Mormonism history

The Hidden Origins: When Did Mormonism Start and How It Reshaped Faith

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The Hidden Origins: When Did Mormonism Start and How It Reshaped Faith

The first light of Mormonism flickered in the quiet hills of upstate New York in 1820, when a 14-year-old boy claimed an angel named Moroni appeared to him in a vision. Joseph Smith, as he would later be known, described the encounter as a divine commission to restore an ancient Christian church lost over centuries. … Read more

The Exact Moment Mormonism Began: When Was Mormonism Founded?

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The Exact Moment Mormonism Began: When Was Mormonism Founded?

The story of Mormonism begins not with a grand cathedral or a scholarly treatise, but in a quiet New York farmhouse in 1820, where a 14-year-old boy claimed an angel named Moroni appeared to him. Joseph Smith, the founder of what would become the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, later recounted that this … Read more