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Latter Day Saint Movement

The restoration founded by Joseph Smith: an open canon with the Book of Mormon, a restored priesthood, and temples, whose largest body is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The Latter Day Saint movement began with Joseph Smith's First Vision and the publication of the Book of Mormon in 1830. The movement self-identifies as Christian and as a restoration of the original church of Jesus Christ; how other traditions classify it is a separate question, which the site's assessment apparatus handles and this placement does not decide.

Denomination / School

Denomination / School The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is distinct in teaching, as its own literature states it, that it is the restored Church of Jesus…
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Sources

Primary

  • The Book of Mormon (1830); Joseph Smith, History.

Secondary

  • Richard L. Bushman, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling (2005).