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History of the Latter Day Saint movement

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which was a promise to voluntarily give all their property to the community for equal distribution, Joseph Smith received a revelation that God would build Zion later, when the people were ready. Both the Community of Christ and the LDS Church have come to understand Zion as primarily a community way of life that is centered around Jesus Christ, but many people still believe that, when they are ready, they will be able to build the literal city of Zion as well.
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issue, and Joseph recorded a series of revelations, which included a description of several real spiritual gifts, a statement that only Joseph Smith, as the Prophet, could receive new doctrines and commandments for the Church, and a warning that not all supernatural experiences come from God. This effort to balance charismatic experience with order and stability became a lasting characteristic of the Latter Day Saint Movement.
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in the early twenty-first century. Today the church is led by President/Prophet Stephen M. Veazey, who is no relation to Joseph Smith. While the Community of Christ is somewhat more in line doctrinally with mainline Protestantism, they also believe in the Book of Mormon and an open scriptural canon,
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and others, vied for control of the church in Kirtland. Re-establishing the original "Church of Christ" name, these "reformed Latter Day Saints" took possession of the temple and excommunicated Smith and Rigdon. Smith and Rigdon relocated to Missouri and were followed there by hundreds of loyalists
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After the restoration of the Priesthood, Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery began baptizing dozens of people, as early as June 1829. (History of the Church 1:6, p. 59). These converts did not belong to a formal church organization. Nevertheless, this community of believers referred to themselves as
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in Jackson County. (D & C 57:3) Latter Day Saints began to settle the area to "build up" the City of Zion in 1831. Settlement was rapid and non-Mormon residents became alarmed that they might lose political control of the county to the Latter Day Saints. In October 1833, non-Mormon vigilantes
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During the Kirtland era, many charismatic experiences were reported, many involving visitations of angels or communication from God through stones. However, some Church members claimed to receive revelations that contradicted those received by Joseph Smith. He and several followers prayed about the
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Many of Joseph Smith's early revelations prophesied that the Latter Day Saints would build Zion, a new Jerusalem, a religious utopia centered in Jackson County, MO. The Prophet urged his followers to give everything they had to this cause. However, when they failed to live the Law of Consecration,
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be constituted as the new presiding authority. A vote of the congregation overwhelmingly supported Young's proposal, said to have been caused by Brigham briefly yet miraculously having the "voice and countenance of Joseph Smith" during his talk. Soon after, Rigdon left Nauvoo and established his
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Most Latter Day Saints trace the beginnings of Mormonism to Joseph Smith's First Vision, which he said he had in about 1820 in the woods near his home. Early accounts of this vision describe it as a vision of Jesus in which he was told his sins were forgiven. Later, more detailed accounts indicate
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While not considered a schism of the Church of Christ (Fettingite) and its founder Otto Fetting, the Church of Christ at Halley's Bluff accepted Fetting's revelations, but it did not immediately break with the Fettingites in 1929. Nerren and Long instead formed a separate sect in 1932, which was
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felt threatened by growing Mormon political power, commercial rivalries, and a new religion with at least two elements that were hard to digest in the religious community of that time: first, Latter Day Saints had a somewhat different perspective on the nature of God from traditional Protestants;
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In a general meeting of the church at Nauvoo on August 8, 1844, Rigdon and Young presented their respective cases. As the only surviving member of the First Presidency (who had not officially apostatized), Rigdon argued that he should be made "guardian" of the church. Young argued that without
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to have organized a secret council of the church called the "Council of the Kingdom". Practices of this council included acclaiming Joseph Smith as "Prophet, Priest, and King" in addition to polygamy. These secrets were threatened to be released in a newspaper called the
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ideas were circulating in the western frontier, the family of Joseph Smith was living in western New York, where they attended many of the local revivals. During this time, the area was seeing so many Christian revivals that western New York's most well-known revivalist
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and other visions. This eventually led him to a restoration of Christian doctrine that, he said, was lost after the early Christian apostles were killed. In addition, several early leaders made marked doctrinal and leadership contributions to the movement, including
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The Community of Christ, known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS) until 2001, is the second largest group, with over 250,000 members. Joseph Smith's descendants continued to serve as Prophet and President until the retirement of
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Years elapsed, and despite Mormon lawsuits and petitions, the non-Mormons in Jackson refused to allow the Mormons to return. Meanwhile, new converts to Mormonism continued to migrate to Missouri and settle in Clay County. In 1836, the Missouri legislature created
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Latter Day Saints generally share an open canon. While different sects believe in different revelations, a central theme of the Latter Day Saint movement is that God always has more to say to the church, because the church's situation is always changing.
