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  '''This page contain links to most of the articles of Mormonwiki classified by topics.''' '''For a complete list of all articles go to: [http://www.mormonwiki.com/Special:Allpages All Pages]'
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• Utah
  ...ht|alt=The Wasatch Front|frame|Part of the Wasatch Range, the western edge of the greater Rocky Mountains]] ...and salt flats in Bonneville Desert. Archaeologists have found a plethora of fossils and dinosaur bones and footprints.
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• Mountain Meadows massacre
  ...versy as Mormons and historians struggle to understand this event, and the Church's detractors seek to exploit it for polemical purposes. ...ed all of what would become California, Nevada, and Utah, as well as parts of modern-day Texas, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming.)
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• Brigham Young University
  ...tp://www.byu.edu '''Brigham Young University'''] was founded on principles of combined spiritual and secular learning. ...lege]] in Salt Lake City, Utah. This education system also serves hundreds of thousands in continuing education and literacy programs, religious seminari
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• Book of Mormon geography
  ...st group of migrants was led by the Lord from the destruction of the Tower of Babel in Mesopotamia. The second and third groups were led by Lord to the A ...raphy [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/book-of-mormon-geography?lang=eng here]).
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• Salt Lake Temple
  ...rance. It is also the most well-known temple and has come to symbolize the Church to many throughout the world. ...Apostle [[Wilford Woodruff]] marked the spot then and there. Construction of the temple began on 14 February 1853, following a groundbreaking ceremony c
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• Salt Lake City
  ...n as Great Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City is also known as the "Crossroads of the West". ...(sometimes called the LDS or [http://www.understandingmormonism.org Mormon Church].)
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• Kirtland Temple
  ...ple worship built by [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. ...emple until six months after the commandment was given. The members of the Church were also instructed on how to build the temple (see Doctrine and Covenants
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• Temple Square
  ...Square''']. It also became the headquarters for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ...years other buildings have been built to house important interests of the Church.
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• Anti-Mormonism: The Last Acceptable Bigotry?
  ...-day Saints and [http://www.mormonbeliefs.org their beliefs], more typical of nineteenth century fantastic sensationalism than modern investigative journ ==The Wrong Kind of Minority==
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• Nauvoo Temple
  ...Joseph Smith]], announced that a temple should again be built. The command of the Lord is recorded in the [[Doctrine and Covenants]]: ...honor, and endowment of all her municipals, are ordained by the ordinance of my holy house, which my people are always commanded to build unto my holy n
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• St. George Utah Temple
  ...humb|<center><span style="color:#0D8ED3">St. George Utah Temple. The first of four pioneer-era temples.</span></center>]] ...day Saints]] after the death of [[Joseph Smith, Jr.]] Located in the city of St. George, Utah, it was the first Latter-day Saint temple built in the Roc
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• Nauvoo
  ...me in Nauvoo, the center of the Church of Jesus Christ until the martyrdom of [[Joseph Smith]] © 2002 Brigham Young University]] ...Nauvoo. For a history of the Nauvoo period of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], go to the article called [[Nauvoo and the Martyrdom]].
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• Mormon Beliefs: Work
  ...earth in preparation for the [[Second Coming]] of Christ. Since the Church of Jesus Christ has a [[Calling|lay clergy]], all active members have work to ...rst Presidency and now as President of the Church. I testify that each one of us can feel the Lord’s inspiration as we live worthily and strive to serv
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• Cumorah
  ...the gold plates were recovered, later translated and published as the Book of Mormon|right]] ...cted and translated the plates and published the translation as the [[Book of Mormon]].
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• Egypt
  ...ficant to members of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] for several reasons. ...s and Great Sphinx and Luxor’s hieroglyph-lined Karnak Temple and Valley of the Kings tombs.
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• Brigham Young University-Idaho
  ...the Church, is [[Brigham Young University-Idaho]]. Located 275 miles north of BYU, this university was previously known as [[Ricks College]], a two-year ...s always encouraged [[education]]. This is apparent in the sponsorship the Church has maintained through its current schools, as well as past academies.
