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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 the 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; 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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Image 1Mormons believe that the U.S. Constitution is the result of divine inspiration. Fundamentalists believe in the related White Horse Prophecy. (from Mormonism)
Image 2Mormons see Jesus Christ as the premier figure of their religion. (from Mormonism)
Image 3A Latter Day Saint confirmation c. 1852 (from Mormons)
Image 4Artist's depiction of the First Vision (from Mormonism)
Image 5Artist's depiction of the First Vision (from Mormonism)
Image 6The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ (from Mormonism)
Image 7The 360-member Mormon Tabernacle Choir (from Mormons)
Image 8A statue commemorating the Mormon handcart pioneers (from Mormons)
Image 9The Standard Works constitute the LDS Church scriptural canon (from Mormonism)
Image 10A depiction of Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery receiving Priesthood authority from John the Baptist (from Mormonism)
Image 11Depiction 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)
Image 12Joseph Smith receiving the Golden Plates (from History of the Latter Day Saint movement)
Image 13A depiction of Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery receiving Priesthood authority from John the Baptist (from Mormonism)
Image 14Mormons believe that the U.S. Constitution is the result of divine inspiration. Fundamentalists believe in the related White Horse Prophecy. (from Mormonism)
Image 15Global distribution of LDS Church members in 2009 (from Mormons)
Image 16The Standard Works constitute the LDS Church scriptural canon (from Mormonism)
Image 17A Mormon meetinghouse used for Sunday worship services in Brazil (from Mormons)
Image 18Mormons see Jesus Christ as the premier figure of their religion. (from Mormons)
Image 19Mormons see Jesus Christ as the premier figure of their religion. (from Mormonism)
Image 20A stained glass window of Joseph Smith's 1820 First Vision (from Mormons)
Image 21Joseph Smith preaching to the Sac and Fox Indians who visited Nauvoo on August 12, 1841 (from Mormons)
Image 22Mormon pioneers crossing the Mississippi on the ice (from Mormons)
Image 23The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ (from Mormonism)

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Ina Donna Coolbrith (born Josephine Donna Smith; March 10, 1841 – February 29, 1928) was an American poet, writer, librarian, and a prominent figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary community. Called the "Sweet Singer of California", she was the first California Poet Laureate and the first poet laureate of any American state.

Coolbrith, born the niece of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints founder Joseph Smith, left the Mormon community as a child to enter her teens in Los Angeles, California, where she began to publish poetry. She terminated a youthful failed marriage to make her home in San Francisco, and met writers Bret Harte and Charles Warren Stoddard with whom she formed the "Golden Gate Trinity" closely associated with the literary journal Overland Monthly. Her poetry received positive notice from critics and established poets such as Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce and Alfred Lord Tennyson. She held literary salons at her home in Russian Hill—in this way she introduced new writers to publishers. Coolbrith befriended the poet Joaquin Miller and helped him gain global fame. (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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Nauvoo Temple Voree, Wisconsin Lee's Ferry YFZ Ranch

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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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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Community of Christ Pure Church of Christ Church of Christ (Temple Lot) Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite) The Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite) Church of the Firstborn (Morrisite) Church of Christ With the Elijah Message Church of Christ (Fettingite)

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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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Joseph Smith Brigham Young Joseph Smith III William Bickerton John W. Woolley James Strang Alpheus Cutler Otto Fetting Early life of Joseph Smith Life of Joseph Smith from 1827 to 1830 Emma Smith Oliver Cowdery W. W. Phelps (Mormon) Joseph Knight Sr. Martin Harris (Latter Day Saints) David Whitmer Elijah Abel

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In the Mormon fundamentalist movement, the 1886 Revelation is the text of a revelation said to have been received by John Taylor, third President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), that is claimed to restate the permanence of the principle of plural marriage.

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... that No, Ma'am, That's Not History, Hugh Nibley's rebuttal to Fawn Brodie's divisive biography of Joseph Smith, started a trend of polemics in Mormon apologetics?
... that Latter-day Saint diarist Ida Hunt Udall turned down a marriage offer from her longtime boyfriend because he was a monogamist, and she wanted a polygamous marriage?
... that the name Zenock is misspelled in almost every published edition of the Book of Mormon?
... that James Goldberg co-founded the Mormon Lit Blitz, an annual writing competition for very short works of Mormon fiction?
... that it is debated whether or not Nephites used minted coins?
... that the name of the "Mormons vs. Mullets" game was a play on the 1988 "Catholics vs. Convicts" game?

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15 May 1829: John The Baptist The Angel bestows the Aaron Priesthood upon Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery.
Early May 1843: Joseph Smith gave the White Horse Prophecy.
16 May 1989: The BYU Jerusalem Center (pictured) was dedicated by Howard W. Hunter.
2 May 1991: The Folk of the Fringe was released in the UK.
May 1995: The first issue of the Liahona was published.

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None of us will become perfect in a day or a month or a year. We will not accomplish it in a lifetime, but we can begin now, starting with our more obvious weaknesses and gradually converting them to strengths as we go forward with our lives. This quest may be a long one; in fact, it will be lifelong. It may be fraught with many mistakes, with falling down and getting back up again. And it will take much effort. But we must not sell ourselves short. We must make a little extra effort. We would be wise to kneel before our God in supplication. He will help us. He will bless us. He will comfort and sustain us. He will help us to do more, and be more, than we can ever accomplish or be on our own.

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— Gordon B. Hinckley, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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