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 orthodoxContinue reading “Christopher Blythe: The Crafting of a New Religious Movement”
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Ross LeBaron: Reincarnation
In order to understand priesthood, we must realize we have existed forever, space is endless, and there is an infinite number of gods in space. It’s all organized to some degree, but it’s also going through process and change. The one big stumbling block in the world today is people do not understand resurrection. TheyContinue reading “Ross LeBaron: Reincarnation”
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 inContinue reading “Lyle O. Wright: Overview of Ross LeBaron’s Beliefs”
Ross LeBaron and Robert Eaby: Declaration on Civil Rights and Plural Marriage, 1967
This Official Declaration, fashioned after the LDS 1890 Manifesto, signed by Ross W. LeBaron and Robert Eaby, presented a unique response in Mormondom to the new civil rights legislation. They found in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, signed by president Lyndon B. Johnson, the basis to nullify the Mormon Official Declaration 1. Transcription OFFICIALContinue reading “Ross LeBaron and Robert Eaby: Declaration on Civil Rights and Plural Marriage, 1967”
Ross LeBaron: Hearken to the Voice of the Lord
REVELATION given to Patriarch Ross W. LeBaron, at Drake, Arizona, June 5, 1962. I had been studing the scriptures concerning the ‘Mighty and Strong’, the ‘Root of Jesse’, and other prophecies relating to the time of the restoration, when the Lord would set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of hisContinue reading “Ross LeBaron: Hearken to the Voice of the Lord”
Ross LeBaron, the Holy Order and the Church of the Firstborn 