Evans, MelindaBrigham Young University Studies Quarterly
The Prophet’s campaign started in Nauvoo in February of 1844, and soon news spread to neighboring states that the Latter-day Saint prophet was running for president. At the time, he was serving as mayor of Nauvoo—a city that was larger and growing faster than most U.S. cities, includin...
The rest of the charges were dismissed as part of the agreement. Authorities say that Bateman, 48, tried to start an offshoot of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints based in the neighboring communities of Colorado City, Ariz., an...
The process of becoming a saint has been defined over time, but in the days of the early Catholic Church, it had far less definition. Saints were ...
The Mountain Meadows Massacre was led or ordered by two members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The two men who ordered it were... Learn more about this topic: Mormon Overview, Leaders & History from Chapter 8/ Lesson 43 ...
He was the first Church Historian for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1972 to 1982, and was director of the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History from 1982 until 1986. Arrington grew up in a large family in Idaho, where he and his family ...
Galatians 5:22–23teaches that “the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, [and] temperance.” Latter-day Saints believe that when we have the Holy Spirit with us, we can experience all the positive feelings and attributes listed abov...
The Latter Day Lives podcast was set up to share the stories of amazing active Latter Day Saints. We have a new episode every Monday. We feature a wide variety of guests from actors, directors, authors, musicians, political figures, people who have overcome obstacles, and people who are jus...
I’m a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon) and our belief in hell is, as I understand it, very different from most Christians. I could be wrong though, I’ve not looked into it.— When I gave a Mormon a Get Out of Hell Free card, he chuckled, ...
Mormonism is an informal name for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a Christian religion that considers the Book of Mormon to be scripture as sacred as the Biblical Old Testament and New Testament. The religion was founded in the 1820s by Joseph Smith and members undertook a...