Fred C. Collier

Fred C. Collier is the Presiding Patriarch of the Church of the Firstborn and the principal modern publisher, compiler, and witness behind the materials gathered on this site.

Biographical Note

“Brother Collier was born on the 27th of December 1948, and grew up in Ogden and Roy, Utah, where he was raised as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. As a child he was of a sober Disposition and at the age of 14 his mind took a Deep Interest in the Restored Gospel, which as the future would prove, became the Calling and Preoccupation of his Whole mind and life.”¹

Life, Letters, and Personal History

History of Patriarch Fred C. Collier, Vol. 1 traces Brother Collier’s childhood, family background, early spiritual awakening, and deepening devotion to the Restored Gospel. The volume follows the path that led him to his August 1970 meeting with Ross W. LeBaron, his baptism, and his ordination in the Patriarchal Priesthood.

Fred C. Collier Letters and Short History gathers selected correspondence, brief historical material, and related documents bearing on Brother Collier’s life, calling, and the succession history of the Church of the Firstborn.

For more on Brother Collier’s life and testimony, see The Personal History of Patriarch Fred C. Collier.

The Interviews: Fred Collier Speaks

Hear Brother Collier Describe His Life and Calling In His Own Words

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Publication Work

Through Collier’s Publishing Co., Fred has preserved and published doctrinal and historical materials central to the fulness of the Restoration. A principal mission of this website is to preserve his life’s work and writings for posterity.

Selected works authored, compiled, edited, or prepared by Brother Collier are listed here in publication or issue-date order:

1973 — The Road to Eternal Life
1974 — Unpublished Adam-God Discourses of Brigham Young, 1852–1877
1975 — Adam-God in a Nutshell
1977 — The Church of the Firstborn and the Holy Order of God
1978 — Priesthood and the Law of Succession
1979 — Unpublished Revelations of the Prophets and Presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Volume 1
1981 — Re-Examining the Lorin Woolley Story
1986 — The Nauvoo Doctrine on Priesthood, Part 1: The Concept; The Nauvoo Doctrine on Priesthood
1987 — The Trinity and the Holy Spirits; The Political Platform of the Manifesto
1988 — So You Want Celestial Glory; Adoption: Law of the Kingdom
1990 — The Apostleship; The Trial of Sidney Rigdon
1991 — New Light on the Ancient Hebrew/Christian Doctrine on Deity, Part 1; The Demise of the Hebrew Goddess; Answers to Contradictions in the Adam-God Doctrine; Analyzing the Different Orders of the Patriarchal Priesthood
1993 — The Church of the Firstborn & Its Formal Organization; Unpublished Revelations of the Prophets and Presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Volume 2; The One Anointed and Appointed
1995 — The Father and the Son: The Two Gods of the Old Testament
1996 — Kirtland High Council Minutes; New Light on the Lorin Woolley Story
1997 — An Open Letter to D. Michael Quinn; Manuscript History of Brigham Young, 1847–1850
1999 — President Brigham Young’s Doctrine on Deity
2005 — Nauvoo High Council Minutes
2006 — The Book of Revelations; Doctrinal Teachings of Fred C. Collier, Vol. 1
2009 — The Gospel of the Father
2011 — The Abel Paper
2012 — The Practice of Plural Marriage in the Bible
2013 — Celestial Family Union and a Perfect Law of Theocracy; Plural Marriage Foretold in the Book of Mormon; Doctrinal Teachings of Fred C. Collier, Vol. 2
2014 — Adam-God in the Bible; Office of the One Anointed & Appointed; The Transfiguration of Brigham Young
2015 — expanded Book of Revelations edition; Section 132: Is It Authentic in All Regards?; Answers to Adam-God Problems as Found in the Scriptures
2026 — History of Patriarch Fred C. Collier, Vol. 1

Priesthood and Organization

The modern Priesthood-line claim is treated on The Priesthood Line. Fred’s own 1992 Manti address, The Church of the Firstborn & Its Formal Organization, relates his history in his own words concerning his ordination, calling, and the formal organization of the Church of the Firstborn.

Notes

“About the Author,” in Fred C. Collier, ed., Unpublished Revelations of the Prophets and Presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, volume 1, 3rd ed. (2011), XI. ↩

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