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• Ensign Peak
  ...the valley floor, it was the first summit climbed by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ after the [[Mormon Pioneers|Pioneers]] entered the valley. ...ll prosper and have peace.’” Young understood that he was to lead the Church members west and that the peak he saw in vision would be a sign that they h
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• Washington D.C. Temple
  ...operating temple of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. A groundbreaking and site dedication ceremony was held ...temple was completed in 1974, it served all Latter-day Saints living east of the Mississippi and all Latter-day Saints in South America.
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• 2012 Pew Report:Mormons in America — Views and Attitudes
  ...1 campaign for a Republican candidate for president, members of the Church of Jesus Christ, who are often referred to as Mormons, came under the spotligh ...the Church of Jesus Christ, consistently twisting the doctrines of the LDS Church.
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• Monument to Women Memorial Garden
  ...linois, and owned by [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. ...ld monument with a larger monument erected ‘in honor of the organization of the Society . . . on land as nearly adjacent to the Nauvoo Temple Square
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• LDS Pageants
  ...es from the [[Book of Mormon]], or portrayed stories from [[Mormon History|Church history]]. ...omposed music that is prerecorded and then broadcast over an audio system. Church member volunteers perform the pageants. Admissions to pageants is free and
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• Great Salt Lake
  ...alt water lake in the Western Hemisphere. It is one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world because, in part, it does not have an outlet. .... The average depth is only 14 feet. During its recorded low in 1963, some of the lake's 10 major islands became peninsulas. In 1983, when the lake reach
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• This Is the Place Monument
  ...v/places/historical_places/thisistheplacemonument.html] That first company of Latter-day Saint pioneers, and others who came in the years following, set ...nt was refurbished and rededicated in 2007 under the direction of the Sons of the Utah Pioneers.
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• Adam-ondi-Ahman
  '''Adam-ondi-Ahman''' means "Adam - the presence of - God" ondi = "the presence of" (as defined by an editor of the [[Joseph Smith Papers]] Project on KJZZ-TV Oct.12, 2008)
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• Ensign College
  ...h president [[Gordon B. Hinckley]] said the following about the importance of education: ...y in your chosen field. You belong to a church that teaches the importance of education. You have a mandate from the Lord to educate your minds and your
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• Independence Visitors' Center
  ...land is the temple lot that was designated as the location for the temple of the New Jerusalem. ...which is the land which I have appointed and consecrated for the gathering of the saints.
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• Clay County
  ...ish a community in Far West, Caldwell County, approximately 60 miles north of Clay County. ...direction of the Prophet Joseph, the brethren set up camp at the junction of the Little and Big Fishing Rivers.[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/manu
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• Johnson Home
  ...the early history of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. ...me belonged to John and Elsa Johnson, converts to the Church in the spring of 1831. They bought the 100 acres in 1818 and lived in a log cabin until they
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• Palmyra
  ...umorah.org/Pageant/ Hill Cumorah Pageant]. Today, Palmyra is a small town of some 7,000 people. Some of the important events in Church history that occurred here include:
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• Whitmer Farm: Church Organization Site
  ...nce of his scribe [[Oliver Cowdery]]. In 1829, the translation of the Book of Mormon was completed in the Whitmer home. ...uschrist.org/study/ensign/1979/08/the-whitmers-a-family-that-nourished-the-church?lang=eng]
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• Independence, Missouri
  ...the Saints. The next day, Joseph Smith dedicated the temple site. Settling of the wild frontier land then began. ...nts as well as nonmembers of the area. The ''Star'' also, however, printed Church news and [[revelation|revelations]] received by Joseph Smith.
