Willard Richards records Brigham Young teaching that "we are all father Adams"; the title "Father" only properly applies to "Father Adam" who is "our Father in heaven."
- Type
- Personal Journal / Diary
- Hearsay
- Scribed Verbatim
- Reference
Willard Richards Journal, February 16,1847, Willard Richards journals and papers, 1821-1854, MS 1490, Church History Library
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- Transcription
. . .we are all father adams . . . as soon at the time times I shall pass the chain to father adam. . . . I want to stop your calling me father Young. in the Priesthood. the term properly applies to father adam, & to our father in heaven.
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