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Latter-Day Saints, Church Of Jesus Christ Of, Terryl Givens
Latter-Day Saints, Church Of Jesus Christ Of, Terryl Givens
English Faculty Publications
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints emerged in the 19th c. out of a Restoration* rather than a Reformation* ideology. Joseph Smith* organized the Latter-day Saints in Fayette, New York, in 1830, shortly after he produced the Book of Mormon* which, he claimed, he received from the angel Moroni and translated from an ancient record.
Mormon, Book Of, Terryl Givens
Mormon, Book Of, Terryl Givens
English Faculty Publications
In 1830 Joseph Smith* published a book he claimed to have translated "by the gift and power of God" from ancient gold plates buried in a hillside in upstate New York. The book records the details of three ancient peoples who had inhabited the North American continent.
Smith, Joseph, Terryl Givens
Smith, Joseph, Terryl Givens
English Faculty Publications
An influential 19th-c. US religious figure, Joseph Smith was a 14-year-old boy living in New York, when, by his own account, God the Father and Jesus Christ appeared to him.
Young, Brigham, Terryl Givens
Young, Brigham, Terryl Givens
English Faculty Publications
Upon Joseph Smith's murder in 1844, Young, as president of the Quoram of the Twelve Apostles, was recognized as the new leader by most members of the Church of the Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.