REL-2121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sidney Rigdon, King Follett Discourse, Temple Lot
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Mormonism and the 19th century: beginning in 1820, in manchester, new york, a young man named joseph smith. The te(cid:454)t"s stor(cid:455) (cid:272)e(cid:374)tered arou(cid:374)d jesus" (cid:373)i(cid:374)istr(cid:455) i(cid:374) the americas. The book of mormon was published in 1830. In 1831 smith received a revelation instructing the church to move from new. York to kirtland, oh: a large campbellite congregation led by sidney rigdon had converted to the. This congregation lived with all things in common, and offered to share their land with their fellow mormons who had moved from new york: later that year smith received another revelation instructing the church to move to missouri. Nauvoo, illinois: to flee from persecution, mormon leaders purchased land in illinois in 1839 and (cid:374)a(cid:373)ed their (cid:272)it(cid:455) (cid:862)nau(cid:448)oo(cid:863) i(cid:374) (cid:1005)(cid:1012)(cid:1008)(cid:1004, an early planned city, and successful. Brigham young (1801-1877: after (cid:373)ith"s death, the mor(cid:373)o(cid:374) (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)ent fractured, brigham young became the second president and prophet of the lds mormon.
