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Mormonism
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Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis
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- It proved that the only problems which America had to face were Mormonism and Prohibition: "Don't let any of these self-conceited fellows that are always trying to stir up trouble deceive you with the belief that there's anything to all these smart-aleck movements to let the unions and the Farmers' Nonpartisan League kill all our initiative and enterprise by fixing wages and prices.†
Chpt 28Mormonism = religious movement started by Joseph Smith, especially the beliefs and practices of Latter-day Saints
- 'Sit thou on my right hand till I make thine enemies the footstool of my feet,' said the Lord of Hosts, Acts II, the thirty-fourth verse—and let me tell you right now, you got to get up a good deal earlier in the morning than you get up even when you're going fishing, if you want to be smarter than the Lord, who has shown us the straight and narrow way, and he that passeth therefrom is in eternal peril and, to return to this vital and terrible subject of Mormonism—and as I say, it is terrible to realize how little attention is given to this evil right here in our midst and on our very doorstep, as it were—it's a shame and a disgrace that the Congress of these United States spends all its tim†
Chpt 28
- and he that passeth therefrom is in eternal peril and, to return to this vital and terrible subject of Mormonism—and as I say, it is terrible to realize how little attention is given to this evil right here in our midst and on our very doorstep, as it were—it's a shame and a disgrace that the Congress of these United States spends all its time talking about inconsequential financial matters that ought to be left to the Treasury Department, as I understand it, instead of arising in their might and passing a law that any one admitting he is a Mormon shall simply be deported and as it were kicked out of this free country in which we haven't got any room for polygamy and the tyrannies of Satan.†
Chpt 28Mormon = of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints which was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830
- And, to digress for a moment, especially as there are more of them in this state than there are Mormons, though you never can tell what will happen with this vain generation of young girls, that think more about wearing silk stockings than about minding their mothers and learning to bake a good loaf of bread, and many of them listening to these sneaking Mormon missionaries—and I actually heard one of them talking right out on a street-corner in Duluth, a few years ago, and the officers of the law not protesting—but still, as they are a smaller but more immediate problem, let me stop for just a moment to pay my respects to these Seventh-Day Adventists.†
Chpt 28 *Mormons = believers in the religious movement started by Joseph Smith, especially the beliefs and practices of Latter-day Saints
- And, to digress for a moment, especially as there are more of them in this state than there are Mormons, though you never can tell what will happen with this vain generation of young girls, that think more about wearing silk stockings than about minding their mothers and learning to bake a good loaf of bread, and many of them listening to these sneaking Mormon missionaries—and I actually heard one of them talking right out on a street-corner in Duluth, a few years ago, and the officers of the law not protesting—but still, as they are a smaller but more immediate problem, let me stop for just a moment to pay my respects to these Seventh-Day Adventists.†
Chpt 28Mormon = of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints which was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830
Definitions:
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(Mormonism) religious that grew from the teachings of Joseph Smith in the 1800s, especially the beliefs and practices of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsMormonism began in the United States in the early 1800s, when Joseph Smith said he received revelations from God and translated the Book of Mormon, which Latter-day Saints accept as scripture alongside the Bible. It is often described as a restorationist form of Christianity—teaching that the original Christian church and its authority were lost and then restored through Joseph Smith.
Today, the largest Mormon group is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose members follow additional scriptures (such as the Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price), emphasize family life and missionary work, and have distinctive beliefs about eternal families and life after death.
In the past, "Mormonism" and "Mormons" were common labels, but church leaders now encourage the use of the full church name and the term "Latter-day Saints" instead, and some prefer not to use "Mormonism" for their faith at all. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)