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A Latter Day Saint is a person who identifies with the Latter Day Saint movement, and is a follower of Mormonism. Latter Day Saints trace their religious heritage through Joseph Smith, Jr., and teach that he restored the original "Church of Christ", which had disappeared from the earth after a period of apostasy. Latter Day Saints consider themselves to be "saints" in the earliest Christian sense of the word, meaning members of the original church which they believe Jesus organized before his death in the First Century, AD.

Often, the term is used to refer specifically to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), which is the largest Latter Day Saint denomination. However, since 1851, that particular denomination has hyphenated the word and does not capitalize the D in Day. See Latter-day Saint. Because of the widespread use of the hyphenated form, many Latter-day Saints view the original term Latter Day Saint as a misspelling, although the term is rarely hyphenated when referring to members of other, smaller denominations.

Because the LDS Church is by far the largest and most well-known Latter Day Saint denomination, a number of denominations who consider themselves Latter Day Saints prefer more informal terms to refer to their members, in order to avoid confusion. For example, the denomination that is officially named the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints refers to itself informally as the Strangites. In addition, the Community of Christ, the second largest Latter Day Saint denomination, recently changed its name from the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, partly to avoid this type of confusion.

Latter Day Saints are sometimes also referred to as Mormons (a nickname taken from the title of the Book of Mormon). The size and notoriety of the LDS Church, however, has led to the terms Mormon and Mormonism being generally understood as applying only to the LDS Church and its polygamous 20th century offshoots, who generally are happy to call themselves Mormons or Latter Day Saints. The desire of the LDS Church to disassociate itself with these polygamous denominations has led to a campaign by that Church to convince journalists to use the terms Latter-day Saint and Mormon only in reference to the LDS Church. (See LDS Style Guide). Many other denominations, however, do not agree, and few news organizations have adopted the LDS Church's position.

Contents

  • 1 Beliefs
  • 2 List of Latter Day Saint churches and sects
  • 3 See also:
  • 4 External links

Beliefs

Below is a passage from The Wentworth Letter that Joseph Smith Jr. wrote after being asked about the basic beliefs of the LDS Church. It is known as the Articles of Faith.

  1. We believe in God the Eternal Father, and in his son Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.
  2. We believe that men will be punished for their own sins and not for Adam's transgression.
  3. We believe that through the atonement of Christ all mankind may be saved by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.
  4. We believe that these ordinances are 1st, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; 2d, Repentance; 3d, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; 4th, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.
  5. We believe that a man must be called of God by "prophesy, and by laying on of hands" by those who are in authority to preach the gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.
  6. We believe in the same organization that existed in the primitive church, such as, apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists and so forth.
  7. We believe in the gift of tongues, prophesy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues &c.
  8. We believe the bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.
  9. We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that he will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.
  10. We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes. That Zion will be built upon this [the American] continent. That Christ will reign personally upon the earth, and that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiac glory.
  11. We claim the privilege of worshipping Almighty God according to the dictates of our conscience, and allow all men the same privilege let them worship how, where, or what they may.
  12. We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.
  13. We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul "we believe all things we hope all things," we have endured many things and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praise worthy we seek after these things.

List of Latter Day Saint churches and sects

(See http://www.adherents.com )

  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints* (Largest--12 million members worldwide)
  • Community of Christ† (2nd Largest--250 thousand)
  • Restoration Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
  • Church of Christ (Temple Lot)
  • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite)
  • Aaronic Order
  • Apostolic United Brethren
  • Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite)
  • Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)
  • Church of Christ with the Elijah Message
  • Church of Jesus Christ in Zion
  • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
  • Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
  • Restored Church of Jesus Christ
  • Sons Aumen Israel
  • True and Living Church of Jesus Christ of Saints of the Last Days
* Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, called the LDS Church or Mormon Church, although media often refer to the much smaller groups as Mormons also.
† Formerly the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints or RLDS Church.

See also:

  • Latter Day Saint movement
  • Mormonism
  • Mormon
  • Latter-day Saint
  • Church of Christ (Mormonism)
  • Bloggernacle

External links

  • Official website of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • Mormon.org - Official Mormon site about basic beliefs
  • Online version of the scriptures of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • Mormon Links and Resources About Mormon Doctrine
  • Stay LDS - Advice for LDS members dealing with today's questions about the LDS Church

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