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Joseph Smith

Index Joseph Smith

Joseph Smith Jr. (December 23, 1805June 27, 1844) was an American religious leader and the founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement. [1]

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  1. 293 relations: Aaronic priesthood (Latter Day Saints), Acquittal, Adam-ondi-Ahman, Adultery, Alexander Hale Smith, Alexander William Doniphan, Alfred A. Knopf, Alpheus Cutler, Alvin Smith (brother of Joseph Smith), Angel Moroni, Anointed Quorum, Anti-Mormonism, Apostle (Latter Day Saints), Apostles in the New Testament, Bail, Bank fraud, Banknote, Baptism, Baptism for the dead, Battle of Crooked River, Benjamin Park, Black people and Mormonism, Book of Abraham, Book of Commandments, Book of Genesis, Book of Joseph, Book of Mormon, Breathing Permit of Hôr, Brigham Young, Brigham Young University, Burned-over district, C-SPAN, Cain, Caldwell County, Missouri, Campbellite, Carthage Jail, Carthage, Illinois, Centralist Republic of Mexico, Chenango County, New York, Children of Joseph Smith, Cholera, Christian communism, Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints), Colesville, New York, Columbia University Press, Community of Christ, Confirmation (Latter Day Saints), Cosmology, Council of Fifty, County seat, ... Expand index (243 more) »

  2. 19th-century apocalypticists
  3. Abolitionists from Illinois
  4. American faith healers
  5. Apostles of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)
  6. Assassinated mayors
  7. Book of Mormon witnesses
  8. Burials at the Smith Family Cemetery
  9. Candidates in the 1844 United States presidential election
  10. Child marriage in the United States
  11. Christian abolitionists
  12. Latter Day Saint missionaries in Canada
  13. Lynching deaths in Illinois
  14. Mormon mystics
  15. Nauvoo Legion
  16. Politicians assassinated in the 1840s
  17. Presidents of the Church (LDS Church)
  18. Prophet-Presidents of the Community of Christ
  19. Prophets in Mormonism
  20. Religious leaders from Vermont
  21. Seership in Mormonism
  22. Tarring and feathering in the United States
  23. Treasure hunters
  24. Victims of religiously motivated violence in the United States

Aaronic priesthood (Latter Day Saints)

The Aaronic priesthood (also called the priesthood of Aaron or the Levitical priesthood) is the lesser of the two orders of priesthood recognized in the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Acquittal

In common law jurisdictions, an acquittal means that the prosecution has failed to prove that the accused is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the charge presented.

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Adam-ondi-Ahman

Adam-ondi-Ahman (sometimes clipped to Diahman) is a historic site in Daviess County, Missouri, about five miles south of Jameson.

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Adultery

Adultery is extramarital sex that is considered objectionable on social, religious, moral, or legal grounds.

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Alexander Hale Smith

Alexander Hale Smith (June 2, 1838 – August 12, 1909) was the third surviving son of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale Smith. Joseph Smith and Alexander Hale Smith are doctrine and Covenants people and Smith family (Latter Day Saints).

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Alexander William Doniphan

Alexander William Doniphan (July 9, 1808 – August 8, 1887) was a 19th-century American attorney, soldier and politician from Missouri who is best known today as the man who prevented the summary execution of Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, at the close of the 1838 Mormon War in that state.

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Alfred A. Knopf

Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. is an American publishing house that was founded by Blanche Knopf and Alfred A. Knopf Sr. in 1915.

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Alpheus Cutler

John Alpheus Cutler (February 29, 1784 – June 10, 1864) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement who founded the Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite) in 1853. Joseph Smith and Alpheus Cutler are American Latter Day Saint leaders, doctrine and Covenants people and founders of new religious movements.

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Alvin Smith (brother of Joseph Smith)

Alvin Smith (February 11, 1798 – November 19, 1823) was the eldest brother of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Joseph Smith and Alvin Smith (brother of Joseph Smith) are doctrine and Covenants people, Smith family (Latter Day Saints) and Treasure hunters.

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Angel Moroni

The Angel Moroni is an angel whom Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, reported as having visited him on numerous occasions, beginning on September 21, 1823. Joseph Smith and angel Moroni are doctrine and Covenants people.

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Anointed Quorum

The Anointed Quorum, also known as the Quorum of the Anointed, or the Holy Order, was a select body of men and women who Joseph Smith initiated into Mormon temple ordinances at Nauvoo, Illinois, which gave them special standing in the early Latter Day Saint movement. Joseph Smith and Anointed Quorum are history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Anti-Mormonism

Anti-Mormonism is often used to describe people or literature that are critical of their adherents, institutions, or beliefs, or involve physical attacks against specific Mormons, or the Latter Day Saint movement as a whole. Joseph Smith and Anti-Mormonism are history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Apostle (Latter Day Saints)

In the Latter Day Saint movement, an apostle is a "special witness of the name of Jesus Christ who is sent to teach the principles of salvation to others." In many Latter Day Saint churches, an apostle is a priesthood office of high authority within the church hierarchy. Joseph Smith and apostle (Latter Day Saints) are prophets in Mormonism.

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Apostles in the New Testament

In Christian theology and ecclesiology, the apostles, particularly the Twelve Apostles (also known as the Twelve Disciples or simply the Twelve), were the primary disciples of Jesus according to the New Testament.

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Bail

Bail is a set of pre-trial restrictions that are imposed on a suspect to ensure that they will not hamper the judicial process.

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Bank fraud

Bank fraud is the use of potentially illegal means to obtain money, assets, or other property owned or held by a financial institution, or to obtain money from depositors by fraudulently posing as a bank or other financial institution.

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Banknote

A banknotealso called a bill (North American English), paper money, or simply a noteis a type of negotiable promissory note, made by a bank or other licensed authority, payable to the bearer on demand.

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Baptism

Baptism (from immersion, dipping in water) is a Christian sacrament of initiation almost invariably with the use of water.

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Baptism for the dead

Baptism for the dead, vicarious baptism or proxy baptism today commonly refers to the religious practice of baptizing a person on behalf of one who is dead—a living person receiving the rite on behalf of a deceased person.

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Battle of Crooked River

The Battle of Crooked River was a skirmish occurred on October 25, 1838, a major escalator of the 1838 Mormon War.

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Benjamin Park

Benjamin E. Park is an American historian concentrating on early American political, religious, and intellectual history, history of gender, religious studies, slavery, anti-slavery, and Atlantic history.

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Black people and Mormonism

During the history of the Latter Day Saint movement, the relationship between Black people and Mormonism has included enslavement, exclusion and inclusion, and official and unofficial discrimination.

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Book of Abraham

The Book of Abraham is a collection of writings from several Egyptian scrolls discovered in the early 19th century during an archeological expedition by Antonio Lebolo.

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Book of Commandments

The Book of Commandments is the earliest published book to contain the revelations of Joseph Smith Jr. Text published in the Book of Commandments is now considered scripture by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) as part of the larger Doctrine and Covenants.

