“I have been associated with the Fundamentalists since 1936” – Ross Wesley LeBaron wrote to Fundamentalist leader Margarito Bautista in December 1958 – “but have stood a hundred percent on my own feet.”[1] Almost 27 years later, LeBaron would give a more detailed – and probably more honest – account of his early association withContinueContinue reading “Was Ross LeBaron a Mormon Fundamentalist?”
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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”
Benjamin F. LeBaron: Patriarchal Blessing of Ross LeBaron, 1936
Blessing, given by Patriarch Benjamin F. LeBaron upon the head of Ross Wesley LeBaron, son of Alma Dayer LeBaron and Maud Lucinda McDonald, born November 16 1914, at Overton, Nevada. To view the document, click on this link: ROSS Patriarchal Blessing 1936 Reference 1. James D. Wardle Papers. University of Utah Special Collections. Spelling and capitalization asContinueContinue reading “Benjamin F. LeBaron: Patriarchal Blessing of Ross LeBaron, 1936”
Articles of Faith of the Church of the Firstborn
ARTICLES OF FAITH of THE CHURCH OF THE FIRST-BORN 1. We believe in Michael, the Eternal Father, and His Son, Jesus Christ, and in Joseph Smith, the Witness or Testator. 2. We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam`s transgression; for He partook of mortality, that He mightContinueContinue reading “Articles of Faith of the Church of the Firstborn”
Ross LeBaron: Open Letter to Francis M. Darter, 1968
Francis M. Darter (1881-1968) was a prolific Mormon Fundamentalist writer. Among the beliefs he espoused was Pyramidology, which proposed that the Great Pyramid of Giza was a “Bible in stone”, setting dates, through its measures, for the most important events in human history. Such beliefs seem to have been influential on Ross W. LeBaron, as theContinueContinue reading “Ross LeBaron: Open Letter to Francis M. Darter, 1968”
Joann Knight: Reminiscences of Ross LeBaron
Joann Knight met Ross W. LeBaron in 1960. “He was a real good dancer and I really enjoyed dancing”, she recollects. She also thought he was “weird” and “had strange ideas” which later she got used to¹. A decade later, Joann was sealed to Ross. She defined her husband as “a gentleman” and “a wonderfulContinueContinue reading “Joann Knight: Reminiscences of Ross LeBaron”
Ross LeBaron: The Fulness of the Priesthood
The fulness of the priesthood and his ordination by his father in 1950 are explained by Ross W. LeBaron in the following excerpt of Priesthood Expounded. THE FULNESS OF THE PRIESTHOOD D. & C. 124:28 To understand the doctrine of the priesthood, it is necessary to have the knowledge that Adam is God, and that heContinueContinue reading “Ross LeBaron: The Fulness of the Priesthood”
Ross LeBaron: The Nauvoo Restoration
In the following excerpt of Priesthood Expounded, published in 1985, Ross W. LeBaron writes about the restoration of priesthood keys he believed took place in the Nauvoo temple. THE THIRD MAN B. F. JOHNSON The Prophet Elijah appeared, with others, in the Kirtland Temple April 3, 1836 conferring patriarchal authority upon Joseph Smith and OliverContinueContinue reading “Ross LeBaron: The Nauvoo Restoration”
Christopher Blythe: The Crafting of a New Religious Movement
The following is an excerpt from historian Christopher Blythe’s master thesis on Ross LeBaron, submitted to the Utah State University in 2009. In his work, Blythe characterizes Ross LeBaron as “a religion maker in the same sense as Joseph Smith or Jesus Christ, in that he brought forth new concepts, which diverged from previous orthodoxContinueContinue reading “Christopher Blythe: The Crafting of a New Religious Movement”
Lyle O. Wright: Overview of Ross LeBaron’s Beliefs
The following is an excerpt is from Lyle O. Wright’s Master Thesis, submitted to Brigham Young University in 1963, based on his interviews with Ross W. LeBaron. Even though Wright’s research focused on the Church of the Firstborn of the Fullness of Times, led by Joel and Ervil LeBaron, it approached the different priesthood claims inContinueContinue reading “Lyle O. Wright: Overview of Ross LeBaron’s Beliefs”
Ross LeBaron, the Holy Order and the Church of the Firstborn 