Mormonism, or the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS Church), is a sect deriving from Christianity. It includes new ideas from The Book of Mormon, published by a farmer named Joseph Smith in the 1820s. Smith claims that God revealed the book’s content to him. The book endorses practices like polygamy, obedience, repenting, and the idea of personal communication with God. Mormons, or Latter-Day Saints, consider Joseph Smith their prophet.
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Mormonism Term Timeline in Kingdom of Matthias
The timeline below shows where the term Mormonism appears in Kingdom of Matthias. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Prologue: Two Prophets at Kirtland
...been released from prison (he was imprisoned for assaulting his daughter), travels alone to the Mormon settlement at Kirtland. He arrives to find a crude colony in which an unimpressive church...
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...and Pierson’s church group, but Smith isn’t convinced. Nonetheless, Smith lets Matthias preach to his Mormon group. Later that day, the congregation figures out that Matthias is a convicted fraud and...
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