Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p This is a chronology of Mormonism. In the late 1820s, founder Joseph Smith, Jr. announced that an angel had given him a set of golden plates engraved with a chronicle of ancient American peoples, which he had a unique gift to translate. In 1830, he published the resulting narratives as the Book of Mormon and founded the Church of Christ in western New York, claiming it to be a restoration of early Christianity.Moving the church to Kirtland, Ohio in 1831, Joseph Smith, Jr. attracted hundreds of converts, who were called Latter Day Saints. He sent some to Jackson County, Missouri to establish a city of Zion. In 1833, Missouri settlers expelled the Saints from Zion, and Smith's paramilitary expedition to recover the land was unsuccessful. Fleeing an arrest warrant in the aftermath of a Kirtland financial crisis, Smith joined his remaining followers in Far West, Missouri, but tensions escalated into violent conflicts with the old Missouri settlers. Believing the Saints to be in insurrection, the Missouri governor ordered their expulsion from Missouri, and Smith was imprisoned on capital charges.After escaping state custody in 1839, Smith directed the conversion of a swampland into Nauvoo, Illinois, where he became both mayor and commander of a nearly autonomous militia. In 1843, he announced his candidacy for President of the United States. The following year, after the Nauvoo Expositor criticized his power and such new doctrines as plural marriage, Smith and the Nauvoo city council ordered the newspaper's destruction as a nuisance. In a futile attempt to check public outrage, Smith first declared martial law, then surrendered to the governor of Illinois. He was killed by a mob while awaiting trial in Carthage, Illinois.After Smith's death Brigham Young became Smith's successor as Prophet, Seer and Revelator of the restored Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. These Mormons followed Young to the Great Basin, where they established a theocratic society. Eventually, after the Mormons discontinued their practice of polygamy, they entered mainstream American society and became champions of the nuclear family. A branch of Mormon fundamentalists who disagreed with that decision broke off from the LDS Church and established their own organizations. In the 20th century, the LDS Church grew dramatically, and currently has millions of members worldwide.. }
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- Chronology_of_Mormonism abstract "This is a chronology of Mormonism. In the late 1820s, founder Joseph Smith, Jr. announced that an angel had given him a set of golden plates engraved with a chronicle of ancient American peoples, which he had a unique gift to translate. In 1830, he published the resulting narratives as the Book of Mormon and founded the Church of Christ in western New York, claiming it to be a restoration of early Christianity.Moving the church to Kirtland, Ohio in 1831, Joseph Smith, Jr. attracted hundreds of converts, who were called Latter Day Saints. He sent some to Jackson County, Missouri to establish a city of Zion. In 1833, Missouri settlers expelled the Saints from Zion, and Smith's paramilitary expedition to recover the land was unsuccessful. Fleeing an arrest warrant in the aftermath of a Kirtland financial crisis, Smith joined his remaining followers in Far West, Missouri, but tensions escalated into violent conflicts with the old Missouri settlers. Believing the Saints to be in insurrection, the Missouri governor ordered their expulsion from Missouri, and Smith was imprisoned on capital charges.After escaping state custody in 1839, Smith directed the conversion of a swampland into Nauvoo, Illinois, where he became both mayor and commander of a nearly autonomous militia. In 1843, he announced his candidacy for President of the United States. The following year, after the Nauvoo Expositor criticized his power and such new doctrines as plural marriage, Smith and the Nauvoo city council ordered the newspaper's destruction as a nuisance. In a futile attempt to check public outrage, Smith first declared martial law, then surrendered to the governor of Illinois. He was killed by a mob while awaiting trial in Carthage, Illinois.After Smith's death Brigham Young became Smith's successor as Prophet, Seer and Revelator of the restored Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. These Mormons followed Young to the Great Basin, where they established a theocratic society. Eventually, after the Mormons discontinued their practice of polygamy, they entered mainstream American society and became champions of the nuclear family. A branch of Mormon fundamentalists who disagreed with that decision broke off from the LDS Church and established their own organizations. In the 20th century, the LDS Church grew dramatically, and currently has millions of members worldwide.".