The United Apostolic Brothers ( Aostolic United Brethren ) or AUB is a group of Mormon fundamentalists who still practice polygamy . Currently, he has no connection with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . Along with the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ, Latter-day Saints is one of the largest associations of this type.
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| AUB Headquarters in Bluffdale, Utah | |
| Denomination | Mormonism |
|---|---|
| Chapter | J. LaMoine Jenson |
| Of members | 10,000 |
It should be noted that the naming of “united apostolic brothers” is not usually used by members of an association who prefer the terms “Priesthood” or “Group”. External sources may call the movement a group of Allreds, as its two presidents were from this family. Unlike other fundamentalist Mormon groups, an AUB member does not call himself a church, considering them to be a TSHSPD, noting that this association is currently professing not a “genuine” Mormon teaching.
A detailed description of the teachings and practices of AUB is given in the book Polygamy Primer for Utah Law Enforcement Officers [1] . In 2011, a revised version of the brochure was published [2] .
History
Members of AUB call their ideological predecessors the president of the Central Institute of Contemporary Art , John Taylor , who announced at meetings with John and Lorin Woolley that the principle of polygamy was confirmed in the revelation given to him from the deceased church leaders (under the next president, Wilford Woodruff , a revelation was received to end the practice of polygamy).
For a long time, fundamentalist Mormons were a more or less homogeneous movement, but after the ordination in 1951 by Joseph Masser of Ralon Allred as president, a group of fundamentalists from Arizona left this association and after a while created the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
In 1977, Ralon Allred was assassinated by , the thirteenth wife of the leader of the militant warring group [3] . His brother, Owen Allred, succeeded him, and after the death of the latter in 2005, the movement was led by Jay Lamoyne Jenson.
Modernity
Although polygamy has never ceased among fundamentalist Mormons, the state of Utah is currently under criminal prosecution. The situation began to change as a result of the activities of activist Joe Darger , who began to assert the right to simultaneously be legally married to three women. In 2011, he and his wives wrote the book “Love Multiplied by Three,” which became an apology for such a lifestyle [4] . In addition to literary activity, the Dargers decided to assert their rights in court, while their lawyers referred to the case lawrence v. Texas, which led to the decriminalization of the practice of homosexual couples [5] .
In December 2013, Utah County federal judge Clark Waddoups ruled that state law prohibiting polygamy is unconstitutional because it runs counter to the first amendment [6] .
Notes
- ↑ Utah Attorney General's Office and Arizona Attorney General's Office (August 2009), The Primer: A Guidebook for Law Enforcement and Human Services Agencies Who Offer Assistance to Fundamentalist Mormon Families , < http://www.attorneygeneral.utah.gov/cmsdocuments/ The_Primer.pdf >
- ↑ Utah Attorney General's Office and Arizona Attorney General's Office (January 2011), The Primer: A Guidebook for Law Enforcement and Human Services Agencies Who Offer Assistance to Fundamentalist Mormon Families , < http://attorneygeneral.utah.gov/wp-content/ uploads / sites / 6/2013/08 / The_Primer.pdf > . Retrieved January 14, 2014. Archived October 16, 2013 on Wayback Machine
- ↑ Killing for God by Julia Scheeres (English) (link not available) . Date of treatment February 6, 2014. Archived February 22, 2014.
- ↑ Darger, Joe. Love Times Three: Our True Story of a Polygamous Marriage / Joe Darger, Alina Darger, Vicki Darger ... [and others. ] . - Harper Collins , 2011 .-- ISBN 978-0-06-207407-2 .
- ↑ Michael Dorfman “Polygamists in Law”, Independent Newspaper January 15, 2014
- ↑ Dalrymple, Jim . Federal judge declares Utah polygamy law unconstitutional (14, 2013).