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Feb 9, 2010 · Joseph Smith, the founder and leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (more commonly known as Mormonism), is murdered along with his brother Hyrum when a mob breaks into a jail ...
Joseph Smith Portrait de Joseph Smith, c. 1842. Fonctions; 1 er président de l'Église de Jésus-Christ des saints des derniers jours; 6 avril 1830 – 27 juin 1844 (14 ans, 2 mois et 21 jours)
For instance, Joseph Smith's paternal grandfather, Asael, was a Universalist who opposed evangelical religion. According to Lucy Smith, Asael once came to Joseph Smith Sr.'s door after he had attended a Methodist meeting with Lucy and "threw Tom Paine's Age of Reason into the house and angrily bade him read that until he believed it."
From the start, Joseph Smith has been cast by his church as a man more enlightened than any mortal to walk the earth since the passing of the last biblical apostles. No historical life could be granted a more mythological tenor than has his. To Mormons, Joseph Smith is, simply, "The Prophet". He bares the imago Christi.
This is the simple, direct testimony of Joseph Smith, giving some of the events that led to the Restoration of the gospel and the founding of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For a more complete account of Joseph Smith’s story, see Joseph Smith—History in the Pearl of Great Price or History of the Church, 1:2–79.
Joseph Smith tells of his ancestry, family members, and their early abodes—An unusual excitement about religion prevails in western New York—He determines to seek wisdom as directed by James—The Father and the Son appear, and Joseph is called to his prophetic ministry.
Joseph Smith Jr. is perhaps best known as the man, through whom God restored His true church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. But long before he was known as the founder of a worldwide religious movement, Joseph Smith was a humble boy who simply desired to know which church he should join.
