Outline of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The following outline is provided as an overview of and a topical guide to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church or, informally, the Mormon Church) is a Christian restorationist church that is considered by its followers to be the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus Christ. The church is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has established congregations (called wards or branches) and built temples worldwide. It is the largest denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement founded by Joseph Smith during the period of religious revival known as the Second Great Awakening.

Nature of the church[edit]

The LDS Church can be described as all of the following:

Belief system –
- Religion –
  - Abrahamic religion –
    - Christianity –
      - Restorationism –
        Latter Day Saint movement –
        List of sects in the Latter Day Saint movement –

Beliefs[edit]

Beliefs and practices of the LDS Church

Salvation diagram[edit]

Social principles[edit]

Gender[edit]

Sexuality[edit]

Race[edit]

Laws related to Race

Events related to Race

Duties[edit]

Ordinance[edit]

Main article

Ordinance (Latter Day Saints)

Purpose

Exaltation (Mormonism)

List of ordinances

History[edit]

Early history[edit]

History of the Latter Day Saint movement

New York[edit]

Ohio[edit]

Missouri[edit]

Illinois[edit]

Pioneer Era[edit]

History of the LDS Church

Utah[edit]

Modern Times[edit]

By century[edit]

Culture[edit]

Culture of the LDS Church

Mormon studies[edit]

Journals and Literature

Mormonism and polygamy[edit]

Main article

Mormonism and polygamy

Background

Current state

Related laws

Related case laws

Related articles

In media

Lists

Brigham Young University[edit]

Main article

Brigham Young University

Related

Sister schools

Colleges

Academics

Museums

Student life

Media

Lists

List of LDS Church Temples[edit]

Chronological list
Dedicated in 19th Century

Prior to the succession crisis: Kirtland Temple; Nauvoo Temple

St George Utah Temple: St. George Utah Temple

Logan Utah Temple: Logan Utah Temple

Manti Utah Temple: Manti Utah Temple

Salt Lake Temple: Salt Lake Temple

Dedicated in early 20th Century
Laie Hawaii Temple: Laie Hawaii Temple

Cardston Alberta Temple

Mesa Arizona Temple

Idaho Falls Idaho Temple

Dedicated in 1950s & 60s: Bern Switzerland Temple; Los Angeles California Temple; Hamilton New Zealand Temple; London England Temple; Oakland California Temple

Dedicated in 1970s: Ogden Utah Temple; Provo Utah Temple; Washington D.C. Temple; São Paulo Brazil Temple

Dedicated in 1980s - Traditional Designs: Tokyo Japan Temple; Seattle Washington Temple; Jordan River Utah Temple; Atlanta Georgia Temple; Mexico City Mexico Temple; Portland Oregon Temple

Dedicated in 1980s - Smaller Temple Designs: Apia Samoa Temple; Nuku'alofa Tonga Temple; Santiago Chile Temple; Papeete Tahiti Temple; Boise Idaho Temple; Sydney Australia Temple; Manila Philippines Temple; Dallas Texas Temple; Taipei Taiwan Temple; Guatemala City Guatemala Temple; Freiberg Germany Temple; Stockholm Sweden Temple; Chicago Illinois Temple; Johannesburg South Africa Temple; Seoul Korea Temple; Lima Peru Temple; Buenos Aires Argentina Temple; Denver Colorado Temple; Frankfurt Germany Temple; Las Vegas Nevada Temple

Dedicated in 1990s - Traditional Designs: Toronto Ontario Temple; San Diego California Temple; Orlando Florida Temple; Bountiful Utah Temple; Hong Kong China Temple; Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple; St. Louis Missouri Temple; Vernal Utah Temple; Preston England Temple; Madrid Spain Temple; Bogotá Colombia Temple; Guayaquil Ecuador Temple; Billings Montana Temple

Dedicated in 1990s - New Small Temple Designs: Monticello Utah Temple; Anchorage Alaska Temple; Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico Temple; Spokane Washington Temple; Columbus Ohio Temple; Bismarck North Dakota Temple; Columbia South Carolina Temple; Detroit Michigan Temple; Halifax Nova Scotia Temple; Regina Saskatchewan Temple; Edmonton Alberta Temple; Raleigh North Carolina Temple

Dedicated in 2000 - Traditional Designs: Albuquerque New Mexico Temple; Cochabamba Bolivia Temple; Houston Texas Temple; Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Temple; Boston Massachusetts Temple; Recife Brazil Temple

Dedicated in 2000 - New Small Temple Designs: St. Paul Minnesota Temple; Kona Hawaii Temple; Ciudad Juárez Mexico Temple; Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Temple; Oaxaca Mexico Temple; Tuxtla Gutiérrez Mexico Temple; Louisville Kentucky Temple; Palmyra New York Temple; Fresno California Temple; Medford Oregon Temple; Memphis Tennessee Temple; Reno Nevada Temple; Tampico Mexico Temple; Nashville Tennessee Temple; Villahermosa Mexico Temple; Montreal Quebec Temple; San José Costa Rica Temple; Fukuoka Japan Temple; Adelaide Australia Temple; Melbourne Australia Temple; Suva Fiji Temple; Mérida Mexico Temple; Veracruz Mexico Temple; Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple; Oklahoma City Oklahoma Temple; Caracas Venezuela Temple; Birmingham Alabama Temple; Porto Alegre Brazil Temple

