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In 1847, Mormons, led by [[Brigham Young]], travelled west to escape persecution and founded [[Salt Lake City, Utah]]. Salt Lake City is famous for its wide streets, which were made wide enough to allow a wagon team to turn around. Salt Lake City is home to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, which has been recording since 1910 and broadcasting since 1929. Its recordings usually feature hymns and patriotic music. The Choir has made five gold and two platinum recordings. | In 1847, Mormons, led by [[Brigham Young]], travelled west to escape persecution and founded [[Salt Lake City, Utah]]. Salt Lake City is famous for its wide streets, which were made wide enough to allow a wagon team to turn around. Salt Lake City is home to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, which has been recording since 1910 and broadcasting since 1929. Its recordings usually feature hymns and patriotic music. The Choir has made five gold and two platinum recordings. | ||
| − | Between 1840 and 1890, [[polygamy]] was sanctioned and even encouraged by the LDS Church. | + | Between 1840 and 1890, [[polygamy]] was sanctioned and even encouraged by the LDS Church. It is forbidden by the Church today, however some LDS members still do not believe it to be inherently sinful.<ref>http://www.jefflindsay.com/LDSFAQ/love.shtml#polyg</ref> |
==Mormons' relationship to Christianity== | ==Mormons' relationship to Christianity== | ||
Revision as of 11:54, March 8, 2007
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or the Mormons, was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830. It migrated from New York to Illinois to Utah where they have many members there and worldwide. The Mormons perform enormous amounts of missionary activity.
The Mormons, like other small denominations, have been the target of discrimination. Mormons are depicted as "bad guys" in Arthur Conan Doyle's 1890 novel, The Sign of Four, and Zane Grey's 1912 Riders of the Purple Sage.
In 1847, Mormons, led by Brigham Young, travelled west to escape persecution and founded Salt Lake City, Utah. Salt Lake City is famous for its wide streets, which were made wide enough to allow a wagon team to turn around. Salt Lake City is home to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, which has been recording since 1910 and broadcasting since 1929. Its recordings usually feature hymns and patriotic music. The Choir has made five gold and two platinum recordings.
Between 1840 and 1890, polygamy was sanctioned and even encouraged by the LDS Church. It is forbidden by the Church today, however some LDS members still do not believe it to be inherently sinful.[1]
Mormons' relationship to Christianity
Mormons are somewhat out of the mainstream of U. S. Christian denominations, because they accept the Book of Mormon as well as the New Testament. The Book of Mormon includes what Mormons regard as divine revelations made to Joseph Smith.
Nevertheless, moderm Mormons consider themselves to be Christians.
The LDS website says "We believe in the Jesus of the New Testament, and we believe what the New Testament teaches about Him. We do believe things about Jesus that other Christians do not believe, but that is because we know, through revelation, things about Jesus that others do not know."[2]
References
- ↑ http://www.jefflindsay.com/LDSFAQ/love.shtml#polyg
- ↑ Is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints a Christian church? As answered on the LDS Church's website
