Lorin C. Woolley

<p>Lorin Calvin Woolley (October 23, 1856 – September 19, 1934) was an American proponent of <a href="/facts/Mormonism_and_polygamy/reK8UCB7">plural marriage</a> and one of the founders of the <a href="/facts/Mormon_fundamentalism/9sBFp9C4">Mormon fundamentalist</a> movement. As a young man in <a href="/facts/Utah_Territory/whlecHsX">Utah Territory</a>, Woolley served as a courier and bodyguard for polygamous leaders of <a href="/facts/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints/rcgQH9bT">the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> (LDS Church) in hiding during the federal crusade against polygamy. His career as a religious leader in his own right commenced in the early twentieth century, when he began claiming to have been set apart to keep plural marriage alive by <a href="/facts/President_of_the_Church_(LDS_Church)/AjagoU8n">church president</a> <a href="/facts/John_Taylor_(Mormon)/7DX5gCRb">John Taylor</a> in connection with the <a href="/facts/1886_Revelation/5CDmxv24">1886 Revelation</a>. Woolley's distinctive teachings on authority, morality, and doctrine are thought to provide the theological foundation for nearly ninety percent of Mormon fundamentalist groups.
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Lorin C. Woolley