Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Overview

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a religious organization founded in New York State (United States) in 1830. Its members are known throught the world as Mormons. Its headquarters today is in Salt Lake City, Utah, where the Church has had significant influence since Mormons founded it in 1847 after gathering first in the Western Reserve area of Ohio in the 1830's, in western Missouri during the same timeframe, and in Illinois in the 1840's.

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Reference

• official website
• another official website apparently geared more towards those outside the LDS
• Wikipedia: |The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Mormonism|
• Deconstructor: Rethinking Mormonism: site with many criticisms to offer, though not entirely unsympathetic

Views Held

• The Family: A Proclamation to the World: The LDS position on the definition of family and marriage

Doctrinal works

• Holy Bible
• The Book of Mormon
  • Skeptic's Annotated Book of Mormon
• Pearl of Great Price
  • Book of Abraham (see also: By His Own Hand Upon Papyrus)
• Doctrine and Covenants
  • List of code names in the Doctrine and Covenants

The Mormons believe that the canon can occasionally be added to, hence the term "open scriptural canon". Most branches of Christianity do not accept this practice, believing that canon must remain fixed.