The new horror movie Heretic is about the thorny subject of Mormon missionaries ... but it is far older than Mormonism, which Joseph Smith founded in the 19th century. Woods gave fans further ...

Did the Mormons really think for themselves or did Joseph Smith think for them?" The cycle of violence climaxed in 1844 in Nauvoo, Ill., when Smith was killed by an angry mob. Following Smith's ...

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3 The resulting manuscript, the Book of Mormon, was published in March 1830. On April 6, 1830, Joseph Smith organized The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and became its first president.