L. John Nuttall records John Taylor teaching that Joseph subordinated Jesus to Adam with respect to the Priesthood.
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Jedediah S. Rogers, ed., In The President's Office: The Diaries of L. John Nuttall, 1879-1892 (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2007), 53, January 13, 1880
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- Signature Books
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Prest Taylor said, ["]I heard Joseph Smith say that Adam
aswas the Ancient of Days spoken of by Daniel. You cannot get blessings only through the organized priesthood, and where there was not an organized Church on the earth there was not priesthood & this power referred to [illegible] conferri[n]g the power of Elijahs priesthood to Elisha.["]Joseph traced the Priesthood from Adam to Peter, Jas & John—& they to Joseph . . .
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