when Phillips questioned church lawyer David Jordan on conflicting accounts about the Book of Mormon being translated by ...

Neither Joseph Smith nor the Mormon missionaries ... Reacting to anti-Mormon harassment, church leader Sidney Rigdon gave an intemperate July 4th oration in which he spoke of a "war of ...

3 The resulting manuscript, the Book of Mormon, was published in March 1830. On April 6, 1830, Joseph Smith organized The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and became its first president.

Although Joseph Smith was no pacifist—he preached an ... came about in the context of a rising conflict between Mormon leader Brigham Young and the federal government. When the Mormons had ...

After the first mayor is excommunicated, Smith becomes both mayor and military leader ... division among Mormons, with Brigham Young stating he would rather die and Joseph Smith's wife Emma ...

Mormons are advised to abstain from coffee, tea, and alcohol as part of the Word of Wisdom,” a health code received by the church’s founder, Joseph Smith, which is now considered scripture. They are ...

After the first mayor is excommunicated, Smith becomes both mayor and military leader ... division among Mormons, with Brigham Young stating he would rather die and Joseph Smith's wife Emma ...