The United Order is not practiced within mainstream Mormonism today ; however, a number of groups of Mormon fundamentalists, such as the Apostolic United Brethren, have revived the practice.

As a result, she emerges as a major influence in preparing them for their involvement in the charismatic movement which early Mormonism represents.

Meanwhile, new converts to Mormonism continued to migrate to Missouri and settle in Clay County.

During the Great Awakenings interdenominational evangelicalism and Pentecostalism emerged, along with new Protestant denominations such as Adventism, and non-denominational movements such as the Restoration Movement ( which over time separated into the Churches of Christ, the Christian churches and churches of Christ, and the Christian Church ( Disciples of Christ )), the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, commonly referred to as Jehovah's Witnesses, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also commonly referred to as Mormonism.

Based on the name of that book, early followers of founder Joseph Smith, Jr. were called Mormons, and their faith was called Mormonism.

Hence, each religion sees its founder ( Muhammad for Islam, and Joseph Smith for Mormonism ) as being a true prophet of God, called to re-establish the true faith.

Mormonism sees Jesus Christ as the promised Messiah and the literal Son of God, while Islam insists that the title " Messiah " means that Jesus ( or " Isa ") was a prophet sent to establish the true faith, not that he was the Son of God or a divine being.

In some religions ( most notably Mormonism and Islam ) many adherents testify as a profession of their faith, often to a congregation of believers.

Asked about Mitt Romney, Reverend Graham said that, most Protestants do not view Mormonism as a Christian faith.

According to Mormonism, the Jewish people are considered a covenant people of God, held in high esteem, and are respected in the Mormon faith system.

Its purposes were to uplift and strengthen women of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ) and to educate those not of the Mormon faith about the women of Mormonism.

You give names to things – bishops, elders, ministers, Mormonism, duty, faith, glory.

In the earliest days of Mormonism, founder Joseph Smith Jr. taught that the Indigenous peoples of the Americas were members of some of the Lost Tribes of Israel.

Mormon fundamentalism is a belief in the validity of selected fundamental aspects of Mormonism as taught and practiced in the nineteenth century.

The Adam – God doctrine ( or Adam – God theory ) was the most prominent of several theological doctrines taught in mid-19th century Mormonism by Brigham Young and is part of the modern theology of some forms of Mormon fundamentalism.

Though Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of Mormonism, never taught the Adam – God doctrine in any of his recorded public statements, he provided several teachings from which Adam – God adherents draw support.

Mormon fundamentalism ( also called fundamentalist Mormonism ) is a belief in the validity of selected fundamental aspects of Mormonism as taught and practiced in the nineteenth century, particularly during the administration of Brigham Young, an early president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ).

Polygamy, or plural marriage, in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints probably originated with the founder of Mormonism, Joseph Smith, Jr., who taught that polygamy ( or at least polygyny ) was a divine commandment.

During this time, he became acquainted with Mormonism and was taught by later apostle Charles C. Rich.

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 ".

* The Articles of Faith: concise listing of thirteen fundamental doctrines of Mormonism composed by Joseph Smith in 1842.

Ecumenical councils are not recognised by nontrinitarian churches such as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( and other denominations within Mormonism ), Jehovah's Witnesses, and Unitarians.

The term has been embraced by most adherents of Mormonism, most notably Mormon fundamentalists, while other Latter Day Saint denominations, such as the Community of Christ, have rejected it.

Mormonism is the religion practiced by Mormons, and is the predominant religious tradition of the Latter Day Saint movement.

Other branches of Mormonism include Mormon fundamentalism, which seeks to maintain practices and doctrines such as polygamy that were discontinued by the LDS Church, and various other small independent denominations.

Cultural Mormonism includes a lifestyle promoted by the Mormon institutions, and includes cultural Mormons who identify with the culture, but not necessarily the theology.

For this and other reasons, including a belief by many Mormons in American exceptionalism, Molly Worthen speculates that this may be why Leo Tolstoy described Mormonism as the " quintessential ' American religion '".

Since its origins in the 19th century, Mormonism has been compared to Islam, often by detractors of one religion or the other.

Before the 1890 Mormon Manifesto against plural marriage, Mormonism and Islam also shared in the belief in and practice of plural marriage, a practice now held in common by Islam and various branches of Mormon fundamentalism.

By far the largest of these is " mainstream Mormonism ", defined by the leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ).

Mainstream Mormonism is defined by the leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ) which identifies itself as Christian.

The LDS Church is by far the largest branch of Mormonism.

