Brigham Young’s not on record as saying, “I’m worried that Joseph’s going to ask for my wife as an Abrahamic sacrifice.” It’s not very subtle, though. No, I don’t think it’s subtle.

Brigham Young’s not on record as saying, “I’m worried that Joseph’s going to ask for my wife as an Abrahamic sacrifice.” It’s not very subtle, though. No, I don’t think it’s subtle.

Photo: "Six Days in August" The focus of the movie is on Brigham, but it is also the story of Brigham's relationship with another significant character, Joseph Smith, played by Paul Wuthrich, who ...

This led Young to meet Joseph Smith, the founder of the Church of Christ, in 1832, joining the Latter-day Saints soon after (via History). Young was named a member of the Quorum of the Twelve ...

Brigham Young’s not on record as saying, “I’m worried that Joseph’s going to ask for my wife as an Abrahamic sacrifice.” It’s not very subtle, though. No, I don’t think it’s subtle.

Perhaps a true-to-life biography of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon Church, can never be written. Smith’s claims to accessing the divine were too outlandish, his embrace of polygamy too ...

YOUNG JOE SMITH ASSUMING POWER BRIGHAM YOUNG TO BE DEPOSED. Share full article. May 4, 1860. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from May 4, 1860, Page 5 ...

In winter 1838, while Joseph Smith was imprisoned on false charges, Brigham Young led the Saints’ painful exodus from ...

There’s dramatic power in the persecution of the Mormons in their settlement at Nauvoo, Illinois; the conviction and murder of Joseph Smith; and the resultant decision of Brigham Young to lead ...

Brigham Young left an indelible mark on Utah and the West, as colonizer, entrepreneur, ... Joseph Smith, the founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ...