A Mormonism Exploration
The history, beliefs, and traditions of the Mormon religion are actively conveyed in their worship setting. Mormonism is another name given to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Adherents claim that the church was organized by Jesus Christ while he lived on earth "so that all his people could receive His gospel and return one day to live with God, our Heavenly Father" (http://www.mormon.org/). I will display how their beliefs and traditions are explained through holy books and are examined through practices at church services.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints historical origins trace back to 1830 and a young man, John Smith. Smith, "together with his followers, offered claims to combine restoration of primitive Christianity as it had been lived in the time of the Apostles with modern revelation from on high" (O'Dea 2). Here it is evident that Smith was seeking to form a new type of church that was suggested from a higher power, the Lord, and to have the church community live like the Apostles of Jesus did.
Stained glass at St John the Baptist's Anglican Ch...
The Book of Mormon English Missionary Edition Soft...
Latter-day Saints believe in the resurrected Jesus...Smith had become disturbed by the religious controversies that occupied the present times, so he turned elsewhere. "Mormonism claimed that God had intervened by special miraculous action in history of America and of American religion and that Mormonism itself was the product of that very intervention, a divinely established vessel" (O'Dea 5). Specifically adherents believe their religion was derived directly from the Lord himself, and that their church is the product of the prophet Joseph Smith as he was told to do so by the Lord.
Smith claimed to have translated The Book of Mormon, the predominate scripture of the new church. He translated it from Egyptian characters found on golden plates. The book presented several ideas...