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and reclaimed the name of the movement's original organization, the "Church of Christ." This group was the first group of Latter Day Saints to return to Independence, Missouri, to "redeem Zion." They are now headquartered on portion of the original
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Latter Day Saints believe in the Bible and other ancient scripture. However, the modern prophet is usually considered to be a more important source of revelation, because he receives contemporary (and, thus, more relevant) instructions from God.
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area, causing hundreds of his adherents to follow him into Mormonism. A fiery orator, Rigdon was called to be Smith's spokesman, and immediately became one of the movement's leaders. By 1831 the church's headquarters were established in
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While based in Kirtland, the church changed its name to the "Church of the Latter Day Saints", and added a number of new doctrines and leadership offices. An attempt to establish a communitarian economy known as the
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rituals, or to communicate with spirits or angels. Until about the 1830s, the use of such divining media, even as a profession, was thought by many, though not all, as "honorable and profitable employment".
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as the Son of God and the Savior and Redeemer of the world. They accept his sacrifice as the only way to be saved. According to this movement's theology, that is the central message of the scriptures.
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and place great emphasis upon peacemaking and similar pursuits. The Community of Christ has ordained women to priesthood since 1985 and dedicated a temple in Independence, Mo., in 1994.
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succeeded in driving the Mormons from the county. Deprived of their homes and property, the Latter Day Saints temporarily settled in the area around Jackson County, especially in
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on May 15, 1829, were visited by an angel who gave them the "Holy Priesthood". (Messenger and Advocate, 1(1), Oct. 1, 1834.) In 1835, Smith and Cowdery stated that the angel was
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Some of the early movement's most important charismatic experiences were shared between Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery, who joined the movement during the translation of the
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All men who were tried for the murders were acquitted after the prosecuting attorney dismissed the testimonies of the state's witnesses suddenly in his closing remarks.
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churches. Its history is characterized by intense controversy and persecution in reaction to some of the movement's doctrines and practices and their relationship to
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With Rigdon's flight, Young and most of the Twelve Apostles assumed control of church headquarters in Nauvoo. A conflict with Joseph Smith's last surviving brother,
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Note 3:David Whitmer estimated the number at fifty, although as many as seventy-three could have been in attendance. See Porter, "Organizational Origins," 153-55
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With the help of sympathetic non-Mormons in Illinois, in the spring of 1839 the Latter Day Saint refugees regrouped and began to establish a new headquarters in
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As a result of the war, 2,500 Missouri militia troops were called out to put down the Mormon "rebellion." Smith and other church leaders were imprisoned in
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exacerbated all these fears and non-Mormons throughout Illinois began to clamor for his arrest. When Smith submitted to imprisonment in the county seat of
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Smith was also told that all Christian denominations had become corrupt and further clarify that Smith saw multiple heavenly beings, including Jesus and
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and Oliver Cowdery said they received a revelation about "how he should build up his church & the manner thereof". This revelation was called the "
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and, for most of the later translation, Oliver Cowdery. Smith said he translated the text through the gift and power of God and through the aid of the
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Most Latter Day Saint sects believe that authority from Jesus Christ is necessary in order to baptize, give the gift of the Holy Ghost, or administer
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in March 1842. There are some similarities between Mormon temple worship and symbolism and the stories and symbols of Freemasonry. In modern times,
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Whenever Latter Day Saints gathered in large numbers, they met with opposition from neighbors who suspected that Mormon bloc-voting would lead to
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into a legal institution. By later accounts, this meeting was a charismatic event, in which members of the congregation had visions, prophesied,
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Others remained unaffiliated, however, and in 1863 a group of Latter Day Saints from Illinois and Indiana united under the leadership of
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In 1838 Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon and their loyalists left the former church headquarters of Kirtland and relocated to
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was also considered as a potential successor. Other men who (by some reports) were designated as successors, including
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While the church was headquartered in Far West, Smith announced revelations that changed the name of the church to the "
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As the church was gathering to Kirtland, a second gathering place was established 900 miles distant, on the frontier in
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On April 6, 1830, Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, and a group of approximately 50 believers met to formally organize the
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militiamen, the Carthage Greys, a mob of disbanded militia units, attacked without resistance. Joseph and his brother
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second, the claim of modern revelation, together with the claim of new scripture, opened the canon of the Bible.