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Book of Genesis

The Book of Genesis (from Greek; בְּרֵאשִׁית|Bərēʾšīṯ|In beginning; Liber Genesis) is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament.

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Book of Joseph

The Book of Joseph is an untranslated text identified by Joseph Smith after analyzing Egyptian papyri that came into his possession in 1835.

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Book of Mormon

The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, first published in 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.

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Breathing Permit of Hôr

The Breathing Permit of Hôr or Hor Book of Breathing is a Ptolemaic-era (305–30 BCE) funerary text written for a Theban priest named Hôr.

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Brigham Young

Brigham Young (June 1, 1801August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician. Joseph Smith and Brigham Young are American Freemasons, American city founders, apostles of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints), child marriage in the United States, doctrine and Covenants people, Latter Day Saints from Illinois, Latter Day Saints from New York (state), Latter Day Saints from Ohio, presidents of the Church (LDS Church) and religious leaders from Vermont.

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Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University (BYU) is a private research university in Provo, Utah, United States.

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Burned-over district

The term "burned-over district" refers to the western and parts of the central regions of New York State in the early 19th century, where religious revivals and the formation of new religious movements of the Second Great Awakening took place, to such a great extent that spiritual fervor seemed to set the area on fire.

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C-SPAN

Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN) is an American cable and satellite television network, created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a nonprofit public service.

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Cain

Cain is a biblical figure in the Book of Genesis within Abrahamic religions.

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Caldwell County, Missouri

Caldwell County is a county located in Missouri, United States.

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Campbellite

Campbellite is a mildly pejorative term referring to adherents of certain religious groups that have historic roots in the Restoration Movement, among whose most prominent 19th-century leaders were Thomas and Alexander Campbell.

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Carthage Jail

Carthage Jail is a historic building in Carthage, Illinois, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

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Carthage, Illinois

Carthage is a city in and the county seat of Hancock County, Illinois, United States.

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Centralist Republic of Mexico

The Centralist Republic of Mexico (República Centralista de México), or in the anglophone scholarship, the Central Republic, officially the Mexican Republic (República Mexicana), was a unitary political regime established in Mexico on 23 October 1835, under a new constitution known as the Siete Leyes after conservatives repealed the federalist Constitution of 1824 and ended the First Mexican Republic.

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Chenango County, New York

Chenango County is a county located in the south-central section U.S. state of New York.

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Children of Joseph Smith

The children of Joseph Smith Jr., the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his wife Emma Smith, are historically significant because of their roles in establishing and leading the Latter Day Saint Movement, which includes the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church, since 2001 called Community of Christ), The Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite), the Church of Christ (Temple Lot) and several other sects. Joseph Smith and children of Joseph Smith are Smith family (Latter Day Saints).

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Cholera

Cholera is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.

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Christian communism

Christian communism is a theological view that the teachings of Jesus compel Christians to support religious communism.

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Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)

The Church of Christ was the original name of the Latter Day Saint church founded by Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith and church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) are history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Colesville, New York

Colesville is a town in Broome County, New York, United States.

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Columbia University Press

Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University.

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Community of Christ

Community of Christ, known from 1872 to 2001 as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS), is an American-based international church, and is the second-largest denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Confirmation (Latter Day Saints)

In the Latter Day Saint movement, confirmation (also known as the gift of the Holy Ghost or the baptism of fire and of the Holy Ghost), is an ordinance essential for salvation.

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Cosmology

Cosmology is a branch of physics and metaphysics dealing with the nature of the universe, the cosmos.

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Council of Fifty

"The Council of Fifty" (also known as "the Living Constitution", "the Kingdom of God", or its name by revelation, "The Kingdom of God and His Laws with the Keys and Power thereof, and Judgment in the Hands of His Servants, Ahman Christ") was a Latter Day Saint organization established by Joseph Smith in 1844 to symbolize and represent a future theocratic or theodemocratic "Kingdom of God" on the earth. Joseph Smith and Council of Fifty are history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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County seat

A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish.

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Court-martial

A court-martial or court martial (plural courts-martial or courts martial, as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court.

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Creationism

Creationism is the religious belief that nature, and aspects such as the universe, Earth, life, and humans, originated with supernatural acts of divine creation.

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Cumorah

Cumorah (also known as Mormon Hill,A. P. Kesler,, Young Woman's Journal, 9:73 (February 1898)."Thomas Cook History, 1930", in Dan Vogel ed. (2000). Early Mormon Documents, vol. 3 (Salt Lake City: Signature Books) pp. 243–50.Andrew Jenson, Conference Report (April 1917) p. 99. Gold Bible Hill,Bruce E.

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Cunning folk traditions and the Latter Day Saint movement

Cunning folk traditions, sometimes referred to as folk magic, were intertwined with the early culture and practice of the Latter Day Saint movement. Joseph Smith and Cunning folk traditions and the Latter Day Saint movement are history of the Latter Day Saint movement and Seership in Mormonism.

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Curses of Cain and Ham and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Teachings on the biblical curse of Cain and the curse of Ham in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and their effects on Black people in the LDS Church have changed throughout the church's history.

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Cyrus H. Wheelock

Cyrus Hubbard Wheelock (February 28, 1813 – October 11, 1894) was an early missionary and leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Daniel Dunklin

Daniel Dunklin (January 14, 1790 – August 25, 1844) was the fifth Governor of Missouri, serving from 1832 to 1836. Joseph Smith and Daniel Dunklin are 1844 deaths.

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Daniel Walker Howe

Daniel Walker Howe (born January 10, 1937) is an American historian who specializes in the early national period of U.S. history, with a particular interest in its intellectual and religious dimensions.

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Danite

The Danites were a fraternal organization founded by Latter Day Saint members in June 1838, in the town of Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri. Joseph Smith and Danite are history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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David Hyrum Smith

David Hyrum Smith (November 17, 1844 – August 29, 1904) was an American religious leader, poet, painter, singer, philosopher, and naturalist. Joseph Smith and David Hyrum Smith are American Latter Day Saint missionaries, doctrine and Covenants people, Latter Day Saint missionaries in the United States and Smith family (Latter Day Saints).

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Daviess County, Missouri

Daviess County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri.

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Degrees of glory

In the theology and cosmology of Mormonism, in heaven there are three degrees of glory (alternatively, kingdoms of glory) which are the ultimate, eternal dwelling places for nearly all who have lived on earth after they are resurrected from the spirit world.

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Desecration

Desecration is the act of depriving something of its sacred character, or the disrespectful, contemptuous, or destructive treatment of that which is held to be sacred or holy by a group or individual.

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Deseret News

The Deseret News is a multi-platform newspaper based in Salt Lake City, published by Deseret News Publishing Company, a subsidiary of Deseret Management Corporation, which is owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought

Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought is an independent quarterly journal that addresses a wide range of issues on Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint Movement.

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Dispensationalism

Dispensationalism is a theological framework for interpreting the Bible which maintains that history is divided into multiple ages called "dispensations" in which God interacts with his chosen people in different ways.

