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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...
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    The denominations in the Latter Day Saint movement are sometimes collectively referred to as Mormonism. Mormon is an informal term used especially when...
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    The Latter Day Saint movement is a religious movement within Christianity that arose during the Second Great Awakening in the early 19th century and that...
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  • Within the Latter Day Saint movement, Zion is often used to connote an association of the righteous. This association would practice a form of communitarian...
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    formal beginning of the Latter Day Saint movement. Later names for this organization included the Church of the Latter Day Saints (by 1834 resolution),...
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  • In the Latter Day Saint movement, priesthood is the power and authority of God given to man, including the authority to perform ordinances and to act...
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    In the Latter Day Saint movement, a temple is a building dedicated to being a house of God and is reserved for special forms of worship. A temple differs...
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  • Christian denomination that is the largest denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement. The church is headquartered in the United States in Salt Lake...
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  • (Christian primitivism) Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints), Latter-day Saint, Latter Day Saint, Latter Day Saint movement, LDS Church membership statistics...
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  • The succession crisis in the Latter Day Saint movement occurred after the murder of Joseph Smith, the movement's founder, on June 27, 1844. For roughly...
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  • if dead), as Latter Day Saints, and who have attained levels of notability. This list includes adherents of all Latter Day Saint movement denominations...
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    of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (abbreviated to FLDS and not to be confused with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) is a religious sect...
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    polygamy was instituted in the 1830s by Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. The public practice of polygamy by the LDS Church was announced...
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  • the Latter Day Saint movement. Hinckley, Gordon B. (1947). What of the Mormons?: A Brief Study of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Church...
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  • composed of multiple congregations in certain denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement. The name "stake" derives from the Book of Isaiah: "enlarge the...
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    in the early United States coinciding with the founding of the Latter Day Saint movement (also known as Mormonism) in 1830. Universalists believed that...
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  • the Latter Day Saint movement are a diverse group of historians writing about Mormonism. Historians devoted to the history of the Latter Day Saint movement...
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  • During the history of the Latter Day Saint movement, the relationship between Black people and Mormonism has included enslavement, exclusion and inclusion...
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    Phrenology has been a cultural factor in the Latter Day Saint movement (informally Mormons) since around the time of its founding in 1830. Phrenology...
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  • In the Latter Day Saint movement, an apostle is a "special witness of the name of Jesus Christ who is sent to teach the principles of salvation to others...
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  • priesthood of denominations within the Latter Day Saint movement, including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). In the LDS Church,...
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  • In the Latter Day Saint movement, a bishop is the highest office of the Aaronic priesthood. It is almost always held by one who holds the office of high...
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    Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, privately taught and practiced polygamy. After Smith's death in 1844, the church he established...
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    In the Latter Day Saint movement, an ordinance is a sacred rite or ceremony that has spiritual and symbolic meanings and act as a means of conveying divine...
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    Smith) (March 13, 1811 – November 13, 1893) was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and one of the original members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles...
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  • Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS), is an American-based international church, and is the second-largest denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement. The...
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  • this day at a general conference in Amherst, Ohio: Joseph Smith (B. H. Roberts (ed.), History of the Church 1:242–44. Latter Day Saint movement portal...
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    the Latter Day Saint movement. These traditions were widespread in unorganized religion in the parts of Europe and America where the Latter Day Saint movement...
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    In the Latter Day Saint movement, baptism is recognized as the first of several ordinances (rituals) of the gospel. Much of the Latter Day Saint theology...
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    usually referred to as the Remnant Church, is a denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement. The prophet / president of the church is Terry W. Patience. In...
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