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• Deseret Museum
  ...were live animals, so it became the Home Museum and Menagerie. The inside of the home was the museum and the animal cages were outside. ...elieved that a display of some sort would enable visitors to the territory of [[Deseret]] to see its resources. Their plan was to include native animals,
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• Kanesville Tabernacle
  ...acle in Council Bluffs, Iowa, is now a Church visitors' center|The replica of the Kanesville Tabernacle in Council Bluffs, Iowa]] ...was the president of the Twelve. Soon after Joseph Smith was killed, many of the Latter-day Saints were driven from their homes in [[Nauvoo]] and settle
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• Hole in the Rock
  ...'Hole in the Rock''' is etched into the stories of sacrifice and endurance of early Latter-day Saints pioneers who blazed the Hole in the Rock Trail in s Settlers in Parowan, Utah, and elsewhere in that region were asked by their Church leaders to leave their homes and settle in what is now San Juan County. The
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• Polynesian Cultural Center
  ...sian Cultural Center is owned and operated by [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] and is Hawaii's top paid-admission visitor attraction.] ...y to celebrate his Samoan heritage. Johnson, who topped the Forbes’ list of highest-paid actors in recent years, described the day as a “beautiful, u
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• John Benbow
  ...." (Quoted in ''Truth Will Prevail, the Rise of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the British Isles, 1837-1987'', ed. V. Ben Bloxham et ...enbow introduced Elder Woodruff to the United Brethren, an off-shoot group of Wesleyan Methodists, who had been searching for light and truth. Woodruff p
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• Joseph Smith Memorial Building
  ...' is named in honor of [[Joseph Smith, Jr.]]. It is located on the corner of Main Street and South Temple in Salt Lake City. Previously a hotel, it now ==History of the Location and Building==
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• Missionary Training Center
  ...e in one of the Church’s 411 [[Mission|missions]] (number of missions as of June 19, 2023[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/2023-mission ...And the family generally attends Church together on Sundays for two hours of additional religious instruction.
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• Smith Family Cemetery
  ...in Nauvoo, Illinois, is the site of the burial of many of the descendants of [[Joseph Smith, Sr.]] and his wife [[Lucy Mack Smith]], including the Proph ...agon. [[Willard Richards]], who had been with Joseph and Hyrum at the time of their deaths, accompanied Hamilton and Samuel.
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• Iosepa Agricultural and Stock Company
  ...g]] of the Saints in [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. ...d on August 28, 1889, and existed as a home for the Polynesians until many of them returned to the Pacific Islands.
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• Church History Library
  ...st historical item on the shelf in the new Church History Library in front of local media. ...ch historian [[Richard E. Turley Jr.]] presented to news reporters as part of a media tour on June 11, 2009.
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• Sacred Grove
  ...ric Site''' includes the [[Joseph Smith Family Farm]] and the 10-acre area of the farm designated as the Sacred Grove, where [[Joseph Smith, Jr.]] receiv ...ore they had signed the contract. By [[1825]] they had cleared sixty acres of the land. This sixty acres became fields, meadows, a garden, an orchard, a
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• Gardens of Temple Square
  ...nection with the renovation of the [[Salt Lake Temple]] and the demolition of the North and South Visitors’ Centers. ...ol that will be continue to be featured in the design. Both the north side of Main Street Plaza and the south side reopened to the public in early 2024.
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• The Icelandic Memorial
  ...Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] immigrated to Utah to be with the rest of the Latter-day Saints. They originally settled in Spanish Fork, Utah, the o ...placed on the Westmann Islands]] in Iceland in 2000 and includes the names of the 410 immigrants who came to Utah.
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• Zarahemla
  ...ok of Mormon]]--part of the official canon of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. ...d 323 BC a Nephite man named Mosiah found the already built city. The Book of Mormon explains how Mosiah came to this land and was later made king:
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• Antelope Island
  ...the city of Syracuse along a seven-mile causeway to the island. It is part of the Utah State Park system. Visitors can camp, hike, ride e-bikes, boat, sw ==History of the Island’s Inhabitants==
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• Harrison New York Temple
  ...announced temple of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. ...er 30, 1995. The site purchased on March 8, 1996, is located on the corner of Kenilworth Road and Westchester Avenue on 24 wooded acres.
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• Richmond, Missouri
  ...h of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. It is located about 40 miles east of Independence/Kansas City, Missouri. ..., with obscene oaths, boasted of the atrocities they had committed against Church members.
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• Joseph and Emma Smith Home
  [[Image:JS-ES-Kirtland.jpg|300px|thumb|frame|The restored home of Joseph and Emma Smith in Kirtland, Ohio. ©2023 by Intellectual Reserve, In ...n and threats of violence. While in Kirtland, they lived in four different places until late 1833 when they moved into a home that had been built for them. T
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