The question is definitively resolved in Calvinism by asserting that all souls act according to God's sovereign will, and in Mormonism ( see below ) by asserting that human souls have always existed and are co-eternal with God.

Fundamentalism is a movement, rather than a denomination or a systematic theology, which gained ascendance after the release of a ten-volume set of essays, apologetic and polemic, written by many well-known conservative Protestant theologians to defend what they saw as Protestant orthodoxy — covering a wide range of topics, from defenses of the Divinity of Jesus Christ, his Virgin Birth, of the historicity of Biblical narratives, Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch, and of Biblical inerrancy against the prevalent higher-critical theories of the day, to the falsity of theological systems such as Christian Science, " Millennial Dawnism ", Mormonism, to the errors of " Romanism "— over the course of 1910-1915, called The Fundamentals: A Testimony to the Truth, from which the movement receives its eponymous name.

In Mormonism, testifying is also referred to as " bearing one's testimony ," and often involves the sharing of personal experience — ranging from a simple anecdote to an account of personal revelation — followed by a statement of belief that has been confirmed by this experience.

First it was known as Clover Creek by Oregon Trail travelers, later it became Belmont and finally was given the name Montpelier by Brigham Young, one of the founding fathers of Mormonism, after a town in his birth state of Vermont.

In Mormonism, unlike most other Christian denominations, the Melchizedek priesthood is thought to be held by unextraordinary mortals and not solely by either pre-Aaronic priests such as Melchizedek, or Jesus alone, as most Christians interpret the Epistle to the Hebrews.

Joseph Smith ( 1805 – 1844 ) was an American religious leader and the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, which gave rise to Mormonism.

The founder and first leader of Mormonism, Joseph Smith, noted in his journal that this event was a literal fulfillment of the word of God and a sure sign that the coming of Christ is close at hand.

Mormons () are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement, which began with the visions of Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s.

The Angel Moroni () is, in Mormonism, an angel that visited Joseph Smith, Jr. on numerous occasions, beginning on September 21, 1823.

** Joseph Smith, Jr., American prophet, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ( Mormonism ) ( b. 1805 )

* William Smith ( Latter Day Saints ) ( 1811 – 1893 ), younger brother of the founder of Mormonism, Joseph Smith, Jr., and a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement

This area provides insight into what life was like during the period when Kirtland was the home of Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, and other founders of Mormonism.

However, when Taylor discussed the origins of Mormonism in 1863, he did so without alluding to the canonical First Vision story, and in 1879, he referred to Joseph Smith having asked " the angel " which of the sects was correct.

After plural marriage ended at the turn of the 20th century, the First Vision was promoted heavily by Joseph F. Smith, and it soon replaced polygamy in the minds of adherents as the main defining element of Mormonism and the source of the faith's perception of persecution by outsiders.

Hofmann may have been inspired by an early anti-Mormon work Mormonism Unvailed ( sic ) ( 1834 ), which claimed that a toad-like animal was rumored to have appeared to Smith in conjunction with the recovery of the plates.

Resulting publications that include conclusions based on the presumption that letter was authentic are still available and may influence the opinions of those seeking information on " deep Mormon doctrine " or evidence to support a naturalistic or magical historical view of Mormonism or Joseph Smith.

This high priesthood had been foreshadowed in the Book of Mormon, which referred to men holding the unique position of high priest in the church organization described in that book, holding the " high priesthood of the holy order of God " (, ); however, the office of high priest was not implemented in early Mormonism until some days after Joseph Smith, Jr. was joined in his ministry by Sidney Rigdon, a newly-converted Church of Christ minister from Ohio, who merged his congregation with Smith's Church of Christ.

Within Mormonism, the priesthood authority to act in God's name was said by Mormonism's founder, Joseph Smith Junior, to have been removed from the primitive Christian church through apostasy ( also known as a " falling away "), which Mormons believe occurred due to the deaths of the original apostles.

However, similarities between Glendenning's claims and those of Mormonism's founder Joseph Smith, Jr .— as well as the Utah location of the commune he established in the 1950s, and the LDS roots of most of its founding members — has caused the Aaronic Order to be associated with Mormonism in scholarly and popular view.

Whitney and her husband were among the inner circle of early Mormonism with Joseph Smith and later Brigham Young, with whom they traveled west and settled in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory.

The beginning of Mormonism centers around a number of early charismatic experiences with the heavenly and the spiritual by Joseph Smith, Jr. and his associates.