REL 1000 Chapter : MORMONISM
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Church of jeus christ of latter day saints. Other religious groups do not consider it protestant or christian. Revives the respected relationship between god"s chosen people, the 12 tribes of israel. Just saw the completion of the erie canal: people get disconnected from who they are once they move to the new town there, any new tradition brought about during this time was accepted and embraced. In 1820 he wrestled with reading his bible and praying to god. God appeared to him in a prayer and said that all the forms of christianity at that time were not correct. An angel appeared to him, named moroni, and reveals to him the history of north. Account had been written down long ago on golden tablets. In 1827 he began the process of translating them; he found religious artifacts, and had a stone he could read them with because they were in a different language: urim &
