Joseph Smith
LDS church founder
Joseph Smith (1805–1844) was the American founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, claiming to have received golden plates from an angel and translating them into the Book of Mormon.
He established the Church of Christ in 1830, later renamed the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Smith was killed by a mob while jailed in Illinois.
Mormons regard him as a prophet; critics view him as a fraud.
LDS church's foundational text
- Latter-day SaintsLDS church adherents
- Brigham YoungEarly Latter-day Saints president
- plural marriageUnion with multiple partners
- Mormon TrailEmigrant route to Utah
restoration · priesthood · Melchizedek · endowment · tithing · missionary · testimony
One who envisions futures
- revelatorOne who reveals
- visionsImagined or prophetic sights
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- scriptureSacred religious writings
divine calling · mantle · succession · keys · dispensation · angel · visitation · translation
Returning something to condition
- organizerArrangement tool or person
- translatorOne who renders between languages
- revelatorOne who reveals
- ordinancesLocal government rules
Zion · gathering · consecration · city planner · presidential candidate · theocracy · commune · cooperative
Murder of a prominent figure
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- mob violenceGroup-inflicted harm
- gunfireDischarge of weapons
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
treason charge · Illinois · vigilantes · printing press · surrender · burial · legacy
Book of Mormon
LDS church's foundational text
- Latter-day SaintsLDS church adherents
- Brigham YoungEarly Latter-day Saints president
- plural marriageUnion with multiple partners
Mormon Trail · restoration · priesthood · Melchizedek · endowment · tithing · missionary · testimony
seer
One who envisions futures
- revelatorOne who reveals
- visionsImagined or prophetic sights
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
scripture · divine calling · mantle · succession · keys · dispensation · angel · visitation · translation · inspiration
restoration
Returning something to condition
- organizerArrangement tool or person
- translatorOne who renders between languages
- revelatorOne who reveals
ordinances · Zion · gathering · consecration · city planner · presidential candidate · theocracy · commune · cooperative
assassination
Murder of a prominent figure
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- mob violenceGroup-inflicted harm
- gunfireDischarge of weapons
incarceration · treason charge · Illinois · vigilantes · printing press · surrender · burial · legacy
- Mormon LeadersBrigham Young
- religious figuresJesus, Buddha, Muhammad, Moses, Abraham
- Abrahamic faithsJudaism, Christianity, Islam, Abraham, God
- MormonismBook of Mormon, Latter-day Saints, priesthood, Latter-day Saint, prophets
- 1830sAndrew Jackson, Trail of Tears, Indian Removal Act, Texas Revolution, Republic of Texas
- American ReligionChristianity, Catholic, Catholics, Baptist, Baptists
Joseph, Smith, Josephine, blacksmithing, Josiah, silversmithing, goldsmithing, Goldsmith, Josie