Mormon Fundamentalism - Alternative Index to Messenger Magazine

Mormon Fundamentalism Index To Messenger Magazine

Introduction

Mormon Fundamentalism was a term first coined by journalists and scholars to describe those Latter-day Saints who continue to believe in all of the doctrines taught by the Prophet Joseph Smith, who consider it necessary to keep alive all of the laws and ordinances restored through him, and believe that the authority has continued to be able to administer them.

Overview
Most Fundamentalists trace their authority back to John W. Woolley, and to the authority given to him and others in 1886 in his home by LDS President John Taylor. Although characterized as polygamists many Fundamentalists have only one wife, and also put emphasis on other early Mormon doctrines, such as the Law of Consecration. Mormon Fundamentalism is as much an outlook or perspective as it is a group of people or specific beliefs.