Latter-day Saint scholar Matthew Bowman discusses LDS prophet Joseph Fielding Smith, who led fights over evolution, the age ...

Born on December 23, 1805, in Sharon, Vermont, to Joseph and Lucy Mack Smith, Joseph Smith Jr. grew up on a series of tenant farms in Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York. Though in his youth ...

when Phillips questioned church lawyer David Jordan on conflicting accounts about the Book of Mormon being translated by ...

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 ...

The Church emphasizes the need for divine authority. As Joseph Smith, first prophet and President of the Church, taught, "A man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by ...

Mormons, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), have a unique faith in Christendom. Where most ...

Joseph F. Smith, nephew of the founding prophet, and his family. Courtesy: Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Of all the Mormon doctrines, none caused as much ...

This violence claimed many lives, including Mormon prophet Joseph Smith's, and eventually led to the Mormons seeking refuge outside the boundaries of the United States. Other opposition stemmed ...