Mormonism and Christianity

Mormonism has had an uneasy relationship with traditional Christianity since its earliest days in the 1820s, when its founder Joseph Smith, Jr., a fourteen year old boy, claimed to have had a vision of God the Father and Jesus Christ, who told him the creeds of Christianity were "an abomination." In 1830, Smith published a new work of scripture called the Book of Mormon, which he said he translated from a buried set of Golden Plates, and preached a divine restoration of the original church established by Jesus Christ, with its gifts, priesthood, and doctrine.

External links

• Are Mormons Christians? FAQ by Jeff Lindsay
• Assertion that Mormons are Christian from All About Mormons
• Community of Christ official website
• Journal of Discourses (Various talks from early LDS Church Leaders)
• A mainstream Christian criticism of LDS teachings: http://www.bcmmin.org/
• Mormon and Christian information
• Official information about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) (website for visitors or inquirers)
• Official Website of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
• Refuting Mormonism - Biblical arguments and scripture to refute the claims of Mormonism.
• Survey shows that Protestants now make up less than half of the U.S. population depending on whether or not Mormons and "just Christians" are classified as Protestants.