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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.

Collectively, these churches have over 17 million nominal members, including over 17 million belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), 250,000 in Community of Christ, and several other denominations with memberships generally ranging in the thousands of members. The predominant theology of the churches in the movement is Mormonism, which sees itself as restoring again on Earth the early Christian church; their members are most commonly known as Mormons, though the LDS Church now rejects the use of that name. An additional doctrine of the church allows for prophets to receive and publish modern-day revelations.

A minority of Latter Day Saint adherents, such as members of Community of Christ, have been influenced by Protestant theologies while maintaining certain distinctive beliefs and practices including continuing revelation, an open canon of scripture and building temples. Other groups include the Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which supports lineal succession of leadership from Smith's descendants, and the more controversial Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, which defends the practice of polygamy. (Full article...)

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Image 1Mormons see Jesus Christ as the premier figure of their religion. (from Mormonism)
Image 2A depiction of Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery receiving Priesthood authority from John the Baptist (from Mormonism)
Image 3The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ (from Mormonism)
Image 4Artist's depiction of the First Vision (from Mormonism)
Image 5A statue commemorating the Mormon handcart pioneers (from Mormons)
Image 6Joseph Smith receiving the Golden Plates (from History of the Latter Day Saint movement)
Image 7Mormon pioneers crossing the Mississippi on the ice (from Mormons)
Image 8Joseph Smith preaching to the Sac and Fox Indians who visited Nauvoo on August 12, 1841 (from Mormons)
Image 9Depiction of God the Father and Jesus Christ as two distinct beings appearing to Joseph Smith, Jr. during his "First Vision", reflecting Mormonism's Non-trinitarian theology. (from Mormonism and Nicene Christianity)
Image 10The Standard Works constitute the LDS Church scriptural canon. (from Mormonism)
Image 11The 360-member Mormon Tabernacle Choir (from Mormons)
Image 12A stained glass window of Joseph Smith's 1820 First Vision (from Mormons)
Image 13Artist's depiction of the First Vision (from Mormonism)
Image 14A Latter Day Saint confirmation c. 1852 (from Mormons)
Image 15The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ (from Mormonism)
Image 16Mormons see Jesus Christ as the premier figure of their religion. (from Mormonism)
Image 17Global distribution of LDS Church members in 2009 (from Mormons)
Image 18Mormons see Jesus Christ as the premier figure of their religion. (from Mormons)
Image 19Mormons believe that the U.S. Constitution is the result of divine inspiration. Fundamentalists believe in the related White Horse Prophecy. (from Mormonism)
Image 20The Standard Works constitute the LDS Church scriptural canon. (from Mormonism)
Image 21A depiction of Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery receiving Priesthood authority from John the Baptist (from Mormonism)
Image 22Mormons believe that the U.S. Constitution is the result of divine inspiration. Fundamentalists believe in the related White Horse Prophecy. (from Mormonism)
Image 23A Mormon meetinghouse used for Sunday worship services in Brazil (from Mormons)

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Ann Lois Romney (née Davies; born April 16, 1949) is an American author and philanthropist. She is the wife of businessman and politician, Senator Mitt Romney of Utah. From 2003 to 2007, Romney was First Lady of Massachusetts, while her husband served as governor.

She was raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and attended the private Kingswood School there, where she dated Mitt Romney. She converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in 1966. She attended Brigham Young University (BYU), married Mitt Romney in 1969, and in 1975 received a Bachelor of Arts degree in French. (Full article...)

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Map of Wisconsin highlighting Walworth County where the unincorporated community of Voree is located

Voree (/vɔːriː/) is an unincorporated community in the Town of Spring Prairie in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. It is best known as the headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite), a denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement. According to James Strang, founder of the Strangite church and of the town, the name means "Garden of Peace". The community is situated along former Wisconsin Highway 11, just west of the Racine County line. (Full article...)

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Nauvoo Temple Auditorium (Community of Christ) Lee's Ferry YFZ Ranch

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The Pure Church of Christ was the first known schismatic organization to emerge within the Latter Day Saint movement (LDS).

The Pure Church of Christ was organized in 1831 in Kirtland, Ohio by Wycam Clark, Northrop Sweet, and four others who claimed that LDS founder Joseph Smith was a false prophet. They had a few meetings and soon disbanded. According to speeches made by George A. Smith that were recorded in the LDS Journal of Discourses, this church never had more than six members. (Full article...)

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Community of Christ Church of Christ (Temple Lot) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite) The Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite) Church of the Firstborn (Morrisite) Church of Christ With the Elijah Message Church of Christ (Fettingite)

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John Wickersham Woolley (December 30, 1831 – December 13, 1928) was an American Latter Day Saint and one of the founders of the Mormon fundamentalism movement. Most Mormon fundamentalist groups trace their origin directly or indirectly to Woolley. (Full article...)

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Joseph Smith Brigham Young Joseph Smith III William Bickerton James Strang Alpheus Cutler Granville Hedrick Otto Fetting Early life of Joseph Smith Life of Joseph Smith from 1827 to 1830 Emma Smith Oliver Cowdery W. W. Phelps (Mormon) Joseph Knight Sr. Martin Harris (Latter Day Saints) David Whitmer Elijah Abel

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The "Letter of appointment" is a controversial three-page document used by James J. Strang and his adherents in their efforts to prove that he was the designated successor to Joseph Smith as the prophet and president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Sent from Nauvoo, Illinois, on June 19, 1844, to Strang in Burlington, Wisconsin, this letter served as the cornerstone of Strang's claims, which were ultimately rejected by the majority of Latter Day Saints.

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Selected Anniversaries

3 August 1831: The Temple Lot Site (pictured) was dedicated by Joseph Smith.
17 August 1835: The Doctrine and Covenants was first introduced to the church body in a general conference.
8 August 1844: Quorum of Twelve is created as the leading body of the church.
August 1844: The hymn, Praise to the Man, was released.
22 August 2008: In LDS Cinema, the film The Errand of Angels was released.

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He saw the light gradually approaching him until it rested upon the tops of the trees. He beheld that the leaves of the trees were not consumed by it, although its brightness, apparently, was sufficient, as he at first thought, to consume everything before it. But the trees were not consumed by it, and it continued to descend until it rested upon him and enveloped him in its glorious rays. When he was thus encircled about with this pillar of fire his mind was caught away from every object that surrounded him, and he was filled with the visions of the Almighty, and he saw, in the midst of this glorious pillar of fire, two glorious personages, whose countenances shone with an exceeding great lustre. One of them spoke to him, saying, while pointing in the other, "This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased, hear ye him."

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— Orson Pratt was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and spoke about the First Vision.

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