Dedicated 2001-2009 - Traditional Designs: Campinas Brazil Temple; Nauvoo Illinois Temple; Copenhagen Denmark Temple; Manhattan New York Temple; Sacramento California Temple; Helsinki Finland Temple; Rexburg Idaho Temple; Curitiba Brazil Temple; Twin Falls Idaho Temple; Draper Utah Temple; Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple

Dedicated 2001-2009 - New Small Temple Designs: Montevideo Uruguay Temple; Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple; Guadalajara Mexico Temple; Perth Australia Temple; Columbia River Washington Temple; Snowflake Arizona Temple; Lubbock Texas Temple; Monterrey Mexico Temple; Asunción Paraguay Temple; The Hague Netherlands Temple; Brisbane Australia Temple; Redlands California Temple; Accra Ghana Temple; San Antonio Texas Temple; Aba Nigeria Temple; Newport Beach California Temple; Panama City Panama Temple

Dedicated in 2010s: Vancouver British Columbia Temple; Gila Valley Arizona Temple; Cebu City Philippines Temple; Kyiv Ukraine Temple; San Salvador El Salvador Temple; Quetzaltenango Guatemala Temple; Kansas City Missouri Temple; Manaus Brazil Temple; Brigham City Utah Temple; Calgary Alberta Temple; Tegucigalpa Honduras Temple; Gilbert Arizona Temple; Fort Lauderdale Florida Temple; Phoenix Arizona Temple; Córdoba Argentina Temple; Payson Utah Temple; Trujillo Peru Temple; Indianapolis Indiana Temple; Tijuana Mexico Temple; Provo City Center Temple

Dedicated in 2020s: Rome Italy Temple; Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple; Sapporo Japan Temple; Fortaleza Brazil Temple; Hartford Connecticut Temple; Fort Collins Colorado Temple; Paris France Temple; Meridian Idaho Temple; Star Valley Wyoming Temple; Cedar City Utah Temple; Concepción Chile Temple; Tucson Arizona Temple; Lisbon Portugal Temple; Urdaneta Philippines Temple; Winnipeg Manitoba Temple; Barranquilla Colombia Temple; Durban South Africa Temple; Arequipa Peru Temple; Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple; Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple; Bangkok Thailand Temple; Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple; Harare Zimbabwe Temple; Quito Ecuador Temple; Belém Brazil Temple; Lima Peru Los Olivos Temple

Institutions of the LDS Church[edit]

Priesthood[edit]

Main article

Priesthood (LDS Church)

Divisions

Aaronic priesthood

Melchizedek priesthood

Quorums

Callings

Defunct Callings

Headquarters[edit]

Historic sites[edit]

Hierarchy of leadership[edit]

Jesus Christ

General Authorities

The First Presidency:
President of the Church, 1st Counselor and 2nd Counselor

The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles:
President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and eleven other Apostles

Quorums of the Seventy
The Seven Presidents of the Seventy and several dozen Seventies

First Quorum of the Seventy	Second Quorum of the Seventy

Area Presidencies:
Presidents and 1st and 2nd Counselors are filled by Seventies

Local Authorities

Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Quorums of the Seventy (Area Seventies)

Temple Presidencies

Stake Presidencies and High Councils

Mission Presidencies

Ward Bishoprics or Branch Presidencies

Organization[edit]

Organization (LDS Church)

Geographical divisions[edit]

Area
- - Mission (List of)
    - District
      - Ward
        Branch

By country[edit]

In the USA[edit]

Texts and scriptures[edit]

Standard works

Key scripture[edit]

Other texts[edit]

Important figures[edit]

LDS Church Presidents[edit]

Overview

Chronological List

Central figures[edit]

Joseph Smith
- Teachings of Joseph Smith
  - Brigham Young
    - List of presidents of the LDS Church
      - Teachings of Presidents of the Church

LDS Church apostles[edit]

Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
- Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
  - List of members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Other influential figures[edit]

Book of Mormon witnesses

Groups[edit]

Notable individuals[edit]

List of Latter Day Saints

Template of the LDS Church[edit]

Position of the LDS Church within the Mormon movement[edit]

Comparison with the Community of Christ[edit]

Main article

Community of Christ

Sacred Texts

History

Worship Services

Publication Service

Organisation

List of Presidents

Controversies

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Saints Unscripted

[4] While not considered a schism of the Church of Christ (Fettingite) and its founder Otto Fetting, the Church of Christ at Halley's Bluff accepted Fetting's revelations, but it did not immediately break with the Fettingites in 1929. Nerren and Long instead formed a separate sect in 1932, which was later joined by five other former Temple Lot congregations by 1941.

[1] Organized the Church of Christ, the Latter Day Saint movement's original organization, of which multiple denominations currently believe themselves the true successor

[2] See Rigdonite.

[3] Members consider themselves as remaining adherents of the (historical) Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. (As of 2011, litigation by the Community of Christ against Restoration Branch individuals and entities generally established CofC's right to both the full and abbreviated RLDS name.)

[5] Cutlerite.org. N.D. Accessed December 15, 2023.

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