Some Latter-day Saints ( LDS or Mormons ) believe it to be the language of God.

The department's research facility, the Family History Library, which has developed the most extensive genealogical record-gathering program in the world, was established to assist in tracing family lineages for special religious ceremonies that Mormons believe will seal family units together for eternity.

Mormons believe that this fulfilled a biblical prophecy stating that the prophet Elijah would return to ' turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers.

Although the Latter-day Saints believe that speaking in tongues and the interpretation of tongues are alive and well in the Church, modern Mormons are much more likely to point to the way in which LDS missionaries are trained and learn foreign languages quickly, and are able to communicate rapidly, on their missions, as evidence of the manifestation of this gift.

Mormons believe in the Bible, as well as other books of scripture, such as the Book of Mormon.

Mormons believe that returning to God requires following the example of Jesus Christ, and accepting his atonement through ordinances such as baptism.

Mormons also emphasize standards they believe were taught by Jesus Christ, including personal honesty, integrity, obedience to law, chastity outside of marriage and fidelity within marriage.

: Cultural Mormons are individuals who do not believe some ( or many ) of the doctrines of LDS Church, but who self-identify as Mormon.

Mormons believe that God re-established the early Christian Church as found in the New Testament through the agency of Joseph Smith.

In particular, Mormons believe that angels such as Peter, James, John, and John the Baptist appeared to Joseph Smith and others and bestowed various Priesthood authorities on them.

Mormons thus believe that their Church is the " only true and living church " because divine authority was restored to it through Smith.

In addition, Mormons believe that Smith and his legitimate successors are modern prophets, seers, and revelators who receive revelation from God to guide His Church.

Mormons believe that, in the beginning, all people existed as spirits or " intelligences ," independent of God.

Mormons believe that one purpose of earthly life is to learn to choose good over evil — godly over worldly.

Mormons believe that Jesus paid for the sins of the world, and that all people can be saved through his atonement.

Because Mormons believe that everyone must receive certain ordinances to be saved, Mormons perform ordinances on behalf of deceased persons.

In accordance with their belief in each individuals " free agency ", living or dead, Mormons believe that the deceased may accept or reject the offered ordinance in the spirit world, just as all spirits decided to accept or reject God's plan originally.

While Mormons believe in the general accuracy of the modern day text of the Bible, they also believe that it is incomplete and contains errors.

Mormons believe that Joseph Smith and subsequent church leaders could speak scripture " when moved upon by the Holy Ghost.

" In addition, many Mormons believe that ancient prophets in other regions of the world received revelations that resulted in additional scriptures that have been lost and may, one day, be forthcoming.

Mormons believe in Jesus Christ as the literal firstborn Son of God and Messiah, his crucifixion as a conclusion of a sin offering, and subsequent resurrection.

Additionally, Mormons don't believe in creation ex nihilo, believing that matter is eternal, and creation involved God organizing existing matter.

The faith incorporates many Old Testament ideas into its theology, and the beliefs of Mormons sometimes parallel those of Judaism and certain elements of Jewish culture.

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( or Mormons ) " revere the Bible both Old and New Testaments as the word of God.

Mormons believe that the Urim and Thummim of Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon were the functional equivalent of the Urim and Thummim mentioned in the Old Testament, but there is no indication that the Old Testament Urim and Thummin were used to translate documents.

Some Mormons believe that there were three different Urim and Thummim: the one of the Old Testament and two mentioned in the Book of Mormon, one used by the Jaredites and the other by King Mosiah.

In 1831 a group of Mormons from New York settled in an area that would later be part of Kansas City.

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.

Mormons trace their origins to the visions that Joseph Smith reported having in the early 1820s while living in upstate New York.

Mormons hold that the New Testament prophesied both the apostasy from the teachings of Christ and his apostles as well as the restoration of all things prior to the second coming of Christ.

Mormons believe the people of the Book of Mormon lived in the western hemisphere, that Christ appeared in the western hemisphere after his death and resurrection, that the true faith was restored in upstate New York by Joseph Smith, that the Garden of Eden was located in North America, and that the New Jerusalem would be built in Missouri.

* " Mormons on a Mission " article by Kirk Johnson, New York Times

In a similar vein, during a 1972 general conference of the LDS Church, Benson recommended that all Mormons read Gary Allen's New World Order tract " None Dare Call it A Conspiracy ".

* The Mormons ' proposal for a State of Deseret incorporating most of the area of the Mexican Cession but excluding the largest non-Mormon populations in Northern California and central New Mexico was considered unlikely to succeed in Congress, but nevertheless in 1849 President Taylor sent his agent John Wilson westward with a proposal to combine California and Deseret as a single state, decreasing the number of new free states and the erosion of Southern parity in the Senate.

The New World location of the Nephites is a subject of controversy among Mormons.

In 1875 Ivins was part of an exploratory mission that found many sites in New Mexico and Arizona which were later colonized by the Mormons.

New problems erupted between the Mormons and their neighbors when the Mormons began to settle in the counties surrounding Caldwell, including De Witt in Carroll County and Adam-ondi-Ahman in Daviess County.

" Thomas Nelson's Safe Sites Internet Yellow Pages, The 2000-2001 Edition describes the organization as " A Christian ministry promoting Christian truth with articles on doctrine, Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, Evolution, New Age, atheism, and more.

* New Order Mormons

One such group refers to itself as the New Order Mormons, a name patterned on the term New Order Amish ( Amish who maintain cultural ties to their religion while not accepting some of its core tenets ).

In 1942, the Mormons developed terrorist tactics, which posed major problems in New York and Philadelphia as well as occupation forces in Utah itself: the car bomb and the suicide bomb —" people bombs ", in the terminology of this timeline.