Restorationism, also known as Christian primitivism, is a religious perspective holding that the early beliefs and practices of the followers of Jesus were either lost or adulterated after the deaths
Huldrych Zwingli as depicted by Hans Asper in an oil portrait from 1531, Kunstmuseum Winterthur.
A 1839 Methodist camp meeting, watercolor from the Second Great Awakening. Methodist preachers taught the doctrines of the New Birth and entire sanctification to the masses.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Christian denomination and the largest denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement. Founded
Restorationism
…through divine means from the Golden Plates he obtained from an angel. The largest and most well known church in the Latter Day Saint movement is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), followed by Community of Christ (formerly RLDS), and dozens of other denominations. Members of the LDS Church believe that, in addition…
Joseph Smith, the first president of the Church of Christ
Carthage Jail, where Joseph Smith was killed in 1844
Brigham Young led the LDS Church from 1844 until his death in 1877.
Completed in 1974, the Washington D.C. Temple was the first built in the eastern half of the United States since 1846.