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The largest group of Latter Day Saints followed nine of the Twelve Apostles west, establishing a way station at
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Meanwhile, at Nauvoo, the conflict between Mormons and non-Mormons escalated into what is sometimes called the "
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specifically for Mormon settlement and Missouri branches of the church gathered there, centering on the town of
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In the months following Smith's murder, it was not immediately clear who would lead the church. His brother,
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Nauvoo saw the final flowering of Joseph Smith's vision for the movement, including some of Mormonism's more
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Another related strand of religious thought that became important to the Latter Day Saint movement was the
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By far the largest of the sects, with membership in the millions, the LDS Church continues to be led by
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The people of western New York, like the rest of the United States at the time, were also influenced by
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Smith there, there was no presiding authority higher than the Twelve. Therefore, he proposed that the
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and the majority of the Latter Day Saints were deprived of their property and expelled from the state.
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Smith also described many other visions involving angels. Some of his earliest visitations involved a
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After he said he received the Golden Plates, Smith began to dictate their translation to his wife
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Latter Day Saints do not typically distinguish between this Restoration movement and the broader
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area of western New York, where its founder Joseph Smith was raised during a period of religious
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in the early 19th century and that led to the set of doctrines, practices, and cultures called
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by Jesus, but eventually lost their Christian faith through a series of wars and corruption.
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The bulk of Sidney Rigdon's church had dissolved by 1847, but some loyalists reorganized as
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said he had several visions or dreams, as had Smith's paternal and maternal grandfathers.
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Shared experiences by Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery, and restoration of the priesthood
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See Temple Lot – derived denominations in addition to pair above.
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17.0 million (2022), about 98–99% of Latter Day Saint movement – Utah-based
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and others. Years later, many of this group of "dissenters" became part of the
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252,000 (2019), about 1–2% of Latter Day Saint movement – Missouri-based
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from April to June 1829. Some time in April 1829, Smith dictated a story of
