, 1852)
This concept is commonly referred to as the "Adam–God theory."
1850s