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Martin Harris (May 18, 1783 – July 10, 1875) was an early convert to the Latter Day Saint movement who financially guaranteed the first printing of the Book of Mormon and also served as one of Three Witnesses who testified that they had seen the golden plates from which Joseph Smith said the Book of Mormon had been translated.
The Fundamentalist Church 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 of the fundamentalist Mormon denominations [3] [4] whose members practice polygamy. [5] It is variously defined as a cult, a sect, or a new religious movement .
George A. Smith later reported that by 1837 Sylvester was numbered among the dissenters from Joseph Smith and the church. By 1838, Smith had left the church. At this time, many Latter Day Saints had left Kirtland, leaving Smith behind in the city until 1853, when he sold his land and moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa. There he was a lawyer and ...
Latter-day Saints believe in the value of education. Joseph Smith taught that "the glory of God is intelligence." [198] Accordingly, the church maintains Brigham Young University, Brigham Young University–Idaho, Brigham Young University–Hawaii, and LDS Business College. The church also has religious education programs.
Sacred Grove (Latter Day Saints) The Sacred Grove is a forested area of western New York near the home of Joseph Smith where the foundational event of the Latter Day Saint movement took place. It is the location where Smith said he had his First Vision, a theophany, occurring in the spring of 1820. The exact location of the Sacred Grove is not ...
In the past, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) have consistently opposed marriages between members of different ethnicities, though interracial marriage is no longer considered a sin. In 1977, apostle Boyd K. Packer publicly stated that " [w]e've always counseled in the Church for our Mexican members to ...
Temple (Latter Day Saints) The Salt Lake Temple, operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is the church's best-known temple. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, it is the centerpiece of the 10-acre (40,000 m 2) Temple Square. In the Latter Day Saint movement, a temple is a building dedicated to being a house of God and is ...