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Other notable minor factions of the Latter Day Saint movement include: the
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Anderson, Karl Ricks, Joseph Smith's Kirtland: Eyewitness Accounts, 1989
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Apostles—the council in charge of the church's missionary program—led by
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For a listing of denominations within the Latter Day Saint movement, see
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of Nauvoo—the church's highest legislative and judicial council—led by
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for some time, in Nauvoo he began to teach other leaders the doctrine.
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Kirtland also was the site of the construction of the movement's first
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Kingdom of God
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minister, who led several congregations of Restorationists in Ohio's
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Smith and Cowdery further elaborated for the 1835 publication of the
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later joined by five other former Temple Lot congregations by 1941.
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also established church organizations that had limited followings.
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True and Living Church of Jesus Christ of Saints of the Last Days
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As a result, three of the principal claimants on the scene were:
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A significant early event in this Second Great Awakening was the
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Rigdon, Young and Marks were later joined by a fourth claimant,
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which he said contained the writings of the Biblical patriarchs
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Early visits by angels, Urim and Thummim, and the Book of Mormon
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See fundamentalist denominations in addition to the pair above.
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was much more ambitious than being just a purported history of
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The Church of the Firstborn and the General Assembly of Heaven
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The movement more than doubled in size with the conversion of
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Nelson 1268:Granville Hedrick 1251:, now called the 1202:William Bickerton 917:, the Nauvoo-era 862:Liberty, Missouri 559:the Lord's church 274:, July 24, 1822) 89: 88: 81: 7158: 7127: 7122: 7110: 7099: 7093: 7086: 7080: 7077:Church of Christ 7073: 7063: 7054: 7000: 6965: 6857: 6822: 6701: 6572: 6568: 6528:Thomas B. Nerren 6525: 6520:Church of Christ 6509: 6506:Church of Israel 6383: 6365: 6360:(The Assured Way 6288: 6280:Church of Christ 6275: 6262: 6243: 6238:Church of Christ 6234: 6233: 6220: 6214: 6207: 6200: 6191: 6082: 6045: 5933: 5920: 5749: 5601: 5565: 5562:Church of Christ 5532:Nolan W. Glauner 5529: 5496: 5458: 5428: 5391: 5367: 5364: 5363: 5350: 5344: 5337: 5330: 5321: 5181: 5180: 5176: 5168: 5008: 4949: 4886: 4868: 4813: 4743: 4671: 4598: 4530: 4519: 4504: 4441: 4371: 4361: 4346: 4339: 4324: 4317: 4316: 4303: 4297: 