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An LDS author wrote in 1979 that in southeast Idaho Native Americans from reservations were often treated with disdain by LDS and non-LDS White people. [ 15 ] : 378 [ 86 ] The program was developed according to LDS theology, whereby conversion and assimilation to Mormonism could help Native Americans. [ 16 ]
LDS Church leaders long equated Amerindians with Lamanites. In the Doctrine and Covenants , revelations delivered by Joseph Smith refer to native people in the United States as "Lamanites". [ 2 ] Smith reported that when the golden plates were revealed to him in New York, an angel told him that the plates contained "an account of the former ...
The House of Joseph (sometimes referred to as the Tribe of Joseph) is a designation which members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) apply to the ancient "birthright" tribe of the house of Israel as it is described in the Old Testament, made up of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh.
The orthodox view of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and other denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement believe the Book of Mormon describes ancient historical events in the Americas. The orthodox view remains dominant in the Latter Day Saint movement, though in recent decades, various individuals and groups ...
The LDS Church is by far the largest branch of Mormonism. It has continuously existed since the succession crisis of 1844 that split the Latter Day Saint movement after the death of founder Joseph Smith, Jr. The LDS Church seeks to distance itself from other branches of Mormonism, particularly those that practice polygamy. [91]
This painting shows Noah cursing Ham. Smith and Young both taught that Black people were under the curse of Ham, [1] [2] and the curse of Cain. [3]: 27 [4] [5]Teachings on the biblical curse of Cain and the curse of Ham in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and their effects on Black people in the LDS Church have changed throughout the church's history.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (informally known as the LDS Church) focuses its doctrine and teaching on Jesus Christ; that he was the Son of God, born of Mary, lived a perfect life, performed miracles, bled from every pore in the Garden of Gethsemane, died on the cross, rose on the third day, appeared again to his disciples ...
Mary is not seen as an intercessor between humankind and Jesus, and Latter Day Saints do not pray to Mary. [2] The Book of Mormon, part of the Latter Day Saint canon of scripture, refers to Mary by name in prophecies of her mission, [3] and describes her as "most beautiful and fair above all other virgins" [4] and as a "precious and chosen ...