Mormonism

Mormonism

The religion practiced by Mormons. Founded by Joseph Smith, Jr. in the 1820s as a form of Christian primitivism, Mormonism is the predominant religious tradition of the Latter Day Saints.

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new and everlasting covenant

Religion; Mormonism

The gospel of Jesus Christ. All covenants between God and mankind are part of the new and everlasting covenant.

New Era

Religion; Mormonism

Since 1971, the Church periodical for young people.

Name Extraction Program

Religion; Mormonism

Systematic transcription of genealogical information from original vital records.

Mutual

Religion; Mormonism

The Church's auxiliary organization for youth ages twelve through eighteen, for many years called the Mutual Improvement Association, or MIA.

Mountain Meadows Massacre

Religion; Mormonism

An incident in which certain Indian and Southern Utah Mormons participated in the massacre of a wagon train of immigrants passing through the Territory of Utah, 1857.

Mother in Heaven

Religion; Mormonism

The teaching that spirits born on this earth have their premortal origins with a literal Heavenly Mother as well as a Heavenly Father.

Moroni

Religion; Mormonism

(1) A Nephite military leader, c. 60 Be; (2) a Book of Mormon prophet, c. AD 420 who in 1827, as a resurrected being, gave Joseph Smith the gold plates from which Joseph translated the Book of ...