For Latter-day Saints across the globe, Thursday marks the 180th anniversary of a tragedy — on June 27, 1844, an armed mob stormed into Carthage Jail and took the lives of the prophet Joseph Smith and ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has commissioned a new official biography of its 19th-century charismatic founder, to be titled simply: “Joseph the Prophet.” The new volume about ...

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Joseph Smith Jr. was born Dec. 23, 1805 — 218 years ago. And he was killed by an armed mob 39 years later, on June 27, 1844. The anniversary of his birth today may be lost in preparing for Christmas — ...

Here are some helpful extras before you press play about the flick. Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration starring Nathan Mitchell, Rick Macy, Tayva Patch, David Nibley has a Not Rated rating, ...

The project team for the Joseph Smith Papers is set to release the final volume of the papers on June 27, the 179th anniversary of the Prophet’s martyrdom. The Joseph Smith Papers project is a ...

When John Turner’s biography of Brigham Young was published more than a decade ago, I marveled at his skill in dealing with a (very) complex historical subject fairly. He sifted through a mountain of ...

A portrait of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Prophet Joseph Smith was added to the International Hall of Honor in Morehouse College’s Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel. On ...

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