The Latter Day Saint Movement (also called the LDS movement or LDS restorationist movement) is the collection of independent church groups that trace their origins to a Christian primitivist movement founded by Joseph Smith in the late 1820s. Collectively, these churches have over 15 million members.The vast majority of adherents belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), with their predominant theology being Mormonism. The LDS Church self-identifies as Christian.A minority of Latter Day Saint adherents, such as members of the Community of Christ, believe in traditional Protestant theology, and have distanced themselves from some of the distinctive doctrines of Mormonism

—Excerpted from Latter Day Saint movement on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.





Scriptures

The Bible

The Bible is the holy text of Christians with the Old Testament written primarily in Hebrew and the New Testament in Greek. The LDS Church primarily uses the King James Version of the Bible. The Community of Christ (RLDS) church officially uses the Joseph Smith Version, but encourages the use of others.

The Book or Mormon

The Book of Mormon is one of the holy texts of Latter Day Saint faiths. Believed to be a record of the ancient people of North America, and translated by Joseph Smith with the help of God. The LDS Church believes it to be the most correct book written. The Community of Christ (RLDS) church takes a more lax view and doesn't prescribe a belief on it to its members.

Joseph Smith

Authored

Biographical

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Church Presidents

Young, Brigham

1801-1877 2nd President 1847 - 1877

Biographical

Taylor, John

1808-1887 3rd President 1880 - 1887

Biographical

Woodruff, Wilford

1807-1898 4th President 1889 - 1898

Snow, Lorenzo

1814-1901 5th President 1898 - 1901

Biographical

Smith, Joseph F.

1838-1918 6th President - 1918

Smith, Joseph Fielding.

1876-1972 10th President 1970 - 1972

General Authorities

Pratt, Parley P.

1807-1857

Pratt, Orson

1811-1881

Kimball, Heber C.

William Clayton

1814-1879

Cannon, George Q.

Roberts, B. H.

Whitney, Orson F.

1855-1931

Talmage, James Edward,

1862-1933

Widtsoe, John A.

1872-1952

History

Mountain Meadows Massacre

Philosophy and Theology

Prominent Saints

Missionary Work

LDS Fiction

Nephi Anderson