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After Joseph Smith’s death in 1844, the young Mormon Church faced chaos, betrayal, and the question of who would lead next.
In an essay posted without fanfare to its website in late October, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said for the first time that Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon church, had as many ...
Joseph Fielding Smith’s family tree alone makes him a significant player in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His father, Joseph F. Smith, was the faith’s sixth president ...
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The founder of Mormonism, which for decades allowed polygamy, had as many as 40 wives including one who was only 14, the U.S.-based church has acknowledged. Joseph Smith (1805-1844) ...
Flight -- Part 1. "In Illinois we've found a safe retreat-- ". King Joseph ; Zion, Illinois ; Everybody hates the Mormons ; Polygamy and its discontents -- Part 2. "Oh! Illinois! thy soil has drank ...
MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell apologized Wednesday night for inaccurate comments he made a week earlier about the origins of the Mormon church. “I am truly sorry if I said something inaccurate about ...