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The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, first published in 1830 by Joseph Smith as The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi. [1] [2] The book is one of the earliest and most well-known unique writings of the Latter Day Saint movement.
The age after the Book of Mormon, but before the founding events of the Church of Christ, is called the Great Apostasy. 1492: The Americas were discovered on 12 October. 1611: The King James Version of the Bible was published for the first time. 1620: The Pilgrim Fathers arrived on the Mayflower at the area which is today known as Cape Cod, on ...
[2] As Jan Shipps has written, "Mormonism, unlike other modern religions, is a faith cast in the form of history," and until after World War II, Mormons did not critically examine the historical underpinnings of their faith; any "profane" investigation of the church's history was perceived "as trespassing on forbidden ground." [3]
Mormons see Jesus Christ as the premier figure of their religion. [147] Mormons believe in "a friendly universe" governed by a God whose aim is to bring his children to immortality and eternal life. [148] Mormons have a unique perspective on the nature of God, the origin of man, and the purpose of life.
Because of his religious position, Young exercised much more practical control over the affairs of Mormon and non-Mormon settlers than a typical territorial governor of the time. For most of the 19th century, the LDS Church maintained an ecclesiastical court system parallel to federal courts, and required Mormons to use the system exclusively ...
The Book of Mormon is very important to modern Latter-day Saints, who consider it the world's most correct text. [148] The Bible, also part of the church's canon, is believed to be the word of God—subject to an acknowledgment that its translation may be incorrect, or that authoritative sections may have been lost over the centuries.
In contrast, those who reject the miraculous origin of the Book of Mormon view the KJV as a major source for the Book of Mormon. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) identify the Book of Mormon as the "stick of Joseph" and the Bible as the "stick of Judah" in Ezekiel 37:19:
Mormons and Mormonism: an introduction to an American world religion. University of Illinois Press. Mauss, Armand (1994). The Angel and the Beehive: The Mormon Struggle with Assimilation. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-02071-5. McMurrin, Sterling M. (1965). The Theological Foundations of the Mormon Religion. Salt Lake City: Signature ...