Who was the founder of the Mormon religion?

Answer 1

The Mormon Church, or Church of the Latter Day Saints, was founded by Joseph Smith, Jr. Raised a Christian in Vermont and New York, Joseph Smith was the founding prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon church. According to Smith's own account, he had a vision from God when he was fourteen years old. A few years later he was visited by an angel, Moroni, who told him of the Book of Mormon and how to revive the gospel of http://www.answers.com/topic/jesus-christ. At the age of 21, Moroni directed Smith to a hillside in rural New York, where he uncovered metal plates ("Gold Plates") and two "seer stones," divination tools sometimes referred to as the Urim and Thummim (terms used infrequently in the Old Testament and whose precise meaning is clouded in mystery). Smith said the Urim and Thummim were from a prophet, Mormon, and revealed the record of ancient Israelites who had escaped to the Americas around 600 B.C. Smith, using the stones, translated the word of Mormon to form the new canon of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which was founded in 1830. With his followers, Smith settled in Ohio, Missouri and Illinois in search of the New Zion. A prophet to his followers and a fraud to his detractors, Smith was killed along with his brother by a mob in Carthage, Illinois in 1844. After his death, the Church was led by http://www.answers.com/topic/brigham-young. The name of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is often shortened to simply LDS... The church's official website notes that while Mormon is an unofficial term for members of the faith, "members prefer to be referred to as Latter-day Saints."

Answer 2

There are two answers to this question:

1.) Jesus Christ setup and established a church. He gave his gospel to Adam, the first man, and it has been passed down among his righteous people. After Christ died and was resurrected, the people eventually rejected all his apostles. The true and pure gospel of Christ was lost. Which brings us to. . .

2.) Joseph Smith was a young boy chosen by God and Jesus Christ to restore the gospel that was lost since the time of the original apostles. He restored the Church of Jesus Christ in these latter days.

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Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) believe that Jesus Christ is the founder of their church. They believe that Jesus Christ restored His original New Testament Church to the earth through the Prophet Joseph Smith.

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Answer 3

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) consider Jesus Christ to be the founder of the Church. They believe that Jesus Christ restored true Christianity to the prophet Joseph Smith, Jr.

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Answer 4

The term "Mormonism" is a misnomer and really should not apply.

Members of the LDS church are properly referred to as "Latter Day Saints" not "Mormons"

Joseph Smith was the first prophet of the present dispensation of the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ, but it is the Same Gospel that was taught by Jesus Christ when he was on the earth and it is the Same Gospel that was taught to Adam and Eve our first parents.

It is the Church of Jesus Christ, established and presided over by Jesus Christ.

Answer 5

Joseph Smith was the first prophet of the church in our times that was in 1830. The following is from a different person:Our church is founded by Heavenly Father (God). Joseph Smith, however, was the one who, with the assistance of God, brought it back to our times. It existed before Christ existed, but was taken away for a time because of the people's wickedness.

Answer 6

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) believe that Jesus Christ is the founder of their church, and that He founded it by restoring true doctrine and authority to Joseph Smith, Jr. They believe that their church is a restoration of the original Christian church founded by Jesus Christ in the New Testament.

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Answer 7

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the Mormon church) believe that their religion was founded by Jesus Christ, who personally appeared to Joseph Smith, Jr on a number of occasions to reveal His will about the doctrines and organization of the church.

Answer 8

Joseph Smith founded the Mormon religion.