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The Latter Day Saint movement (also called the LDS movement, LDS restorationist movement, or Smith–Rigdon movement) is the collection of independent church groups that trace their origins to a Christian Restorationist movement founded by Joseph Smith in the late 1820s.
Collectively, these churches have over 17 million nominal members, including over 17 million belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), 250,000 in Community of Christ, and several other denominations with memberships generally ranging in the thousands of members. The predominant theology of the churches in the movement is Mormonism, which sees itself as restoring again on Earth the early Christian church; their members are most commonly known as Mormons. An additional doctrine of the church allows for prophets to receive and publish modern-day revelations.
A minority of Latter Day Saint adherents, such as members of Community of Christ, have been influenced by Protestant theologies while maintaining certain distinctive beliefs and practices including continuing revelation, an open canon of scripture and building temples. Other groups include the Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which supports lineal succession of leadership from Smith's descendants, and the more controversial Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, which defends the practice of polygamy. (Full article...)
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Global distribution of LDS Church members in 2009 (from Mormons)
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Joseph Smith preaching to the Sac and Fox Indians who visited Nauvoo on August 12, 1841 (from Mormons)
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A statue commemorating the Mormon handcart pioneers (from Mormons)
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A depiction of Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery receiving Priesthood authority from John the Baptist (from Mormonism)
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Joseph Smith receiving the Golden Plates (from History of the Latter Day Saint movement)
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The 360-member Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (from Mormons)
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A depiction of Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery receiving Priesthood authority from John the Baptist (from Mormonism)
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Mormons see Jesus Christ as the premier figure of their religion. (from Mormons)
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Mormons see Jesus Christ as the premier figure of their religion. (from Mormonism)
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Mormons see Jesus Christ as the premier figure of their religion. (from Mormonism)
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A Mormon meetinghouse used for Sunday worship services in Brazil (from Mormons)
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A Latter Day Saint confirmation c. 1852 (from Mormons)
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Artist's depiction of the First Vision (from Mormonism)
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A stained glass window of Joseph Smith's 1820 First Vision (from Mormons)
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Mormons believe that the U.S. Constitution is the result of divine inspiration. Fundamentalists believe in the related White Horse Prophecy. (from Mormonism)
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The Standard Works constitute the LDS Church scriptural canon. (from Mormonism)
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Depiction of God the Father and Jesus Christ as two distinct beings appearing to Joseph Smith, Jr. during his "First Vision", reflecting Mormonism's Non-trinitarian theology. (from Mormonism and Nicene Christianity)
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Mormon pioneers crossing the Mississippi on the ice (from Mormons)
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Artist's depiction of the First Vision (from Mormonism)
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The Standard Works constitute the LDS Church scriptural canon. (from Mormonism)
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Mormons believe that the U.S. Constitution is the result of divine inspiration. Fundamentalists believe in the related White Horse Prophecy. (from Mormonism)
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The Church Administration Building (CAB) is an administrative office building in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States serving as the headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), the fourth-largest Christian denomination in the United States. Completed in 1917, the building is adjacent to Temple Square, between the Joseph Smith Memorial Building and the Lion House, on South Temple Drive. It differs from the Church Office Building in that it is much smaller and furnishes offices for the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. It also houses offices for other general authorities and their personal staff.
Only church officials and their guests are permitted to enter. The CAB has been used for meetings between church leaders and political and community leaders. (Full article...)
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The Auditorium (formerly the RLDS Auditorium) is a house of worship and office building located on the greater Temple Lot in Independence, Missouri. The Auditorium is part of the headquarters complex of Community of Christ which also includes the Independence Temple. (Full article...)
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1856 daguerreotype of James Strang, taken on Beaver Island, Lake Michigan
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints—usually distinguished with a parenthetical (Strangite)—is one of the several organizations that claim to be the legitimate continuation of the church founded by Joseph Smith on April 6, 1830. It is a separate organization from the considerably larger and better known Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Both churches claim to be the original organization established by Smith. The Strangite church is headquartered in Voree, Wisconsin, just outside Burlington, and accepts the claims of James Strang as successor to Smith. It had approximately 300 members in 1998. An undated FAQ on the church's official website reports there are around 130 active members throughout the United States.
After Smith was murdered in 1844 with no clear successor, several claimants sought to take leadership of the church which Smith founded. Among them was Strang, who competed with other prominent members, notably Brigham Young and Sidney Rigdon. (Full article...)
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Granville Hedrick (September 2, 1814 – August 22, 1881) was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement after the 1844 succession crisis. In 1863, Hedrick became the founding leader of the Church of Christ (Temple Lot), which is one of many churches that claim to be a continuation of the Church of Christ founded by Joseph Smith in 1830. (Full article...)
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The "Letter of appointment" is a controversial three-page document used by James J. Strang and his adherents in their efforts to prove that he was the designated successor to Joseph Smith as the prophet and president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Sent from Nauvoo, Illinois, on June 19, 1844, to Strang in Burlington, Wisconsin, this letter served as the cornerstone of Strang's claims, which were ultimately rejected by the majority of Latter Day Saints.
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- ... that Songs and Flowers of the Wasatch represented a shift in Mormon history toward a "socially-accepted American cultural and religious heritage", according to historian Jennifer Reeder?
- ... that Jewish Indian theory, the erroneous idea that some lost tribes of Israel became ancestors to Native Americans, influenced the Book of Mormon?
- ... that in the Book of Mormon's allusion to the raising of Lazarus of Bethany in John 11, Abish plays a role parallel to that of Jesus?
- ... that James Goldberg co-founded the Mormon Lit Blitz, an annual writing competition for very short works of Mormon fiction?
- ... that the name Zenock is misspelled in almost every published edition of the Book of Mormon?
Selected Anniversaries
- 21 September 1823: Moroni The Angel visits Joseph Smith.
- 22 September 1827: Joseph Smith receives the gold plates (pictured).
- 11 September 1857: The Mountain Meadows massacre happened.
- 30 September 1978: At the 148th Semiannual General Conference of the LDS Church, it unanimously voted to accept the 1978 Revelation on Priesthood "as the word and will of the Lord."
- 12 September 2003: The Book of Mormon Movie was given a limited theatrical release.
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“ | I am certain, because of my experience with the birth of Doctrine and Covenants 163, of this: God has some big dreams for the church. How we choose to respond to God’s vision for us as a prophetic people will make all the difference in the years ahead. | ” |
— Stephen M. Veazey, Prophet–President of the Community of Christ |
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