wanna explain since you are our current lone lds rep in this thread why volluz, why byu peers who reviewed volluz' work, and why ensign mag [see post to campion with "secondary source" link] all point to a lack of standard works' undergirding for this concept?
also, care to explain "children of the devil" phrase by Jesus in John 8 if Jesus was really the brother of all? THIS is where lds are lacking in trying to explain passages like John 1:12 and 13 and adoption passages in romans 8 and also ephesians...even book os mosiah in bom militates vs lds concepts here
I was responding to this from the original post, showing an earlier credit:
...It is apparently Orson Pratt, then, who should be credited with the first attempt to...use the title elder brother as applied to Jesus.
Although upon closer read, it might be referring to the first LDS attempt.
Not sure what the original 12 century French said, either.
Sneaking on to FR while at lunch. Don't have time to answer the other questions. Not sure if I will get to them later, but I will try.