4290: 4283: 4274: 4143: 4013: 3990: 3840: 3829: 3717: 3706: 3687: 3676: 3535: 3437: 3434:Joseph Smith III 3418: 3415:Wallace B. Smith 3407: 3404:Steven M. Veazey 3396: 3358: 3355:Joseph Smith Jr. 3177: 3166: 3155: 3152:Thomas S. Monson 3144: 3133: 3040: 2990: 2989: 2972: 2965: 2958: 2949: 2816:Nauvoo, Illinois 2761:The Mormon Image 2596:Native Americans 2516:Son of perdition 2501:Second anointing 2441:Heavenly Parents 2416:Degrees of glory 2266:Joseph Smith III 2261:Wilford Woodruff 2085:Amboy Conference 2061:Mormon Battalion 2034:Church of Christ 1980: 1973: 1966: 1957: 1905:. Random House. 1891: 1879: 1821: 1820: 1808: 1798: 1792: 1791: 1789: 1788: 1773: 1767: 1764: 1758: 1757: 1740: 1734: 1733: 1727: 1719: 1707: 1701: 1700: 1688: 1682: 1681: 1679: 1678: 1664: 1658: 1657: 1655: 1654: 1640: 1631: 1630: 1628: 1627: 1612: 1528: 1523: 1522: 1521: 1514: 1509: 1508: 1391:John the Baptist 1375:Council of Fifty 1350:Wallace B. Smith 1331:church president 1245:Joseph Smith III 1164:Salt Lake Valley 1133:Joseph Smith III 1109:Voree, Wisconsin 1056:The (Presiding) 1051:First Presidency 944:Nauvoo Expositor 923:Second Anointing 855:George M. Hinkle 737:when he married 664:First Presidency 613:Movement in Ohio 601:spoke in tongues 597:Church of Christ 486:John the Baptist 450:Native Americans 429:Urim and Thummim 360:Nauvoo, Illinois 307:Church of Christ 244:Joseph Smith Sr. 125:Latter Day Saint 84: 77: 73: 70: 64: 59:this article by 50:inline citations 37: 36: 29: 7166: 7165: 7161: 7160: 7159: 7157: 7156: 7155: 7141: 7140: 7139: 7134: 7133: 7131: 7130: 7123: 7119: 7114: 7113: 7100: 7096: 7087: 7083: 7074: 7070: 7060: 7059: 7056: 7051: 7050: 7049: 7042: 6999: 6963: 6856: 6820: 6709: 6584: 6579: 6578: 6576: 6575: 6569: 6565: 6559: 6535: 6530: 6524: 6521: 6508: 6388: 6382: 6364: 6361: 6359: 6357: 6294: 6292: 6290: 6281: 6279: 6277: 6268: 6266: 6264: 6253: 6248: 6242: 6239: 6225: 6218: 6081: 6043: 5932: 5918: 5768: 5751: 5748: 5626: 5621: 5620: 5600: 5564: 5528: 5495: 5427: 5390: 5355: 5348: 5174: 5170: 5039: 5034: 5033: 5007: 4948: 4888: 4867: 4812: 4742: 4670: 4597: 4522:Joel F. LeBaron 4518: 4503: 4440: 4345: 4341:Centennial Park 4323: 4308: 4301: 4141: 4019: 4012: 4008: 4004: /  4000: 3988: 3839: 3827: 3716: 3705: 3686: 3674: 3543: 3436: 3417: 3406: 3394: 3357: 3176: 3165: 3154: 3143: 3131: 3048: 2981: 2976: 2946: 2941: 2928: 2835: 2811:Mormon corridor 2789: 2756: 2713:Mormon foodways 2701:Mormon folklore 2659: 2540: 2446:Heavenly Mother 2379: 2290: 2222: 2207:Strangites only 2144:Book of Abraham 2115: 2020: 1989: 1984: 1942: 1920: 1898: 1896:Further reading 1877: 1872: 1844:(Urbana: 1992). 1830: 1825: 1824: 1817: 1800: 1799: 1795: 1786: 1784: 1775: 1774: 1770: 1765: 1761: 1742: 1741: 1737: 1720: 1709: 1708: 1704: 1691:Smith, Joseph. 1690: 1689: 1685: 1676: 1674: 1666: 1665: 1661: 1652: 1650: 1642: 1641: 1634: 1625: 1623: 1614: 1613: 1606: 1601: 1596: 1591: 1524: 1519: 1517: 1510: 1503: 1500: 1491: 1485: 1473: 1467: 1454: 1448: 1436: 1426: 1421: 1407: 1359: 1345: 1339: 1319: 1313: 1308: 1302: 1297: 1291: 1285: 1241:Emma Hale Smith 1206:James J. Strang 1156: 1154:Major divisions 1121: 1105:James J. Strang 1079:Smith's widow, 1013: 1008: 1002: 959: 953: 931:plural marriage 927:Anointed Quorum 876: 870: 843:Thomas B. Marsh 839:1838 Mormon War 808: 796:Caldwell County 767: 735:plural marriage 707:Kirtland Temple 627:Western Reserve 615: 539: 521: 466: 421:Emma Hale Smith 402: 396: 383: 377: 372: 352: 346: 283:Barton W. Stone 197: 192: 85: 74: 68: 65: 55:Please help to 54: 38: 34: 27: 12: 11: 