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Divination

Divination is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic ritual or practice.

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Doctrine and Covenants

The Doctrine and Covenants (sometimes abbreviated and cited as D&C or D. and C.) is a part of the open scriptural canon of several denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Don Carlos Smith

Don Carlos Smith (March 25, 1816 – August 7, 1841) was the youngest brother of Joseph Smith and a leader, missionary, and periodical editor in the early days of the Latter Day Saint movement. Joseph Smith and Don Carlos Smith are American Latter Day Saint leaders, American Latter Day Saint missionaries, burials at the Smith Family Cemetery, doctrine and Covenants people, editors of Latter Day Saint publications, Latter Day Saint missionaries in the United States, religious leaders from New York (state), religious leaders from Vermont and Smith family (Latter Day Saints).

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E. B. Grandin

Egbert Bratt Grandin (March 30, 1806 – April 16, 1845) was a printer in Palmyra, New York, best known for publishing the first edition of the Book of Mormon, a sacred text of the churches of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Early Christianity

Early Christianity, otherwise called the Early Church or Paleo-Christianity, describes the historical era of the Christian religion up to the First Council of Nicaea in 325.

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Egyptology

Egyptology (from Egypt and Greek -λογία, -logia; علمالمصريات) is the scientific study of ancient Egypt.

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Eight Witnesses

The Eight Witnesses were one of the two groups of witnesses who made statements stating that they had seen the golden plates which Joseph Smith said was his source material for the Book of Mormon. Joseph Smith and Eight Witnesses are book of Mormon witnesses.

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Elder (Latter Day Saints)

Elder is a priesthood office in the Melchizedek priesthood of denominations within the Latter Day Saint movement, including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

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Elijah

Elijah (ʾĒlīyyāhū, meaning "My God is Yahweh/YHWH"; Greek form: Elias /eːˈlias/) was a Jewish prophet and a miracle worker who lived in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of King Ahab (9th century BC), according to the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible. Joseph Smith and Elijah are Angelic visionaries.

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Elopement

Elopement is a marriage which is conducted in a sudden and secretive fashion, sometimes involving a hurried flight away from one's place of residence together with one's beloved with the intention of getting married without parental approval.

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Emma Smith

Emma Hale Smith Bidamon (July 10, 1804 – April 30, 1879) was a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement and a prominent member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church) as well as the first wife of Joseph Smith, the movement's founder. Joseph Smith and Emma Smith are American Latter Day Saint leaders, Angelic visionaries, book of Mormon witnesses, burials at the Smith Family Cemetery, doctrine and Covenants people, Latter Day Saints from Illinois, Latter Day Saints from Ohio and Smith family (Latter Day Saints).

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Endowment (Latter Day Saints)

In the theology of the Latter Day Saint movement, an endowment refers to a gift of "power from on high", typically associated with the ordinances performed in Latter Day Saint temples.

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Eschatology

Eschatology concerns expectations of the end of present age, human history, or the world itself.

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Eternal sin

In Christian hamartiology, eternal sin, the unforgivable sin, unpardonable sin, or ultimate sin is the sin which will not be forgiven by God.

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Exaltation (Mormonism)

Exaltation is a belief in Mormonism that after death some people will reach the highest level of salvation in the celestial kingdom and eternally live in God's presence, continue as families, become gods, create worlds, and make spirit children over whom they will govern.

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Execution by firing squad

Execution by firing squad, in the past sometimes called fusillading (from the French fusil, rifle), is a method of capital punishment, particularly common in the military and in times of war.

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Extradition

In an extradition, one jurisdiction delivers a person accused or convicted of committing a crime in another jurisdiction, into the custody of the other's law enforcement.

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Fanny Alger

Frances Ward "Fanny" Alger Custer (September 30, 1817 – November 29, 1889) was possibly the first plural wife of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Joseph Smith and Fanny Alger are child marriage in the United States, history of the Latter Day Saint movement and Latter Day Saints from Ohio.

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Far West, Missouri

Far West was a settlement of the Latter Day Saint movement in Caldwell County, Missouri, United States, during the late 1830s.

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Fayette, New York

Fayette is a town in Seneca County, New York, United States.

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Federal government of the United States

The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district/national capital of Washington, D.C., where most of the federal government is based.

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Financial capital

Financial capital (also simply known as capital or equity in finance, accounting and economics) is any economic resource measured in terms of money used by entrepreneurs and businesses to buy what they need to make their products or to provide their services to the sector of the economy upon which their operation is based (e.g.

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First Vision

The First Vision (also called the grove experience by members of the Community of Christ) refers to a theophany which Latter Day Saints believe Joseph Smith experienced in the early 1820s, in a wooded area in Manchester, New York, called the Sacred Grove. Joseph Smith and First Vision are history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Forgery

Forgery is a white-collar crime that generally refers to the false making or material alteration of a legal instrument with the specific intent to defraud.

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Fraternity

A fraternity (whence, "brotherhood") or fraternal organization is an organization, society, club or fraternal order traditionally of men but also women associated together for various religious or secular aims.

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Frederick M. Smith

Frederick Madison Smith (January 21, 1874 – March 20, 1946), generally known among his followers as "Fred M.", was an American religious leader and author and the third Prophet-President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (renamed the Community of Christ in 2001), serving from 1915 until his death. Joseph Smith and Frederick M. Smith are doctrine and Covenants people, prophet-Presidents of the Community of Christ and Smith family (Latter Day Saints).

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Freedom of religion

Freedom of religion or religious liberty is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance.

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Freemasonry

Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 14th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients.

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Gallatin, Missouri

Gallatin is a city in Daviess County, Missouri, United States.

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General conference (Latter Day Saints)

In the Latter Day Saint movement, a general conference is a meeting for all members of the church for conducting general church business and instruction.

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General officer

A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry.

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God

In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith.

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God the Father

God the Father is a title given to God in Christianity.

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Golden plates

According to Latter Day Saint belief, the golden plates (also called the gold plates or in some 19th-century literature, the golden bible) are the source from which Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon, a sacred text of the faith. Joseph Smith and golden plates are history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Google Books

Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search, Google Print, and by its code-name Project Ocean) is a service from Google that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database.

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Governor of Illinois

The governor of Illinois is the head of state and head of government of Illinois, and the various agencies and departments over which the officer has jurisdiction, as prescribed in the state constitution.

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Grand jury

A grand jury is a jury—a group of citizens—empowered by law to conduct legal proceedings, investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether criminal charges should be brought.

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Great Apostasy

The Great Apostasy is a concept within Christianity to describe a perception that mainstream Christian Churches have fallen away from the original faith founded by Jesus and promulgated through his Twelve Apostles.

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Great Chicago Fire

The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 8–10, 1871.

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Great Tribulation

In Christian eschatology, the Great Tribulation (thlîpsis megálē) is a period mentioned by Jesus in the Olivet Discourse as a sign that would occur in the time of the end.

