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 throughout 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.
Usage
Query: perhaps "mormonism" should be the religion, with a separate page? (the same way the Church of Scientology is separate from scientology) Research needed, e.g. see if this is something addressed by Wikipedia.
Related
- The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is a "breakaway sect" which still practices polygyny.
Links
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|
Official Views
- The Family: A Proclamation to the World: The LDS position on the definition of family and marriage
Unofficial Sites
- Came2Pass: "News For Mormons, By Mormons"
Outside Views
- Deconstructor: Rethinking Mormonism: site with many criticisms to offer, though not entirely unsympathetic
- ex-Mormon blogs:
Doctrinal works
- Holy Bible
- The Book of Mormon
- Pearl of Great Price
- Book of Abraham (see also: By His Own Hand Upon Papyrus)
- 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.