5: 7164: 7162: 7154: 7153: 7143: 7142: 7136: 7135: 7129: 7128: 7116: 7115: 7112: 7111: 7094: 7081: 7075:Organized the 7067: 7066: 7058: 7057:    7045: 7044: 7043:    7038: 7037: 7035: 7033: 7031: 7029: 7027: 7025: 7023: 7021: 7019: 7017: 7015: 7013: 7011: 7008: 7007: 7005: 7003: 6997:Alpheus Cutler 6994: 6992: 6990: 6988: 6986: 6984: 6982: 6980: 6978: 6976: 6974: 6972: 6970: 6968: 6958: 6956: 6954: 6952: 6949: 6947: 6946: 6944: 6942: 6940: 6938: 6936: 6934: 6932: 6930: 6928: 6926: 6924: 6922: 6920: 6918: 6916: 6914: 6912: 6910: 6908: 6906: 6904: 6902: 6900: 6898: 6895: 6894: 6892: 6890: 6888: 6886: 6884: 6882: 6880: 6878: 6876: 6874: 6872: 6870: 6868: 6865: 6864: 6862: 6860: 6851: 6849: 6847: 6845: 6843: 6841: 6839: 6837: 6835: 6833: 6831: 6829: 6827: 6825: 6815: 6813: 6811: 6809: 6806: 6804: 6803: 6801: 6799: 6797: 6795: 6793: 6791: 6789: 6787: 6785: 6783: 6781: 6779: 6777: 6775: 6773: 6771: 6769: 6767: 6765: 6763: 6761: 6759: 6757: 6755: 6753: 6750: 6748: 6747: 6745: 6743: 6741: 6739: 6737: 6735: 6733: 6731: 6729: 6727: 6725: 6723: 6721: 6719: 6717: 6715: 6713: 6711: 6708: 6699: 6697: 6695: 6693: 6690: 6688: 6687: 6685: 6683: 6681: 6679: 6677: 6675: 6673: 6671: 6669: 6667: 6665: 6663: 6661: 6659: 6657: 6655: 6653: 6651: 6649: 6647: 6645: 6643: 6641: 6639: 6636: 6635: 6633: 6631: 6629: 6627: 6624: 6623: 6621: 6619: 6617: 6615: 6613: 6611: 6609: 6607: 6605: 6603: 6601: 6599: 6597: 6595: 6593: 6591: 6589: 6587: 6585: 6581: 6580: 6574: 6573: 6562: 6561: 6555: 6554: 6552: 6550: 6547: 6546: 6544: 6542: 6540: 6538: 6526:Organized by: 6517: 6515: 6503: 6501: 6499: 6497: 6495: 6492: 6491: 6489: 6487: 6484: 6483: 6481: 6479: 6477: 6475: 6473: 6471: 6469: 6467: 6465: 6463: 6461: 6459: 6457: 6455: 6453: 6451: 6448: 6446: 6445: 6443: 6441: 6439: 6437: 6435: 6433: 6431: 6429: 6427: 6425: 6423: 6421: 6418: 6417: 6415: 6413: 6411: 6408: 6407: 6405: 6403: 6401: 6399: 6397: 6395: 6393: 6391: 6384:Organized by: 6377: 6375: 6373: 6371: 6368:Leonard Draves 6352: 6350: 6349: 6347: 6345: 6343: 6341: 6339: 6337: 6335: 6333: 6331: 6329: 6327: 6325: 6323: 6321: 6319: 6317: 6314: 6313: 6311: 6309: 6307: 6305: 6303: 6300: 6299: 6297: 6286: 6284: 6273: 6271: 6263:William Draves 6260: 6258: 6256: 6244:Organized by: 6231: 6230: 6227: 6226: 6219: 6217: 6216: 6209: 6202: 6194: 6187: 6185: 6183: 6181: 6178: 6176: 6175: 6173: 6171: 6169: 6167: 6165: 6163: 6161: 6159: 6157: 6155: 6153: 6151: 6149: 6147: 6145: 6143: 6141: 6139: 6137: 6135: 6133: 6131: 6129: 6127: 6125: 6122: 6121: 6119: 6117: 6115: 6113: 6111: 6109: 6107: 6105: 6103: 6101: 6099: 6097: 6095: 6093: 6090: 6089: 6087: 6085: 6076: 6074: 6072: 6070: 6068: 6066: 6064: 6062: 6060: 6058: 6056: 6054: 6052: 6050: 6048: 6038: 6036: 6034: 6032: 6029: 6027: 6026: 6024: 6022: 6020: 6018: 6016: 6014: 6012: 6010: 6008: 6006: 6004: 6002: 6000: 5998: 5996: 5994: 5992: 5990: 5988: 5986: 5984: 5982: 5980: 5978: 5976: 5973: 5972: 5970: 5967: 5966: 5964: 5962: 5960: 5958: 5956: 5954: 5952: 5950: 5948: 5946: 5944: 5942: 5940: 5938: 5936: 5927: 5925: 5923: 5913: 5911: 5909: 5907: 5904: 5903: 5901: 5899: 5897: 5895: 5893: 5891: 5889: 5887: 5884: 5883: 5881: 5879: 5877: 5875: 5873: 5871: 5869: 5867: 5865: 5863: 5861: 5859: 5857: 5855: 5853: 5851: 5849: 5847: 5845: 5843: 5841: 5839: 5837: 5835: 5833: 5831: 5828: 5827: 5825: 5823: 5821: 5819: 5817: 5815: 5812: 5811: 5809: 5807: 5805: 5803: 5801: 5799: 5797: 5795: 5793: 5791: 5789: 5787: 5785: 5783: 5781: 5779: 5777: 5775: 5773: 5771: 5766:Denver Snuffer 5762:Restorationism 5758:Reorganization 5743: 5741: 5739: 5737: 5734: 