Joseph Smith Jr.

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December 23, 1805 in Sharon, Vermont, The United States

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June 27, 1844

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Joseph Smith, Jr. was the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, also known as Mormonism, and an important religious and political figure during the 1830s and 1840s. In 1827, Smith began to gather a religious following after announcing that an angel had shown him a set of golden plates describing a visit of Jesus to the indigenous peoples of the Americas. In 1830, Smith published what he said was a translation of these plates as the Book of Mormon, and the same year he organized the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

For most of the 1830s, Smith lived in Kirtland, Ohio, which remained the headquarters of the church until Smith began encouraging members to gather the church to a Latter Day Saint settlement in Missouri. There, ten...more

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Average rating: 4.58 · 56,721 ratings · 4,734 reviews · 94 distinct works

	The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ by Joseph Smith Jr. (Translator), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Editor) 4.57 avg rating — 39,268 ratings — published 1830 — 123 editions	My rating:
	Book of Mormon, The Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price 4.60 avg rating — 10,702 ratings — published 1975 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Lectures on Faith: Delivered to the School of the Prophets in Kirtland, Ohio, 1834-35 4.54 avg rating — 1,930 ratings — published 1835 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Pearl of Great Price by Joseph Smith Jr., The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 4.74 avg rating — 1,723 ratings — published 2003 — 17 editions	My rating:
	The Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 4.67 avg rating — 1,758 ratings — published 1971 — 18 editions	My rating:
	Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith 4.52 avg rating — 978 ratings — published 1976 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Book of Mormon for Latter-Day Saint Families by Joseph Smith Jr., Tom Valletta (Editor) 4.84 avg rating — 444 ratings	My rating:
	The LDS Scriptures: Unabridged Complete King James Version Holy Bible /The Book of Mormon / Doctrine and Covenants / The Pearl of Great Price 4.90 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	History of the Church-Boxed Set 4.31 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1952 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Joseph Smith's New Translation of the Bible 4.76 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1970 — 3 editions	My rating:

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“Happiness is the object and design of our existence; and will be the end thereof, if we pursue the path that leads to it; and this path is virtue, uprightness, faithfulness, holiness, and keeping all the commandments of God.”
― Joseph Smith Jr.

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“Whatever God requires is right, no matter what it is, although we may not see the reason there of until all of the events transpire.”
― Joseph Smith Jr.

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“A man is saved no faster than he gains knowledge”
― Joseph Smith Jr.

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