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Habeas corpus

Habeas corpus (from Medieval Latin) is a recourse in law by which a report can be made to a court in the events of unlawful detention or imprisonment, requesting that the court order the person's custodian (usually a prison official) to bring the prisoner to court, to determine whether their detention is lawful.

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Harvard University Press

Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing.

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Hawn's Mill massacre

The Hawn’s Mill Massacre (also Haun’s Mill Massacre) occurred on October 30, 1838, when a mob/militia unit from Livingston County, Missouri, attacked a Mormon settlement in eastern Caldwell County, Missouri, after the Battle of Crooked River.

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Heavenly Mother (Mormonism)

In the Latter Day Saint movement, Heavenly Mother, also known as Mother in Heaven, is the mother of human spirits and the wife of God the Father.

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Hiram Page

Hiram Page (1800 August 12, 1852) was an early member of the Latter Day Saint movement and one of the Eight Witnesses to the Book of Mormon's golden plates. Joseph Smith and Hiram Page are American Latter Day Saint leaders, book of Mormon witnesses, doctrine and Covenants people, religious leaders from Vermont and Seership in Mormonism.

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History of Joseph Smith by His Mother

History of Joseph Smith by His Mother is a biography of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, according to his mother, Lucy Mack Smith.

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History of the Latter Day Saint movement

The Latter Day Saint movement is a religious movement within Christianity that arose during the Second Great Awakening in the early 19th century and that led to the set of doctrines, practices, and cultures called Mormonism, and to the existence of numerous Latter Day Saint churches.

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Holy Spirit

In Judaism, the Holy Spirit, otherwise known as the Holy Ghost, is the divine force, quality and influence of God over the universe or his creatures.

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Hyrum Smith

Hyrum Smith (February 9, 1800 – June 27, 1844) was an American religious leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement. Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith are 1844 deaths, American Latter Day Saint leaders, American Latter Day Saint missionaries, American murder victims, Angelic visionaries, apostles of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints), Assassinated religious leaders, book of Mormon witnesses, burials at the Smith Family Cemetery, deaths by firearm in Illinois, doctrine and Covenants people, Latter Day Saint missionaries in the United States, Latter Day Saints from Illinois, Latter Day Saints from New York (state), Lynching deaths in Illinois, people murdered in Illinois, religious leaders from New York (state), religious leaders from Vermont, Smith family (Latter Day Saints) and victims of religiously motivated violence in the United States.

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Illinois General Assembly

The Illinois General Assembly is the legislature of the U.S. state of Illinois.

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Independence, Missouri

Independence is the 5th most populous city in Missouri, United States, and the county seat of Jackson County.

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Intentional community

An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork.

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Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle.

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Jackson County, Missouri

Jackson County is located in the western portion of the U.S. state of Missouri, on the border with Kansas.

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James Strang

James Jesse Strang (March 21, 1813 – July 9, 1856) was an American religious leader, politician and self-proclaimed monarch. Joseph Smith and James Strang are 19th-century Christian mystics, American Latter Day Saint leaders, American city founders, Assassinated religious leaders, founders of new religious movements, Latter Day Saints from New York (state), Mormon mystics, prophets in Mormonism and victims of religiously motivated violence in the United States.

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James the Great

James the Great (Koinē Greek: Ἰάκωβος, romanized: Iákōbos; Aramaic: ܝܥܩܘܒ, romanized: Yaʿqōḇ; died AD 44) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Joseph Smith and James the Great are Angelic visionaries.

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Jesus

Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many other names and titles, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. Joseph Smith and Jesus are Angelic visionaries.

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Jewish Indian theory

Jewish Indian theory (or Hebraic Indian theory, or Jewish Amerindian theory) is the erroneous idea that some or all of the lost tribes of Israel had travelled to the Americas and that all or some of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas are of Israelite descent or were influenced by still-lost Jewish populations.

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John C. Bennett

John Cook Bennett (August 4, 1804 – August 5, 1867) was an American physician and briefly a ranking and influential leader of the Latter Day Saint movement, who acted as mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois, and Major-General of the Nauvoo Legion in the early 1840s. Joseph Smith and John C. Bennett are doctrine and Covenants people and Nauvoo Legion.

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John Taylor (Mormon)

John Taylor (1 November 1808 – 25 July 1887) was an English-born religious leader who served as the third president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1880 to 1887. Joseph Smith and John Taylor (Mormon) are Angelic visionaries, apostles of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints), doctrine and Covenants people, editors of Latter Day Saint publications and presidents of the Church (LDS Church).

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John the Apostle

John the Apostle (Ἰωάννης; Ioannes; Ge'ez: ዮሐንስ), also known as Saint John the Beloved and, in Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Saint John the Theologian, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Joseph Smith and John the Apostle are Angelic visionaries.

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Joint-stock company

A joint-stock company (JSC) is a business entity in which shares of the company's stock can be bought and sold by shareholders.

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Joseph Knight Sr.

Joseph Knight Sr. (November 26, 1772 – February 2, 1847) was a close associate of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Joseph Smith and Joseph Knight Sr. are American Freemasons, doctrine and Covenants people, history of the Latter Day Saint movement, Latter Day Saints from Illinois, Latter Day Saints from Missouri and Latter Day Saints from New York (state).

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Joseph Smith 1844 presidential campaign

The campaign of Latter Day Saint movement founder Joseph Smith and his vice presidential running mate, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints First Presidency first counselor Sidney Rigdon, took place in 1844.

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Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial

The Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial is a granite obelisk on a hill in the White River Valley near Sharon and South Royalton in the U.S. state of Vermont.

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Joseph Smith Building

The Joseph Smith Building, also known as the JSB, is a building that houses classrooms and administrative offices at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, United States.

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Joseph Smith III

Joseph Smith III (November 6, 1832 – December 10, 1914) was the eldest surviving son of Joseph Smith (founder of the Latter Day Saint movement) and Emma Hale Smith. Joseph Smith and Joseph Smith III are American city founders, doctrine and Covenants people, prophet-Presidents of the Community of Christ and Smith family (Latter Day Saints).

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Joseph Smith Memorial Building

The Joseph Smith Memorial Building, originally called the Hotel Utah, is a social center located on the corner of Main Street and South Temple in Salt Lake City.

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Joseph Smith Papyri

The Joseph Smith Papyri (JSP) are Egyptian funerary papyrus fragments from ancient Thebes dated between 300 and 100 BC which, along with four mummies, were once owned by Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Joseph Smith Sr.

Joseph Smith Sr. (July 12, 1771 – September 14, 1840) was the father of Joseph Smith Jr., the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Joseph Smith and Joseph Smith Sr. are American Latter Day Saint missionaries, book of Mormon witnesses, burials at the Smith Family Cemetery, doctrine and Covenants people, history of the Latter Day Saint movement, Latter Day Saint missionaries in the United States, religious leaders from New York (state), Smith family (Latter Day Saints) and Treasure hunters.