5732: 5731: 5729: 5727: 5725: 5723: 5721: 5719: 5717: 5715: 5713: 5711: 5709: 5707: 5705: 5703: 5701: 5699: 5697: 5695: 5693: 5691: 5689: 5687: 5685: 5683: 5681: 5679: 5676: 5675: 5673: 5670: 5669: 5667: 5665: 5663: 5661: 5659: 5657: 5655: 5653: 5651: 5649: 5647: 5645: 5643: 5641: 5639: 5637: 5635: 5633: 5631: 5629: 5627: 5623: 5622: 5616: 5615: 5612: 5611: 5609: 5607: 5604:David B. Clark 5602:Organized by: 5594: 5592: 5591: 5589: 5587: 5585: 5583: 5580: 5579: 5576: 5575: 5573: 5571: 5568:David B. Clark 5566:Organized by: 5558: 5556: 5555: 5553: 5551: 5549: 5547: 5544: 5543: 5540: 5539: 5537: 5535: 5530:Organized by: 5522: 5520: 5519: 5517: 5515: 5513: 5511: 5508: 5507: 5504: 5503: 5501: 5499: 5491: 5490: 5488: 5485: 5484: 5482: 5480: 5478: 5476: 5474: 5471: 5469: 5468: 5466: 5464: 5455: 5453: 5452: 5450: 5448: 5446: 5444: 5441: 5440: 5437: 5436: 5434: 5432: 5421: 5419: 5418: 5416: 5414: 5412: 5410: 5407: 5406: 5403: 5402: 5400: 5398: 5392:Organized by: 5384: 5382: 5381: 5379: 5376: 5374: 5373: 5361: 5360: 5357: 5356: 5349: 5347: 5346: 5339: 5332: 5324: 5317: 5315: 5313: 5311: 5308: 5307: 5305: 5303: 5301: 5299: 5296: 5295: 5293: 5291: 5289: 5287: 5285: 5283: 5281: 5279: 5277: 5275: 5273: 5271: 5269: 5267: 5265: 5263: 5261: 5259: 5257: 5255: 5253: 5251: 5249: 5247: 5245: 5243: 5241: 5239: 5236: 5235: 5233: 5230: 5229: 5227: 5225: 5223: 5221: 5219: 5217: 5215: 5213: 5211: 5209: 5207: 5205: 5203: 5201: 5199: 5197: 5195: 5193: 5191: 5189: 5187: 5185: 5167:movement  5162: 5160: 5158: 5156: 5153: 5151: 5150: 5148: 5146: 5144: 5142: 5140: 5138: 5136: 5134: 5132: 5130: 5128: 5126: 5124: 5122: 5120: 5118: 5116: 5114: 5112: 5110: 5108: 5106: 5104: 5102: 5100: 5098: 5096: 5093: 5092: 5090: 5088: 5085: 5084: 5082: 5080: 5078: 5076: 5074: 5072: 5070: 5068: 5066: 5064: 5062: 5060: 5058: 5056: 5054: 5052: 5050: 5048: 5046: 5044: 5042: 5040: 5036: 5035: 5029: 5028: 5026: 5023: 5022: 5020: 5018: 5016: 5014: 5009:Organized by: 5002: 5000: 4998: 4996: 4993: 4991: 4990: 4988: 4986: 4984: 4982: 4980: 4978: 4976: 4974: 4972: 4969: 4968: 4966: 4963: 4962: 4960: 4958: 4956: 4950:Organized by: 4943: 4941: 4939: 4937: 4934: 4932: 4931: 4929: 4927: 4925: 4923: 4921: 4919: 4917: 4915: 4913: 4910: 4909: 4907: 4905: 4903: 4901: 4899: 4897: 4894: 4893: 4891: 4884: 4882: 4880: 4878: 4876: 4874: 4869:Organized by: 4862: 4860: 4858: 4856: 4853: 4851: 4850: 4848: 4845: 4844: 4842: 4840: 4838: 4836: 4833: 4832: 4830: 4828: 4826: 4824: 4822: 4820: 4816:Elden Kingston 4814:Organized by: 4807: 4805: 4803: 4801: 4798: 4796: 4795: 4793: 4791: 4789: 4787: 4785: 4783: 4781: 4779: 4777: 4775: 4773: 4771: 4768: 4767: 4764: 4763: 4761: 4759: 4757: 4755: 4753: 4751: 4749: 4746:John W. Bryant 4744:Organized by: 4737: 4735: 4733: 4731: 4728: 4726: 4725: 4723: 4721: 4719: 4717: 4715: 4713: 4711: 4709: 4707: 4705: 4703: 4701: 4699: 4696: 4695: 4692: 4691: 4689: 4687: 4685: 4683: 4681: 4679: 4677: 4672:Organized by: 4665: 4663: 4661: 4659: 4656: 4654: 4653: 4651: 4649: 4647: 4645: 4643: 4641: 4639: 4637: 4635: 4633: 4631: 4629: 4627: 4624: 4623: 4620: 4619: 4617: 4615: 4613: 4611: 4609: 4607: 4605: 4599:Organized by: 4592: 4590: 4588: 4586: 4583: 4581: 4580: 4578: 4576: 4574: 4572: 4570: 4568: 4566: 4564: 4562: 4560: 4558: 4556: 4554: 4551: 4550: 4548: 4546: 4544: 4541: 4540: 4538: 4536: 4528: 4526: 4520:Organized by: 4513: 4511: 4505:Organized by: 4497: 4495: 4494: 4492: 4490: 4488: 4486: 4484: 4482: 4480: 4478: 4476: 4474: 4472: 4470: 4467: 4466: 4463: 4462: 4460: 4458: 4456: 4454: 4452: 4450: 4448: 4442:Organized by: 4435: 