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Mormon wrote the history of his people on the Golden plates before he died during a battle on the Hill Cumorah. His son, Moroni, added his own words and the Book of Ether to the record. Moroni hid and protected the Golden plates at the Hill Cumorah. For a possible map look at Image:Book of Mormon Lands and Sites2.jpg.
Throughout the winter, special meetings were held and Mormons were urged to adhere to the commandments of God and the practices and precepts of the church. Preaching placed emphasis on the practice of plural marriage, adherence to the Word of Wisdom, attendance at church meetings, and personal prayer. On December 30, 1856, the entire all-Mormon ...
This chronology outlines the major events in the history of the Book of Mormon, according to the text. Dates given correspond to dates in the footnotes of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) edition of the Book of Mormon and to a Jaredite timeline proposed by Latter-Day Saint scholar John L. Sorenson. [1] [2]
A prominent feature of Mormon theology is the Book of Mormon, a 19th-century text which describes itself as a chronicle of early Indigenous peoples of the Americas and their dealings with God. [4] Mormon theology includes mainstream Christian beliefs with modifications stemming from belief in revelations to Smith and other religious leaders.
In the LDS Church in the 19th century, near-death experiences were popular, [35]: 5:00 often recorded, and commonly shared. [36] Joseph Smith deemed some of these encounters "precious morsels from heaven." [35]: 7:30 Multiple near-death experiences recorded by early Mormons harmonized with Smith's teachings of the afterlife. A few claimed to ...
By the time of his death on June 27, 1844, it had more than 50 persons. [22] 1843 – Women begin receiving the endowment. [7]: 48 1843 – Sealings were performed for the first time. Possibly even in 1842. [23] 1843 – The second anointing was performed for the first time. The first recipients were Smith and one of his wives, Emma.
Mormon handcart pioneers are memorialized on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah.. The Mormon religion is predicated on what are said to be historical events such as the First Vision of Joseph Smith and the historicity of the Book of Mormon, which describes a detailed pre-Columbian history of the Americas. [1]
[24]: 627 n. 73 Initial converts were drawn to the church in part because of the newly published Book of Mormon, a self-described chronicle of Indigenous American prophets that Smith said he had translated from golden plates. [31] Smith intended to establish the New Jerusalem in North America, called Zion.