Christian denomination Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Latter Day Saint movement ==== {{Main|Latter Day Saint movement|Mormonism}} {{See also|List of denominations in the Latter Day Saint movement|Mormonism and Christianity}} Most Latter Day Saint denominations are derived from the [[Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)]] established by [[Joseph Smith]] in 1830, which is categorized as a [[Restorationist]] denomination.<ref name="OCRT2012"/> The largest worldwide denomination is [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], colloquially referred to as [[Mormonism]]. Various considerably smaller sects broke from this movement after its relocation to the Rocky Mountains in the mid-1800s. Several of these broke away over the abandonment of practicing [[Mormonism and polygamy|plural marriage]] after the [[1890 Manifesto]]. Most of the "Prairie Saint" denominations (see below) were established after [[Death of Joseph Smith|Smith's death]] by the remnants of the Latter Day Saints who did not go west with [[Brigham Young]]. Many of these opposed some of the 1840s theological developments in favor of 1830s theological understandings and practices. Other denominations are defined by either a belief in Joseph Smith as a [[prophet]] or acceptance of the [[Book of Mormon]] as [[religious text|scripture]]. [[Mormons]] generally consider themselves to be [[Restorationism|restorationist]], believing that Smith, as [[prophet, seer, and revelator]], restored the original and true Church of Christ to the earth. Some Latter Day Saint denominations are regarded by other Christians as being [[Nontrinitarianism|nontrinitarian]] or even non-Christian, but the Latter Day Saints are predominantly in disagreement with these statements. Latter Day Saints see themselves as believing in a [[God in Mormonism|Godhead]] comprising the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost as separate personages united in purpose. Latter Day Saints regard traditional definitions of the [[Trinity]] as aberrations of true doctrine and emblematic of the [[Great Apostasy]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Articles of Faith, no. 1 |url=http://mormon.org/articles-of-faith |access-date=3 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531162806/http://mormon.org/articles-of-faith |archive-date=31 May 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> but they do not accept certain trinitarian definitions in the [[List of Christian creeds|post-apostolic creeds]], such as the [[Athanasian Creed]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page