4433: 4431: 4429: 4426: 4424: 4423: 4421: 4419: 4417: 4415: 4413: 4411: 4409: 4407: 4405: 4403: 4401: 4399: 4397: 4394: 4393: 4391: 4389: 4387: 4385: 4383: 4380: 4379: 4377: 4369: 4367: 4359: 4357: 4347:Organized by: 4337: 4335: 4314: 4313: 4310: 4309: 4302: 4300: 4299: 4292: 4285: 4277: 4270: 4268: 4266: 4264: 4261: 4259: 4258: 4256: 4254: 4252: 4250: 4248: 4246: 4244: 4242: 4240: 4238: 4236: 4234: 4232: 4230: 4228: 4226: 4224: 4222: 4220: 4218: 4216: 4214: 4212: 4210: 4208: 4206: 4204: 4202: 4199: 4198: 4196: 4194: 4191: 4190: 4188: 4186: 4184: 4182: 4180: 4178: 4176: 4174: 4172: 4170: 4168: 4166: 4164: 4162: 4160: 4158: 4156: 4154: 4152: 4150: 4148: 4146: 4136: 4134: 4132: 4130: 4127: 4125: 4124: 4122: 4120: 4118: 4116: 4114: 4112: 4110: 4108: 4106: 4104: 4102: 4100: 4098: 4096: 4094: 4092: 4090: 4088: 4086: 4084: 4082: 4080: 4078: 4076: 4074: 4072: 4070: 4068: 4065: 4064: 4062: 4059: 4058: 4056: 4054: 4052: 4050: 4048: 4046: 4044: 4042: 4040: 4038: 4036: 4034: 4032: 4030: 4028: 4026: 4024: 4022: 3995: 3993: 3983: 3981: 3979: 3977: 3974: 3973: 3971: 3969: 3967: 3965: 3963: 3961: 3959: 3957: 3955: 3953: 3951: 3948: 3947: 3945: 3943: 3941: 3939: 3937: 3935: 3933: 3931: 3929: 3927: 3925: 3923: 3921: 3919: 3917: 3915: 3913: 3911: 3909: 3907: 3905: 3903: 3901: 3899: 3897: 3895: 3893: 3891: 3889: 3886: 3885: 3883: 3881: 3879: 3877: 3874: 3873: 3871: 3869: 3867: 3865: 3863: 3861: 3859: 3857: 3855: 3853: 3851: 3849: 3847: 3845: 3843: 3837:William Draves 3834: 3832: 3822: 3820: 3818: 3816: 3814: 3811: 3810: 3808: 3805: 3804: 3802: 3800: 3798: 3796: 3794: 3792: 3790: 3788: 3786: 3784: 3782: 3780: 3778: 3776: 3774: 3772: 3770: 3768: 3766: 3764: 3762: 3760: 3758: 3756: 3754: 3752: 3750: 3748: 3746: 3743: 3742: 3740: 3738: 3736: 3734: 3732: 3730: 3728: 3725: 3724: 3722: 3720: 3711: 3709: 3700: 3698: 3696: 3694: 3692: 3690: 3681: 3679: 3669: 3667: 3665: 3663: 3661: 3658: 3656: 3655: 3653: 3651: 3649: 3647: 3645: 3643: 3641: 3639: 3637: 3635: 3633: 3631: 3629: 3627: 3625: 3623: 3621: 3619: 3617: 3615: 3613: 3611: 3609: 3607: 3605: 3603: 3601: 3598: 3597: 3595: 3593: 3591: 3588: 3587: 3585: 3583: 3581: 3579: 3577: 3575: 3573: 3571: 3569: 3567: 3565: 3563: 3561: 3559: 3557: 3555: 3553: 3551: 3549: 3547: 3545: 3542: 3533: 3531: 3529: 3527: 3525: 3522: 3520: 3519: 3517: 3515: 3513: 3511: 3509: 3507: 3505: 3503: 3501: 3499: 3497: 3495: 3493: 3491: 3489: 3487: 3485: 3483: 3481: 3479: 3476: 3474: 3472: 3470: 3468: 3465: 3464: 3462: 3460: 3458: 3456: 3454: 3452: 3450: 3448: 3445: 3444: 3442: 3440: 3431: 3429: 3427: 3425: 3423: 3421: 3412: 3410: 3401: 3399: 3389: 3387: 3385: 3383: 3381: 3378: 3377: 3375: 3373: 3371: 3369: 3367: 3364: 3363: 3361: 3352: 3350: 3348: 3346: 3344: 3342: 3340: 3338: 3336: 3334: 3332: 3330: 3328: 3326: 3324: 3322: 3320: 3318: 3316: 3314: 3312: 3310: 3308: 3306: 3304: 3302: 3300: 3298: 3295: 3294: 3292: 3290: 3288: 3286: 3284: 3282: 3280: 3278: 3276: 3274: 3272: 3270: 3268: 3266: 3264: 3262: 3259: 3258: 3256: 3254: 3252: 3250: 3248: 3246: 3244: 3242: 3240: 3238: 3236: 3234: 3232: 3230: 3228: 3226: 3224: 3222: 3220: 3218: 3216: 3214: 3212: 3210: 3208: 3206: 3203: 3202: 3200: 3198: 3196: 3194: 3192: 3190: 3187: 3186: 3184: 3182: 3180: 3171: 3169: 3160: 3158: 3149: 3147: 3138: 3136: 3126: 3124: 3122: 3120: 3117: 3115: 3114: 3112: 3110: 3108: 3106: 3104: 3102: 3100: 3098: 3096: 3094: 3092: 3090: 3088: 3086: 3084: 3082: 3080: 3078: 3075: 3073: 3072: 3070: 3068: 3066: 3064: 3062: 3060: 3058: 3056: 3054: 3052: 3050: 3047: 3043:(I.) 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