Titled Certification of Marriage in the Holy Order of God – Patriarchal, this certificate was intended to serve as a record of marital sealings performed by proxy . It was supposed to list the name of the deceased woman being sealed to Ross LeBaron, the officiator and the person acting as proxy. It interestingly includesContinueContinue reading “Certificate of Proxy Sealing to Ross LeBaron, n.d.”
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Becoming The Head of the Eighth Dispensation
In 1968, Robert Eaby wrote a two-page document with the scriptural reference that expanded the traditional Mormon view of seven dispensations of the gospel and, more importantly, portraited Ross LeBaron’s patriarchal work in cosmic proportions. Ross LeBaron talking to a caller during his show on the radio station KZZI, in Utah, 1988. | Image courtesyContinueContinue reading “Becoming The Head of the Eighth Dispensation”
Certificate of Incorporation, 1955
Certificate of Incorporation issued by the State of Utah for The Church of the First-Born on 01 December, 1955. This copy of the Certificate is found at the James Wardle Papers at the University of Utah Special Collections. Transcript State of Utah Office of Secretary of State To _____THE CHURCH OF THE FIRST-BORN______ I, LamontContinueContinue reading “Certificate of Incorporation, 1955”
Ross LeBaron: Priesthood Expounded, 1985
Priesthood Expounded is the last tract published by Ross LeBaron during his lifetime. It contains, among other themes, his views on the different orders of the priesthood, his belief in the Adam-God doctrine and reincarnation, as well as an explanation of the coming of Elijah to the Nauvoo temple, an event LeBaron believed was essentialContinueContinue reading “Ross LeBaron: Priesthood Expounded, 1985”
Ross LeBaron: Letter to J. Marion Hammon, 1958
On 17 December 1958, Ross Wesley LeBaron wrote a letter to J. Marion Hammon condemning the path taken by the Mormon Fundamentalist Priesthood Council: Whenever an organization casts out the thinkers of its membership, and only keeps the “yes men” and “blind followers”, it soon comes to an end. LeBaron is referring above to anContinueContinue reading “Ross LeBaron: Letter to J. Marion Hammon, 1958”
Baptismal and Ordination Certificates
These are two certificates of The Church of the First-Born. We haven’t been able to determine the date of these documents or for how long they were used by Ross Wesley LeBaron and his followers.
Ross LeBaron, Fred Collier: Revelation on Salvation and Exaltation, 1974
On 7 August 1974, Ross W. LeBaron received a revelation stating the purposes of the Church of Jesus Christ and the Church of the Firstborn, and their relation to the principles of salvation and exaltation of humankind. [1] The revelation was recorded in handwriting by Fred Collier, then an adopted son of Ross LeBaron. InContinueContinue reading “Ross LeBaron, Fred Collier: Revelation on Salvation and Exaltation, 1974”
DeWayne Hafen: Interview to Dale Von Atta, 1978
As a teenager, DeWayne Hafen helped Ross LeBaron in his machine shop while LeBaron taught him about the Church of the Firstborn. When Hafen met him again as an adult, LeBaron was hesitant to ordain Hafen. The reason was Hafen’s previous affiliation with The Church of the Firstborn of the Fullness of the Times. EvenContinueContinue reading “DeWayne Hafen: Interview to Dale Von Atta, 1978”
Ross LeBaron: The Opening of the Seventh Seal, 1943
In 1943, Ross Wesley LeBaron published a pamphlet identifying the seven angels or plagues of the Book of Revelation as events in the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War. Later in life, LeBaron would say that he knew some things “by revelation” and other things “by calculation”, also recognizing that he wasn’t freeContinueContinue reading “Ross LeBaron: The Opening of the Seventh Seal, 1943”
Ross LeBaron: Letter to Margarito Bautista, 1958
“Lehi was evidently the first-born of Manasseh; for he followed the patriarchal pattern[,]” wrote Ross LeBaron about the Book of Mormon patriarch. “His youngest son held the right of the first-born (evidently of the tribe of Manasseh). Lehi was patriarch to a new world, Jacob priest, and Nephi King.” A Mormon Fundamentalist, Margarito Bautista hadContinueContinue reading “Ross LeBaron: Letter to Margarito Bautista, 1958”
Ross LeBaron, the Holy Order and the Church of the Firstborn 