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Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible

The Joseph Smith Translation (JST), also called the Inspired Version of the Holy Scriptures (IV), is a revision of the Bible by Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, who said that the JST/IV was intended to restore what he described as "many important points touching the salvation of men, had been taken from the Bible, or lost before it was compiled".

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JSTOR

JSTOR (short for Journal Storage) is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources founded in 1994.

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Julia Murdock Smith

Julia Murdock Smith Dixon Middleton (May 1, 1831 – September 12, 1880) was an early member of the Latter Day Saint movement and the eldest surviving child and only daughter of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale Smith. Joseph Smith and Julia Murdock Smith are Smith family (Latter Day Saints).

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Kabbalah

Kabbalah or Qabalah (קַבָּלָה|Qabbālā|reception, tradition) is an esoteric method, discipline and school of thought in Jewish mysticism.

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Katharine Smith Salisbury

Katharine Smith Salisbury (July 8, 1813 – February 1, 1900) was a sister to Joseph Smith and an early convert in the Latter Day Saint movement. Joseph Smith and Katharine Smith Salisbury are Smith family (Latter Day Saints).

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Keys of the kingdom

The keys of the kingdom is a Christian concept of eternal church authority.

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Killing of Joseph Smith

Joseph Smith, the founder and leader of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother, Hyrum Smith, were killed by a mob in Carthage, Illinois, United States, on June 27, 1844, while awaiting trial in the town jail. Joseph Smith and Killing of Joseph Smith are deaths by firearm in Illinois, history of the Latter Day Saint movement, Lynching deaths in Illinois and Nauvoo Legion.

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King Follett discourse

The King Follett discourse, or King Follett sermon, was an address delivered in Nauvoo, Illinois, by Joseph Smith, president and founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, on April 7, 1844, less than three months before he was killed by a mob.

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King James Version

on the title-page of the first edition and in the entries in works like the "Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church", etc.--> The King James Version (KJV), also the King James Bible (KJB) and the Authorized Version (AV), is an Early Modern English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, which was commissioned in 1604 and published in 1611, by sponsorship of King James VI and I.

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Kirtland Safety Society

The Kirtland Safety Society (KSS) was first proposed as a bank in 1836, and eventually organized on January 2, 1837, as a joint stock company, by leaders and followers of the then-named Church of the Latter Day Saints. Joseph Smith and Kirtland Safety Society are history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Kirtland Temple

The Kirtland Temple is the first temple built by adherents of the Latter Day Saint movement, located in Kirtland, Ohio, and dedicated in March 1836.

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Kirtland, Ohio

Kirtland is a city in Lake County, Ohio, United States.

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Latter Day Saint martyrs

Latter Day Saint martyrs are persons who belonged to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) or another church within the Latter Day Saint movement who were killed or otherwise persecuted to the point of premature death on account of their religious beliefs, or while performing their religious duties.

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Latter Day Saint movement

The Latter Day Saint movement (also called the LDS movement, LDS restorationist movement, or Smith–Rigdon movement) is the collection of independent church groups that trace their origins to a Christian Restorationist movement founded by Joseph Smith in the late 1820s.

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Law of consecration

The law of consecration is a commandment in the Latter Day Saint movement in which adherents promise to dedicate their lives and material substance to the church.

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Letter of appointment (Mormonism)

The "letter of appointment" is a controversial three-page document used by James J. Strang and his adherents to prove that he was the designated successor to Joseph Smith as the prophet and president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Joseph Smith and Letter of appointment (Mormonism) are history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Lewis C. Bidamon

Lewis Crum Bidamon (January 16, 1806 – February 11, 1891) was a leader in the Illinois militia that assisted Latter Day Saints in the 1846 "Battle of Nauvoo". Joseph Smith and Lewis C. Bidamon are burials at the Smith Family Cemetery and Smith family (Latter Day Saints).

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Liberty Jail

Liberty Jail is a historical jail in Liberty, Missouri, United States, which served as the county jail of Clay County, Missouri between December 1834 and 1853. Joseph Smith and Liberty Jail are history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Liberty, Missouri

Liberty is a city in and the county seat of Clay County, Missouri, United States and is a suburb of Kansas City, located in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area.

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Lieutenant general

Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries.

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Lilburn Boggs

Lilburn Williams Boggs (December 14, 1796March 14, 1860) was the sixth Governor of Missouri from 1836 to 1840. Joseph Smith and Lilburn Boggs are doctrine and Covenants people.

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List of denominations in the Latter Day Saint movement

The denominations in the Latter Day Saint movement are sometimes collectively referred to as Mormonism.

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List of founders of religious traditions

These are historical figures credited with founding religions or religious philosophies, or who codified older known religious traditions.

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List of Joseph Smith's wives

Joseph Smith (1805–1844), founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, taught and practiced polygamy during his ministry, marrying multiple women throughout his lifetime. Joseph Smith and List of Joseph Smith's wives are child marriage in the United States and Smith family (Latter Day Saints).

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Lost 116 pages

The "lost 116 pages" were the original manuscript pages of what Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, said was the translation of the Book of Lehi, the first portion of the golden plates revealed to him by an angel in 1827. Joseph Smith and Lost 116 pages are history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Lucy Mack Smith

Lucy Mack Smith (July 8, 1775 – May 14, 1856) was the mother of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Joseph Smith and Lucy Mack Smith are burials at the Smith Family Cemetery, history of the Latter Day Saint movement, Latter Day Saints from New York (state), religious leaders from New York (state) and Smith family (Latter Day Saints).

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Lucy Smith Millikin

Lucy Smith Millikin (July 18, 1821 – December 9, 1882) was an American woman who was an early participant in the Latter Day Saint movement and a sister of Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith and Lucy Smith Millikin are Smith family (Latter Day Saints).

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Lyman Wight

Lyman Wight (May 9, 1796 – March 31, 1858) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. Joseph Smith and Lyman Wight are American Latter Day Saint leaders, American Latter Day Saint missionaries, apostles of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints), doctrine and Covenants people and religious leaders from New York (state).

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Macmillan Publishers

Macmillan Publishers (occasionally known as the Macmillan Group; formally Macmillan Publishers Ltd in the UK and Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC in the US) is a British publishing company traditionally considered to be one of the 'Big Five' English language publishers (along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster).

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Major general

Major general is a military rank used in many countries.

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Malaria

Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates.

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Manchester, New York

Manchester is a town in Ontario County, New York, United States.

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Martial law

Martial law is the replacement of civilian government by military rule and the suspension of civilian legal processes for military powers.

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Martin Harris (Latter Day Saints)

Martin Harris (May 18, 1783 – July 10, 1875) was an early convert to the Latter Day Saint movement who financially guaranteed the first printing of the Book of Mormon and also served as one of Three Witnesses who testified that they had seen the golden plates from which Joseph Smith said the Book of Mormon had been translated. Joseph Smith and Martin Harris (Latter Day Saints) are American Latter Day Saint leaders, American Latter Day Saint missionaries, Angelic visionaries, apostles of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints), book of Mormon witnesses, doctrine and Covenants people, Latter Day Saint missionaries in the United States, Latter Day Saints from New York (state) and religious leaders from New York (state).

