* 1844 – The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ).

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( Mormon or LDS Church ) who hold the Melchizedek priesthood may use consecrated oil in performing the ordinance of blessing of the " sick or afflicted ", though oil is not required if it is unavailable.

At the intersection of Columbus Avenue and West 65th Street, Broadway passes by the Juilliard School and Lincoln Center, both well-known performing arts landmarks, as well as a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( the Mormon or LDS Church ), known as the Manhattan New York Temple.

He was the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ) from 1847 until his death in 1877, he founded Salt Lake City, and he served as the first governor of the Utah Territory, United States.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( the LDS Church or, colloquially, the Mormon Church ) is a Christian primitivist church that considers itself to be a restoration of the church founded by Jesus Christ.

This vision would come to be regarded by the LDS Church as the most important event in human history after the resurrection of Jesus.

Brigham Young led the LDS Church from 1844 until his death in 1877.

The standard works of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ) are the four books that currently constitute its open scriptural canon, due to the LDS belief in continuous revelation.

The standard works are printed and distributed by the LDS Church in a single binding called a quadruple combination and as a set of two books, with the Bible in one binding, and the other three books in a second binding called a triple combination.

" There are six recorded instances of this happening in the LDS Church:

When a doctrine undergoes this procedure, the LDS Church treats it as the word of God, and it is used as a standard to compare other doctrines.

The manuscripts of the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible state that " the Song of Solomon is not inspired scripture ," and therefore it is not included in LDS canon and rarely studied by members of the LDS Church.

Although the Apocrypha was part of the 1611 edition of the KJV, the LDS Church does not currently use the Apocrypha as part of its canon.

However, with the exceptions of Smith's translation of portions of the book of Book of Genesis ( renamed Selections from the Book of Moses ) and the translation of Matthew ( called Joseph Smith – Matthew ), no portions of the Joseph Smith Translation have been officially canonized by the LDS Church.

In the LDS Church's Sunday School and Church Educational System classes, the standard works are studied and taught in a four-year rotation:

LDS Apostle Orson Pratt declared that " Ahman ", part of the name of the settlement " Adam-ondi-Ahman " in Daviess County, Missouri, was the name of God in the Adamic language.

Though the King James Version ( KJV ) was always commonly used, it was officially adopted in the 1950s when J. Reuben Clark, of the First Presidency, argued extensively that newer translations, such as Revised Standard Version of 1952, were of lower quality and less compatible with LDS tradition.

The history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ) 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 the practice of polygamy was discontinued.

It was superseded by section 132 of the modern LDS edition, which contains a revelation received by Joseph Smith on eternal marriage and teaches the doctrine of plural marriage.

He was Patriarch of the LDS Church.

The word Mormon is often associated with polygamy ( or plural marriage ), which was a distinguishing practice of many early Mormons ; however it was renounced by the LDS Church in 1890,

At Young's death in 1877, he was followed by other LDS Presidents, who resisted efforts by the United States Congress to outlaw Mormon polygamous marriages.

Official LDS Church historian B. H. Roberts removed the quote from his History of the Church compilation, saying he found evidence that W. W. Phelps wrote that paragraph and that it was " based on inaccurate premises and was offensively pedantic.

In the United States, the LDS Church has applied for a trademark on " Mormon " as applied to religious services ; however, the United States Patent and Trademark Office rejected the application, stating that the term " Mormon " was too generic, and is popularly understood as referring to a particular kind of church, similar to " Presbyterian " or " Methodist ", rather than a service mark.

The term was initially considered pejorative, but is no longer considered so by Mormons ( although other terms such as Latter-day Saint, or LDS, are generally preferred ).

The LDS Church created a writing scheme called the Deseret Alphabet, which was based, in part, on Hebrew.

According to LDS Church general authority Monte J. Brough, " Mormons who baptized 380, 000 Holocaust victims posthumously were motivated by love and compassion and did not understand their gesture might offend Jews ... they did not realize that what they intended as a ' Christian act of service ' was ' misguided and insensitive .'".

Fundamentalists initially broke from the LDS Church after that doctrine was discontinued around the beginning of the 20th century.

The LDS Church teaches that during the pre-mortal existence, there was a learning process which eventually led to the next necessary step in the pre-mortal spirits ' opportunity to progress.

Janez Drnovšek of the center-left Liberal Democratic Party of Slovenia ( LDS ) was reelected Prime Minister in the 15 October 2000 parliamentary elections.

* March 17 – The Relief Society, a philanthropic and educational women's organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS ) was founded.

Bruce R. McConkie, who was later ordained an apostle of the LDS Church, originally wrote his opinion that the Catholic Church was the great and abominable church, but very few in the LDS Church share his view today.

" The principles established by the Proclamation were cited by Mormons during the campaign of the LDS Church and its members in support of California Proposition 8 ( 2008 ).

The first post office was established with the name Taylorsville which was the name of the LDS branch in that part of the North Jordan, perhaps to distinguish it from Granger.

Critics of polygamy in the early LDS Church claim that church leaders established the practice of polygamy in order to further their immoral desires for sexual gratification with multiple sexual partners.

Adherents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS ), commonly called Mormons, believe that founder Joseph Smith, Jr., was a prophet of God, chosen to restore the primitive, apostolic church established by Jesus, now " in its fullness ", rather than to reform the church or priesthood, which had ceased to exist in any substantial or authoritative sense shortly after the end of the apostolic age and before the First Council of Nicaea in 325.

The store was established by a vote from the Council of Fifty, an early organization in the LDS Church.

* A quorum of " Evangelists " ( not to be confused with the LDS and Community of Christ office of Patriarch ) is established, to be Apostles to a single " nation, kindred, tongue or people "-- unlike the Twelve, who were sent to all nations.

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.

This description of God represents the orthodoxy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ), established early in the 19th century.

Being nontrinitarian, the teachings of the LDS Church differ from other Christian churches ' theologies as established, for example, in the First Council of Constantinople.

Others point out that LDS scripture does not actually state that the settlement “ Zarahemla ” was established on the same spot as the notable Book of Mormon city or land.

LDS Elders established the Polynesian Cultural Center in November 1963 as a means of preserving the Pacific cultures that the Latter-day Saints had encountered in their missionary work.

He established a welfare program to aid members in distress that became a model emulated by the entire LDS Church.

** A quorum of " Evangelists " ( not to be confused with the LDS and Community of Christ office of Patriarch ) is established, to be Apostles to a single " nation, kindred, tongue or people "-- unlike the Twelve, who were sent to all nations.

He also established a research laboratory at LDS Hospital.

One of the first of these missionary training centers was established in 1977 at São Paulo, Brazil, adjacent to the newly dedicated São Paulo LDS Temple.

In 2001, the LDS Church established a modern variant of the PEF, dubbing it the Perpetual Education Fund.

As a result of Smith's excommunication, he did not follow Young and the majority of Latter Day Saints who settled in Utah Territory and established The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ).

Morley and the settlers arrived at the present location of Manti in November 1849, and established a winter camp, digging temporary shelters into the south side of the hill on which the LDS Manti Utah Temple now stands.

The settlers arrived at the present location of Manti, Utah in November, and established a base camp for the winter, digging temporary shelters into the south side of the hill on which the LDS Manti Utah Temple now stands.

Communities were also established in eastern and southeastern Utah and western Colorado, primarily populated by LDS converts from the southern United States.

In March 1886, the LDS community of Colonia Juarez was formally established.

By 1895 many additional LDS based communities had been established in nearby areas in the province.