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First schismatic denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement. Independent Church [17] – Hoton [18] 1832 Church of Christ Defunct Little is known about this second schismatic denomination apart from the date of establishment, the surname of its founder, and that Hoton denounced Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. [18] Church of Christ [10 ...
Mormons see Jesus Christ as the premier figure of their religion.. The Latter Day Saint movement (also called the LDS movement, LDS restorationist movement, or Smith–Rigdon movement) [1] is the collection of independent church groups that trace their origins to a Christian Restorationist movement founded by Joseph Smith in the late 1820s.
Christianity portal; Latter Day Saints portal; This category contains independent denominations that are part of the historic Latter Day Saint movement.Each of these denominations follow at least some of the Teachings of Joseph Smith, publisher of the Book of Mormon, and claim some relationship to the Church of Christ that Smith founded in 1830.
Collectively, they are called the Latter Day Saint movement. The largest of these smaller groups is the Community of Christ, based in Independence, Missouri, followed by the Church of Jesus Christ, based in Monongahela, Pennsylvania. Like the LDS Church, these faiths believe in Joseph Smith as a prophet and founder of their religion.
An 1842 portrait of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. The Latter Day Saint movement (also called the LDS movement, LDS restorationist movement, or Smith–Rigdon movement) is the collection of independent church groups that trace their origins to a Christian Restorationist movement founded by Joseph Smith in the late 1820s.
The Latter Day Saint movement arose in the Palmyra and Manchester area of western New York, where its founder Joseph Smith was raised during a period of religious revival in the early 19th century called the Second Great Awakening, a Christian response to the secularism of the Age of Enlightenment which extended throughout the United States, particularly the frontier areas of the west.
One source estimated over 400 denominations have sprung from founder Joseph Smith's original movement. [6] Other than differences in leadership, these groups most significantly differ in their stances on polygamy, which the Utah -based LDS Church banned in 1890, and Trinitarianism , which the LDS Church does not affirm.
First Latter Day Saint denomination to be established by a woman; accepted KJV Bible and Book of Mormon only; later rejected Book of Mormon and dissolved itself in 1984. Among its former members were Jerald and Sandra Tanner, opponents of the Latter Day Saint movement and founders of the Utah Lighthouse Ministry. Church of Christ [32]