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Mason at sight

In Freemasonry, a Mason at sight, or Mason on sight, is a non-Mason who has been initiated into Freemasonry and raised to the degree of Master Mason through a special application of the power of a Grand Master.

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Materialism

Materialism is a form of philosophical monism which holds that matter is the fundamental substance in nature, and that all things, including mental states and consciousness, are results of material interactions of material things.

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Measles

Measles is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable infectious disease caused by measles virus.

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Melchizedek priesthood (Latter Day Saints)

In Mormonism, the Melchizedek priesthood, also referred to as the high priesthood of the holy order of God or the Holy Priesthood, after the Order of the Son of God, is the greater of the two orders of priesthood, the other being the Aaronic priesthood.

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Messenger and Advocate

The Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate, often shortened to Messenger and Advocate, was an early Latter Day Saint monthly newspaper published in Kirtland, Ohio, from October 1834 to September 1837.

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Methodism

Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christian tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley.

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Millennialism

Millennialism or chiliasm (from the Greek equivalent) is a belief which is held by some religious denominations.

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Miracles of Joseph Smith

Joseph Smith, Jr. was the leader and founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Joseph Smith and Miracles of Joseph Smith are history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the primary river and second-longest river of the largest drainage basin in the United States.

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Missouri

Missouri is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Missouri Executive Order 44

Missouri Executive Order 44 (known as the Mormon Extermination Order) was a state executive order issued by Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs on October 27, 1838, in response to the Battle of Crooked River.

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Mormon (Book of Mormon prophet)

Mormon is believed by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be a prophet-historian and a member of a tribe of indigenous Americans known as the Nephites, one of the four groups (including the Lamanites, Jaredites, and Mulekites) described in the Book of Mormon as having settled in the ancient Americas.

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Mormon fundamentalism

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 administrations of Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, and John Taylor, the first three presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Joseph Smith and Mormon fundamentalism are history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Mormon History Association

The Mormon History Association (MHA) is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the study and understanding of all aspects of Mormon history to promote understanding, scholarly research, and publication in the field.

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Mormon teachings on skin color

Mormon teachings on skin color have evolved throughout the history of the Latter Day Saint movement, and have been the subject of controversy and criticism.

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Mormonism

Mormonism is the theology and religious tradition of the Latter Day Saint movement of Restorationist Christianity started by Joseph Smith in Western New York in the 1820s and 1830s.

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Mormonism and polygamy

Polygamy (called plural marriage by Latter-day Saints in the 19th century or the Principle by modern fundamentalist practitioners of polygamy) was practiced by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) for more than half of the 19th century, and practiced publicly from 1852 to 1890 by between 20 and 30 percent of Latter-day Saint families.

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Mormonism and slavery

The Latter Day Saint movement has had varying and conflicting teachings on slavery.

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Mormonism in the 19th century

This is a chronology of Mormonism. Joseph Smith and Mormonism in the 19th century are history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Moses

Moses; Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ); Mūše; Mūsā; Mōÿsēs was a Hebrew prophet, teacher and leader, according to Abrahamic tradition. Joseph Smith and Moses are Angelic visionaries.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, sometimes called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans, are the Indigenous peoples native to portions of the land that the United States is located on.

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Nauvoo Expositor

The Nauvoo Expositor was a newspaper in Nauvoo, Illinois, that published only one issue, on June 7, 1844. Joseph Smith and Nauvoo Expositor are history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Nauvoo Legion

The Nauvoo Legion was a state-authorized militia of Nauvoo, Illinois, United States from February 4, 1841 until January 29, 1845. Joseph Smith and Nauvoo Legion are history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Nauvoo Temple

The Nauvoo Temple was the second temple constructed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

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Nauvoo, Illinois

Nauvoo (from the) is a small city in Hancock County, Illinois, United States, on the Mississippi River near Fort Madison, Iowa.

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Necromancy

Necromancy is the practice of magic involving communication with the dead by summoning their spirits as apparitions or visions for the purpose of divination; imparting the means to foretell future events and discover hidden knowledge.

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New Jerusalem

In the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible, New Jerusalem (YHWH šāmmā, YHWH there") is Ezekiel's prophetic vision of a city centered on the rebuilt Holy Temple, the Third Temple, to be established in Jerusalem, which would be the capital of the Messianic Kingdom, the meeting place of the twelve tribes of Israel, during the Messianic era.

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Oakland, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

Oakland is a borough in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Ohio

Ohio is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Oliver Cowdery

Oliver H. P. Cowdery (October 3, 1806 – March 3, 1850) was an American religious leader who, with Joseph Smith, was an important participant in the formative period of the Latter Day Saint movement between 1829 and 1836. Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery are American Latter Day Saint leaders, American Latter Day Saint missionaries, Angelic visionaries, apostles of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints), book of Mormon witnesses, doctrine and Covenants people, editors of Latter Day Saint publications, Latter Day Saint missionaries in the United States and religious leaders from Vermont.

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Oregon Country

Oregon Country was a large region of the Pacific Northwest of North America that was subject to a long dispute between the United Kingdom and the United States in the early 19th century.

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Outline of Joseph Smith

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the life and influence of Joseph Smith: Joseph Smith – central figure of Mormonism, whom the teachings of most List of sects in the Latter Day Saint movement hold to be the founding Prophet.

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Oxford History of the United States

The Oxford History of the United States is an ongoing multivolume narrative history of the United States published by Oxford University Press.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Palmyra (village), New York

Palmyra is a village in Wayne County, New York, United States.

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Paramilitary

A paramilitary is a military that is not part of a country's official or legitimate armed forces.

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Patriarchal priesthood

The patriarchal priesthood (or Abrahamic priesthood) is associated with the patriarchal order found in Mormonism and is especially connected with celestial marriage.

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Pearl of Great Price (Mormonism)

The Pearl of Great Price is part of the canonical Standard Works of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and some other Latter Day Saint denominations.

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Penguin Classics

Penguin Classics is an imprint of Penguin Books under which classic works of literature are published in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Korean among other languages.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.

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Pepper-box

The pepper-box revolver or simply pepperbox (also "pepper-pot", from its resemblance to the household pepper shakers) is a multiple-barrel firearm, mostly in the form of a handgun, that has three or more gun barrels in a revolving mechanism.

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Perjury

Perjury (also known as foreswearing) is the intentional act of swearing a false oath or falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth, whether spoken or in writing, concerning matters material to an official proceeding.

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Peter Whitmer Sr.

Peter Whitmer Sr. (April 14, 1773 – August 12, 1854) was an early member of the Latter Day Saint movement, and father of the movement's second founding family. Joseph Smith and Peter Whitmer Sr. are doctrine and Covenants people and religious leaders from New York (state).

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Polygamy

Polygamy (from Late Greek πολυγαμία, "state of marriage to many spouses") is the practice of marrying multiple spouses.

