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Mormon immigrants were praised by a Canadian government inspector for their irrigation efforts, but polygamy was outlawed in Canada soon after the settlement was created. [2] In 1888, a request from John Taylor, Francis Lyman , and Charles Card to practice polygamy was denied by Canadian Prime Minister John A. Macdonald . [ 14 ]
With the church reporting more than 200,000 members at year-end 2022, Canada ranks as having the 4th largest body of LDS Church members in North America and the 12th worldwide. [4] The 2021 Canadian Census survey reported approximately 0.2% of the population (about 87,725 people) identified themselves as church members. [5]
The following communities were founded by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Alberta: . 1887 — Cardston [1] 1888 — Aetna [1] 1890 — Mountain View [1]
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]
Critics argue that because Mormonism is not based on an authoritative systematic theology, [112] and much of Mormon scripture was written when Mormonism was "essentially trinitarian", Mormon leaders and apologists have been able to deny that at least some of 20th-century orthodox Mormonism represents official Mormon doctrine. [113]
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Friday that a man raised in England who converted to the faith as an adult will be the newest member of its top governing body, filling a ...
Joseph had been a Reformed Methodist preacher and the two made a similar "preaching circuit" in eastern Canada. They described the Book of Mormon as the "stick of Joseph", mentioned in Ezekiel 37. [26] Young continued to preach in eastern Canada in the spring and accompanied two Canadian converts to Kirtland in July 1833.