Outline of Joseph Smith
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the life and influence of Joseph Smith:
Joseph Smith (1805 – 1844) – central figure of Mormonism, whom the teachings of most List of sects in the Latter Day Saint movement hold to be the founding Prophet. Smith is also called the Prophet of the Restoration.
Essence of Joseph Smith
- Religion
- Monotheism – belief that only one God exists
- Abrahamic Religions – religions Abraham is a direct prophet
- Christianity – monotheistic religion Jesus is the founder
- latter day saints – the teachings of Jesus needed to be restored because all existing churches fell into a Great Apostasy.
- Joseph Smith is the Prophet who restored many lost teachings of Jesus through Revelations.
Life of Joseph Smith
=Early life=
- Early life of Joseph Smith
- Place of birth Sharon, Vermont
- Parents: Lucy Mack Smith, Joseph Smith, Sr.
- Palmyra
- Smith Family Farm
- Second Great Awakening
- Burned-over district
- Sacred Grove (Latter Day Saints)
- First Vision
- Angel Moroni
- Golden Plates
- Urim and Thummim (Latter Day Saints)
- Hill Cumorah
- Alvin Smith (brother of Joseph Smith)
- Seer stones (Latter Day Saints)
- Joseph Smith and the criminal justice system
- Emma Smith - first wife
- reformed Egyptian
=1827 to 1830=
- Life of Joseph Smith from 1827 to 1830
- Martin Harris (Latter Day Saints)
- Anthon transcript
- Charles Anthon
- Lost 116 pages
- Oliver Cowdery
- Book of Mosiah
- Fayette, New York
- Peter Whitmer
- David Whitmer
- Three Witnesses
- Eight Witnesses
- Book of Mormon
- Church of Christ
- Confirmation (Latter Day Saints)
- Melchizedek priesthood
- Hiram Page
- New Jerusalem
- Sidney Rigdon
- Stake (Latter Day Saints)
=1831 to 1837=
- Life of Joseph Smith from 1831 to 1837
- United Order
- Elder (Latter Day Saints)
- General conference (Latter Day Saints)
- Melchizedek priesthood (Latter Day Saints)
- Zion (Latter Day Saints)
- Zion's Camp
- First Presidency
- Apostle (Latter Day Saints)
- Seventy (Latter Day Saints)
- Presiding high council
- Kirtland Temple
- Fanny Alger
- Kirtland Safety Society
=1838 to 1839=
=1839 to 1844=
=Death=
Legacy
=People=
=Memorials=
=Churches=
- Succession crisis (Latter Day Saints)
- List of sects in the Latter Day Saint movement
- patrilineal succession
- Samuel H. Smith (Latter Day Saints)
- William Smith (Latter Day Saints)
- Joseph Smith III
- David Hyrum Smith
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Brigham Young
- Utah Territory
- Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)
- Rigdonite
- Sidney Rigdon
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite)
- Letter of Appointment
- James J. Strang
- Community of Christ
- Joseph Smith III
Teachings
=Salvation=
=Temple=
=Church organization=
=Priesthood=
=Polygamy=
=Prophecies=
Revealed Scriptures
=Other texts=
Parents and siblings
Related Church Presidents
Family chart
{{Smith family lineal succession}}
Family and descendants
Latter Day Saints in popular culture
;Main article
:Latter Day Saints in popular culture
;Depictions
:Angels in America (miniseries)
:Around the World in Eighty Days
:The Book of Mormon: Original Broadway Cast Recording
:The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
:Escape (Jessop and Palmer book)
:More New Arabian Nights: The Dynamiter
:Mountain Meadows massacre and the media
:Polygamy, USA
:The Prophet, the Gold and the Transylvanians
:Secrets of a Gay Mormon Felon
:Settling Accounts: Return Engagement
:Settling Accounts: The Grapple
;Documentaries
Important places
- Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial
- Palmyra (town), New York
- Smith Family Farm
- Sacred Grove (Latter Day Saints)
- Cumorah
- Aaronic Priesthood Restoration Site
- Peter Whitmer log home
- Book of Mormon Historic Publication Site
- John Johnson Farm
- Zion (Latter Day Saints)
- Kirtland, Ohio
- Historic Kirtland Village
- Kirtland Temple
- Zion's Camp
- Jackson County, Missouri
- Independence, Missouri
- Far West, Missouri
- Adam-ondi-Ahman
- 1838 Mormon War
- Liberty Jail
- Nauvoo, Illinois
- History of Nauvoo, Illinois
- Nauvoo Historic District
- Joseph Smith Mansion House
- Nauvoo House
- Red Brick Store
- Nauvoo Temple
- Carthage Jail
- Smith Family Cemetery
Works about him
See also
{{Portal|Latter Day Saint movement}}
- Index of articles related to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Outline of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Outline of the Book of Mormon
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External links
{{Sister project links|Joseph Smith}}
- {{Gutenberg author |id=12| name=Joseph Smith, Jr.}}
- {{Internet Archive author |search=( ("Joseph Smith" OR "Smith, Joseph") AND (1805-1844)) |dname=Joseph Smith}}
- {{Librivox author |id=1474 |title=Joseph Smith}}
- [http://www.josephsmith.net Official LDS page about Joseph Smith]
- [http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/ JosephSmithPapers.org]—An LDS Church project compiling primary documents relating to Joseph Smith
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