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Porter Rockwell

Orrin Porter Rockwell (June 28, 1813 or June 25, 1815 – June 9, 1878) was a figure of the Wild West period of American history. Joseph Smith and Porter Rockwell are Latter Day Saints from Illinois, Latter Day Saints from Missouri and Latter Day Saints from New York (state).

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Preliminary hearing

In common law jurisdictions, a preliminary hearing, preliminary examination, preliminary inquiry, evidentiary hearing or probable cause hearing is a proceeding, after a criminal complaint has been filed by the prosecutor, to determine whether there is enough evidence to require a trial.

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Premortal life (Latter Day Saints)

The concept of premortal life in the Latter Day Saint movement is an early and fundamental doctrine which states that all people existed as spirit bodies before coming to Earth and receiving a mortal body.

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President of the Church

In the Latter Day Saint movement, the President of the Church is generally considered to be the highest office of the church. Joseph Smith and President of the Church are presidents of the Church (LDS Church) and prophet-Presidents of the Community of Christ.

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President of the United States

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Priesthood (Latter Day Saints)

In the Latter Day Saint movement, priesthood is the power and authority of God given to man, including the authority to perform ordinances and to act as a leader in the church.

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Primary source

In the study of history as an academic discipline, a primary source (also called an original source) is an artifact, document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, recording, or any other source of information that was created at the time under study.

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Printing press

A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink.

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Proselytism

Proselytism is the policy of attempting to convert people's religious or political beliefs.

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Pune

Pune, previously spelled in English as Poona (the official name until 1978), is a city in Maharashtra state in the Deccan plateau in Western India.

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Quartermaster general

A quartermaster general is the staff officer in charge of supplies for a whole army and is in charge of quartermaster units and personnel, i.e. those tasked with providing supplies for military forces and units.

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Reformed Egyptian

The Book of Mormon, a work of scripture of the Latter Day Saint movement, is asserted by both itself and Joseph Smith, the founder of the movement, to have been originally written in reformed Egyptian characters. Joseph Smith and reformed Egyptian are Seership in Mormonism.

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Relief Society

The Relief Society is a philanthropic and educational women's organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

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Religious communism

Religious communism is a form of communism that incorporates religious principles.

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Religious text

Religious texts, including scripture, are texts which various religions consider to be of central importance to their religious tradition.

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Reparations (transitional justice)

Reparations are broadly understood as compensation given for an abuse or injury.

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Republic of Texas

The Republic of Texas (República de Tejas), or simply Texas, was a breakaway state in North America that existed from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846.

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Restoration (Mormonism)

In Mormonism, the restoration refers to a return of the authentic priesthood power, spiritual gifts, ordinances, living prophets and revelation of the primitive Church of Christ after a long period of apostasy.

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Restorationism

Restorationism, also known as Restitutionism or Christian primitivism, is a religious perspective according to which the early beliefs and practices of the followers of Jesus were either lost or adulterated after his death and required a "restoration".

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Revelation in Mormonism

In Mormonism, revelation is communication from God to man.

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Robert V. Remini

Robert Vincent Remini (July 17, 1921 – March 28, 2013) was an American historian and a professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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Sacred Grove (Latter Day Saints)

The Sacred Grove is a forested area of western New York near the home of Joseph Smith where the foundational event of the Latter Day Saint movement took place. Joseph Smith and Sacred Grove (Latter Day Saints) are history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Saint Peter

Saint Peter (died AD 64–68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church.

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Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah.

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Salt Lake Valley

Salt Lake Valley is a valley in Salt Lake County in the north-central portion of the U.S. state of Utah.

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Samuel H. Smith (Latter Day Saints)

Samuel Harrison Smith (13 March 1808 – 30 July 1844) was a younger brother of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Joseph Smith and Samuel H. Smith (Latter Day Saints) are 1844 deaths, American Latter Day Saint leaders, American Latter Day Saint missionaries, book of Mormon witnesses, burials at the Smith Family Cemetery, doctrine and Covenants people, Latter Day Saint missionaries in the United States, religious leaders from New York (state), religious leaders from Vermont and Smith family (Latter Day Saints).

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Sandbag

A sandbag or dirtbag is a bag or sack made of hessian (burlap), polypropylene or other sturdy materials that is filled with sand or soil and used for such purposes as flood control, military fortification in trenches and bunkers, shielding glass windows in war zones, ballast, counterweight, and in other applications requiring mobile fortification, such as adding improvised additional protection to armored vehicles or tanks.

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Sealing (Mormonism)

Sealing is an ordinance (ritual) performed in Latter Day Saint temples by a person holding the sealing authority.

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Second anointing

In the Latter Day Saint movement the second anointing is the pinnacle ordinance of the temple and an extension of the endowment ceremony.

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Second Great Awakening

The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant religious revival during the late 18th to early 19th century in the United States.

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Seer stone (Latter Day Saints)

According to Latter Day Saint theology, seer stones were used by Joseph Smith, as well as ancient prophets, to receive revelations from God. Joseph Smith and seer stone (Latter Day Saints) are Seership in Mormonism.

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Service club

A service club or service organization is a voluntary nonprofit organization where members meet regularly to perform charitable works either by direct hands-on efforts or by raising money for other organizations.

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Sharon, Vermont

Sharon is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States.

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Sidney Rigdon

Sidney Rigdon (February 19, 1793 – July 14, 1876) was a leader during the early history of the Latter Day Saint movement. Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon are American Latter Day Saint leaders, American Latter Day Saint missionaries, Angelic visionaries, doctrine and Covenants people, editors of Latter Day Saint publications and Latter Day Saint missionaries in the United States.

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Smith family (Latter Day Saints)

The Smith family is the name of an American family with many members prominent in religion and politics.

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Smith Family Cemetery

The Smith Family Cemetery, in Nauvoo, Illinois, is the burial place of Joseph Smith, his wife Emma, and brother Hyrum. Joseph Smith and Smith Family Cemetery are burials at the Smith Family Cemetery and Smith family (Latter Day Saints).

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Smith Family Farm

The Smith Family Farm was the boyhood home of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Joseph Smith and Smith Family Farm are Smith family (Latter Day Saints).

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Smithsonian (magazine)

Smithsonian is a science and nature magazine (and associated website, SmithsonianMag.com), and is the official journal published by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., although editorially independent from its parent organization.

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South Royalton, Vermont

South Royalton is an unincorporated village and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont, United States.

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Speaking in tongues

Speaking in tongues, also known as glossolalia, is an activity or practice in which people utter words or speech-like sounds, often thought by believers to be languages unknown to the speaker.

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Spiritual gift

A spiritual gift or charism (plural: charisms or charismata; in Greek singular: χάρισμα charisma, plural: χαρίσματα charismata) is an extraordinary power given by the Holy Spirit.

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Stake (Latter Day Saints)

A stake is an administrative unit composed of multiple congregations in certain denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Stillbirth

Stillbirth is typically defined as fetal death at or after 20 or 28 weeks of pregnancy, depending on the source.

