Mormonism was just one of many created religions emerging in the 1830's. Many were short-lived or spiritual ferments stirring up the mid-nineteenth century. But after ten years of Mormonism, in 1840, the religion had proved itself with a man by the name of Joseph Smith establishing their own distinctive and dynamic new religious tradition, polygamy. But, the historical significance or Mormonism doesn't necessarily lie in how successful it became or that it's among the fastest growing of the world's religions. What's most significant is that it's not another Christian denomination but a complex relation from which it emerged dominating religious society, breaking through the persecutions, from the nineteenth century until today. Throughout the nineteenth century and most of the twentieth, Mormonism was viewed as a bizarre and largely self-contained religious movement that cut the Mormons off from the mainstream of American society around them. The Latter-Day Saints (LDS), practice of polygamy has been controversial since it was brought into the United States, both within Western society and the LDS Church itself. America was both fascinated and horrified by the practice of polygamy, with the Republican political party at one time referencing "the twin relics of barbarism- polygamy and slavery." This made many of the whites within the United States angry with the new Mormon practice uprising because, with slavery going on at the time, they were being compared to someone as 'low' as slaves. The private practice of polygamy, or more specifically, polygyny, was instituted in the 1830's by its founder Joseph Smith. Evidence for the practice of plural marriage during the 1830's is barely sufficient. Very few knew about the still unwritten revelation and many that did, didn't study it in depth. Perhaps the only known plural marriage was that between Joseph Smith and Fanny Alger during that time in history.
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Joseph Smith The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of the world's fastest growing religions. ... This is the story of Joseph Smith, the American Prophet. Joseph Smith Jr. was born on December 23, 1805, as the fourth child of Joseph and Lucy Smith. ... When the Smiths arrived in New Hampshire in 1813 they sent Joseph's older brother Hyrum to Moore's Academy in Hanover. ... This was the fateful new home of Joseph Smith where he would experience the events that were to mold the rest of his life. ...
The birth of Mormonism centered on Joseph Smith. Smith claimed that an angel appeared before him and handed him golden plates, these plates would later become known as the Book of Mormons. ... It soon became the idealistic goal of Smith's followers to construct an earthly version of the Heavenly Jerusalem. ... In 1844, Joseph Mormon and his younger brother were placed into a prison in Illinois on charges of treason and conspiracy. ...
Person: Joseph Smith Facts: Joseph Smith is the founding father of the practice that we know today, Mormonism. ... Joseph Smith, his followers, and his legacy thrived off of controversy and soon became known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ... This was mainly due to Joseph Smith's acclaims to messages from the higher power, which preached on; salvation, the Trinity, religious experience, and church government. ... Marty's judgment: Martin Marty dedicates numerous pages on Joseph Smith in order to prevail the influential ties that Smith has with Mormonism, as well...
Reincarnated and evolving through cycles of birth and death are constant until all karmas have been resolved and moksha, or spiritual knowledge and liberation from the constant cycle, has been attained. ... Warring tribes were tearing up Arabia at the time of his birth. ... Abdallah soon died after his son's birth. ...
