* 1830 – The Church of Christ, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement, is organized by Joseph Smith, Jr. and others at Fayette or Manchester, New York.

* 1860 – The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints — later renamed Community of Christ — is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois

The Angel of Moroni visited the boy, Joseph Smith, after living out his mortal life in ancient America.

Joseph F. Smith of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints presents an elaborate vision of the Afterlife.

Within the sects of the Latter Day Saint movement, the Articles of Faith are a list composed by Joseph Smith, Jr. as part of an 1842 letter sent to " Long " John Wentworth, editor of the Chicago Democrat.

The Prophet Joseph Smith taught that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are three separate and distinct entities, with the Father and the Son possessing physical bodies of flesh and bone but the Holy Ghost existing only as a spirit, enabling it to dwell within us.

Bronze statue in Temple Square, Salt Lake City, representing Saint Peter | Peter, James, son of Zebedee | James, and John the Apostle | John in the act of conferring the Melchizedek priesthood to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery

Eventually these were restored to the prophet Joseph Smith and various others in a series of divine conferrals and ordinations by angelic men who had held this authority during their lifetimes ( see this partial list of restoration events ).

As it relates to apostolic succession, the apostles Peter, James, and John allegedly appeared to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdry sometime in 1829 and conferred upon them the Melchizedek Priesthood and with it " the keys of the kingdom, and of the dispensation of the fulness of times ".

Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement ( commonly called Mormonism ), in the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible ( called by some the " Inspired Version ", and published by the RLDS under that title ), declared the Adamic language to have been " pure and undefiled ".

* 1829 – Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, commences translation of the Book of Mormon, with Oliver Cowdery as his scribe.

The bundle theory of substance thus rejects the substance theories of Aristotle, Descartes, and more recently, J. P. Moreland, Jia Hou, Joseph Bridgman, Quentin Smith, and others.

It was first published in March 1830 by Joseph Smith as The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi.

Bishops ( as well as other members of the priesthood ) can trace their line of authority back to Joseph Smith, Jr., who, according to church doctrine, was ordained to lead the Church in modern times by the ancient apostles Peter, James, and John, who were ordained to lead the Church by Jesus Christ.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( also called Mormons ) neither promotes nor opposes capital punishment, although the church's founder, Joseph Smith, Jr., supported it.

It is the largest church originating on American soil, and it is the largest denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement started by Joseph Smith during the period of religious revival known as the Second Great Awakening.

Other than the Bible, the majority of the LDS canon constitutes revelation dictated by Joseph Smith and includes commentary and exegesis about the Bible, texts described as lost parts of the Bible, and other works believed to be written by ancient prophets.

The history of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is typically divided into three broad time periods: ( 1 ) the early history during the lifetime of Joseph Smith, Jr. which is in common with all Latter Day Saint movement churches, ( 2 ) a " pioneer era " under the leadership of Brigham Young and his 19th century successors, and ( 3 ) a modern era beginning around the turn of the 20th century as Utah achieved statehood.

Church members believe that Joseph Smith was called to be a modern-day prophet through, among other events, a First Vision | visitation from God the Father and Jesus | Jesus Christ.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints traces its current dispensation beginnings to Joseph Smith, Jr. on April 6, 1830 in Western New York.

On June 27, 1844, Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were murdered by a mob in Carthage, Illinois, while being held on charges of treason.

To prevent war, Joseph Smith had predicted that the church would go to the West and be established in the tops of Rocky Mountains.

Called " Bertie " in the family, he was the fourth and last child of Joseph Wells ( a former domestic gardener, and at the time a shopkeeper and professional cricketer ) and his wife Sarah Neal ( a former domestic servant ).

* 1978 – Sylvester Joseph, Caribbean cricketer

William Joseph " Bill " O ' Reilly ( 20 December 19056 October 1992 ), often known as Tiger O ' Reilly, was an Australian cricketer, rated as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game.

Sir Joseph William Chitty ( 1828 – 15 February 1899 ) was an English cricketer, rower, judge and Liberal politician.

* Joseph Johnson ( cricketer ) ( 1916 – 2011 ), English first-class cricketer

* Joseph Lister ( cricketer ) ( 1930 – 1991 ), cricketer

Middle row: George Pinder ( cricketer ) | George Pinder, George Ulyett, Tom Armitage, Joseph Rowbotham, Allen Hill, Andrew Greenwood.

* Irish international cricketer, Joseph Coskery ( 1895 – 1965 ), was from Ballynahinch

* Joseph Fry Whitwell ( 1869 – 1932 ), an English amateur first-class cricketer

Allan Joseph Lamb ( born 20 June 1954 ) is a former England cricketer and captain who played for the first class teams of Western Province and Northamptonshire, the latter as an Overseas player.

Joseph Harold Anthony " Joe " Hulme ( 26 August 1904 – 27 September 1991 ) was an English footballer and cricketer.

Joseph " Joe " Darling ( 21 November 1870 – 2 January 1946 ) was an Australian cricketer who played 34 Test matches as a specialist batsman between 1894 and 1905.

Ian Joseph Harvey ( born 10 July 1972 ) is an Australian cricketer.

Stanley Joseph McCabe ( 16 July 1910 — 25 August 1968 ) was an Australian cricketer who played 39 Test matches for Australia from 1930 to 1938.

His ability as a cricketer and sprinter was encouraged by the assistant master Joseph Coates.

Middle row: George Pinder ( cricketer ) | George Pinder, George Ulyett, Tom Armitage, Joseph Rowbotham, Allen Hill, Andrew Greenwood.

Thomas Joseph Dart Kelly ( 3 May 1844, County Waterford, Ireland – 20 July 1893, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria ) was an Australian cricketer who played in 2 Tests between 1877 and 1879.

Joseph ( Joe ) Vine ( 15 May 1875 in Willingdon, Sussex, England – 25 April 1946 in Aldrington, Hove, Sussex, England ) was a professional cricketer, who played his first-class cricket for Sussex County Cricket Club and London County.

Joseph " Joe " Hunter ( 3 August 1855 – 4 January 1891 ) was a professional cricketer, who played 143 matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1878 and 1888.

Joseph Ravindran ' Ravi ' Ratnayeke ( born May 2, 1960, Colombo ) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who batted right-handed and bowled medium pace.

Timothy Joseph Gerard O ' Gorman ( born 15 May 1967 ) is a former professional cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1987 to 1996.