He believed that God existed, but the contradictions in each church he attended confused him. Joseph being 14 years old was determined to find out which church teaches the true doctrine of God. The doctrines of Mormonism began with the farmboy Joseph Smith in the 1820s in Western New York during a period of religious excitement which is known as the Second Great Awakening. See also: Mormon (word), History of the Latter Day Saint movement, History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Early life of Joseph Smith, and Life of Joseph Smith from 1827 to 1830 Artist's depiction of the First Vision Ĭultural Mormonism is a term coined by cultural Mormons who identify with the culture, especially present in much of the American Southwest, but do not necessarily identify with the theology. Other groups affirm Trinitarianism, such as the Community of Christ (formerly the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints), and describe their doctrine as Trinitarian Christian restorationist. The branch of theology which seeks to maintain the practice of polygamy is known as Mormon fundamentalism and includes several different churches. Other than differences in leadership, these groups most significantly differ in their stances on polygamy, which the Utah-based LDS Church banned in 1890, and Trinitarianism, which the LDS Church does not affirm. The theology itself is not uniform as early as 1831, and most significantly after Smith's death, various groups split from the Church of Christ that Smith established. Mormonism includes significant doctrines of eternal marriage, eternal progression, baptism for the dead, polygamy or plural marriage, sexual purity, health (specified in the Word of Wisdom), fasting, and Sabbath observance. This includes the use of and belief in the Bible and other religious texts, including the Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price. Mormon theology includes mainstream Christian beliefs with modifications stemming from belief in revelations to Smith and other religious leaders. Ahlstrom, wrote in 1982, "One cannot even be sure, whether is a sect, a mystery cult, a new religion, a church, a people, a nation, or an American subculture indeed, at different times and places it is all of these." Ī prominent feature of Mormon theology is the Book of Mormon, which describes itself as a chronicle of early Indigenous peoples of the Americas and their dealings with God. As a label, Mormonism has been applied to various aspects of the Latter Day Saint movement, although there has been a recent push from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to distance themselves from this label. Mormonism is the religious tradition and theology of the Latter Day Saint movement of Restorationist Christianity started by Joseph Smith in Western New York in the 1820s and 1830s. The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ For other uses, see Mormon (disambiguation). For the general religious movement, see Latter Day Saint movement. For the people commonly known as Mormons, see Mormons. For the main branch of this movement commonly called the "Mormon Church", see The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This article is about the doctrine in the Latter Day Saint movement.
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