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Mormonism began in western New York state in the 1820s, during a period of great religious excitement. A young farm boy, Joseph Smith, Jr., found himself so confused by the competing claims of various Christian sects that he prayed to God to instruct him about which church to join. According to Smith, God appeared to him in a pillar of light and to...
Latter-day Saints believe that theirs is the "restored church of Jesus Christ," the only true church now on earth. Mormons share with other Christians a deep belief in the atonement of Jesus Christ. They differ, however, as to Christ's role in the godhead: Whereas Protestants and Catholics proclaim Christ to be simultaneously God's son and God inca...
Mormonism is a lifestyle as well as a belief system, and Latter-day Saints are recognized as often for their strict behavioral code as for their theology. Most prominent among these principles is the Word of Wisdom, a revelation of 1883 that enjoined the Saints to abstain from alcohol, tobacco, and "hot drinks" (understood as coffee and tea). The r...
The basic unit of institutional Mormonism is the ward, a local congregation with several hundred members. Mormons are assigned to wards geographically, and boundaries change frequently as the Church grows. Each ward is supervised by a bishop, an adult Mormon male who typically serves for up to five years in that position. Mormons have no paid clerg...
In the past few decades Mormonism has evolved from a regional American religion to a new world faith. In 1947 Church membership passed the one million mark; exactly half a century later, that number had increased tenfold. One prominent sociologist predicted in 1984 that there would be 265 million Mormons by the year 2080. Thus far growth has exceed...
Not all Mormons are happy with Correlation, the Church's emphasis on numerical growth, or its increasingly conservative outlook. The 1970s witnessed some internal dissent because priesthood ordination was denied to male members of African ancestry; President Spencer Kimball reversed this policy by revelation in June 1978. Since the 1970s as well th...
Arrington, Leonard. Brigham Young: American Moses.1985. Arrington, Leonard, and Davis Bitton. The Mormon Experience: A History of the Latter-day Saints.1979. Hinckley, Gordon B. Truth Restored: A Short History ofthe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.1979. Shipps, Jan. Mormonism: The Story of a New ReligiousTradition.1985. Stark, Rodney. "...
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BYU Studies Quarterly Volume 33 Issue 3 Article 10 7-1-1993 Our Legacy of Faith: A Brief History of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints by Paul M. Edwards; The Church
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