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Succession crisis (Latter Day Saints)

The succession crisis in the Latter Day Saint movement occurred after the killing of the movement's founder, Joseph Smith, on June 27, 1844. Joseph Smith and succession crisis (Latter Day Saints) are history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Tarring and feathering

Tarring and feathering is a form of public torture where a victim is stripped naked, or stripped to the waist, while wood tar (sometimes hot) is either poured or painted onto the person. Joseph Smith and Tarring and feathering are Tarring and feathering in the United States.

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Temperance movement

The temperance movement is a social movement promoting temperance or complete abstinence from consumption of alcoholic beverages.

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Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments (עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים|ʿĂsereṯ haDəḇārīm|The Ten Words), or the Decalogue (from Latin decalogus, from Ancient Greek label), are religious and ethical directives, structured as a covenant document, that, according to the Hebrew Bible, are given by Yahweh to Moses.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is the largest Latter Day Saint denomination, tracing its roots to its founding by Joseph Smith during the Second Great Awakening.

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The Evening and the Morning Star

The Evening and the Morning Star was an early Latter Day Saint movement newspaper published monthly in Independence, Missouri, from June 1832 to July 1833, and then in Kirtland, Ohio, from December 1833 to September 1834.

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The Joseph Smith Papers

The Joseph Smith Papers (or Joseph Smith Papers Project) is a documentary editing project to collect, research, and publish all documents created by, or under the direction of, Joseph Smith (1805-1844), the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Joseph Smith and the Joseph Smith Papers are history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Theocracy

Theocracy is a form of government in which one or more deities are recognized as supreme ruling authorities, giving divine guidance to human intermediaries who manage the government's daily affairs.

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Thomas C. Sharp

Thomas Coke Sharp (September 25, 1818 – April 9, 1894) was a prominent opponent of Joseph Smith and the Latter Day Saints in Illinois in the 1840s. Joseph Smith and Thomas C. Sharp are history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Thomas Ford (politician)

Thomas Ford (December 5, 1800 – November 3, 1850) was a lawyer, judge, author and the eighth Governor of Illinois. Joseph Smith and Thomas Ford (politician) are history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Three Witnesses

The Three Witnesses is the collective name for three men connected with the early Latter Day Saint movement who stated that an angel had shown them the golden plates from which Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon; they also stated that they had heard God's voice, informing them that the book had been translated by divine power. Joseph Smith and three Witnesses are Angelic visionaries, book of Mormon witnesses and doctrine and Covenants people.

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Treason

Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance.

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True Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

The True Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints or True Mormon Church was a denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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United Order

In the Latter Day Saint movement, the United Order (also called the United Order of Enoch) was one of several 19th-century church collectivist programs. Joseph Smith and United Order are history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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United States Attorney

United States attorneys are officials of the U.S. Department of Justice who serve as the chief federal law enforcement officers in each of the 94 U.S. federal judicial districts.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.

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University of Illinois Press

The University of Illinois Press (UIP) is an American university press and is part of the University of Illinois system.

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Urim and Thummim (Latter Day Saints)

In the Latter Day Saint movement, the term Urim and Thummim refers to a descriptive category of instruments used for receiving revelation or translating languages. Joseph Smith and Urim and Thummim (Latter Day Saints) are Seership in Mormonism.

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Utah Territory

The Territory of Utah was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Utah, the 45th state.

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Vermont

Vermont is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Very Short Introductions

Very Short Introductions (VSI) is a book series published by the Oxford University Press (OUP).

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View of the Hebrews

View of the Hebrews is an 1823 book written by Ethan Smith, a Congregationalist minister in Vermont, who argued that Native Americans were descended from the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, a relatively common view during the early nineteenth century. Joseph Smith and view of the Hebrews are history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Vigilantism

Vigilantism is the act of preventing, investigating, and punishing perceived offenses and crimes without legal authority.

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Volatility (finance)

In finance, volatility (usually denoted by "σ") is the degree of variation of a trading price series over time, usually measured by the standard deviation of logarithmic returns.

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Warsaw Signal

The Warsaw Signal was a newspaper edited and published in Warsaw, Illinois during the 1840s and early 1850s.

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Western Hemisphere

The Western Hemisphere is the half of the planet Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian—which crosses Greenwich, London, England—and east of the 180th meridian.

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Western New York

Western New York (WNY) is the westernmost region of the U.S. state of New York.

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Willard Richards

Willard Richards (June 24, 1804 – March 11, 1854) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. Joseph Smith and Willard Richards are apostles of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints), doctrine and Covenants people and editors of Latter Day Saint publications.

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William Law (Latter Day Saints)

William Law (September 8, 1809 – January 19, 1892) was an important figure in the early history of the Latter Day Saint movement, holding a position in the church's First Presidency under Joseph Smith Jr. Joseph Smith and William Law (Latter Day Saints) are doctrine and Covenants people and founders of new religious movements.

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William Smith (Latter Day Saints)

William Smith (also found as William B. Smith) (March 13, 1811 – November 13, 1893) was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and one of the original members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Joseph Smith and William Smith (Latter Day Saints) are American Latter Day Saint leaders, apostles of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints), doctrine and Covenants people, editors of Latter Day Saint publications, religious leaders from New York (state), religious leaders from Vermont and Smith family (Latter Day Saints).

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Word of Wisdom (Latter Day Saints)

The "Word of Wisdom" is the common name of an 1833 section of the Doctrine and Covenants, a book considered by many churches within the Latter Day Saint movement to be a sacred text.

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Year Without a Summer

The year 1816 AD is known as the Year Without a Summer because of severe climate abnormalities that caused average global temperatures to decrease by.

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Zion (Latter Day Saints)

Within the Latter Day Saint movement, Zion is often used to connote an association of the righteous.

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Zion's Camp

Zion's Camp was an expedition of Latter Day Saints led by Joseph Smith, from Kirtland, Ohio, to Clay County, Missouri, during May and June 1834 in an unsuccessful attempt to regain land from which the Saints had been expelled by non-Mormon settlers. Joseph Smith and Zion's Camp are history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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1838 Mormon War

The 1838 Mormon War, also known as the Missouri Mormon War, was a conflict between Mormons and their neighbors in Missouri. Joseph Smith and 1838 Mormon War are history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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See also

19th-century apocalypticists

Abolitionists from Illinois

American faith healers

Apostles of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)

Assassinated mayors

Book of Mormon witnesses

Burials at the Smith Family Cemetery

Candidates in the 1844 United States presidential election

Child marriage in the United States

Christian abolitionists

Latter Day Saint missionaries in Canada

Lynching deaths in Illinois

Mormon mystics

Nauvoo Legion

Politicians assassinated in the 1840s

Presidents of the Church (LDS Church)

Prophet-Presidents of the Community of Christ

Prophets in Mormonism

Religious leaders from Vermont

Seership in Mormonism

Tarring and feathering in the United States

Treasure hunters

Victims of religiously motivated violence in the United States

References

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