Outline of Joseph Smith
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the life and influence of Joseph Smith:
Joseph Smith – central figure of Mormonism, whom the teachings of most List of sects in the Latter Day Saint movement hold to be the founding Prophet. Joseph Smith is also called the Prophet of the Restoration.
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Essence of Joseph Smith[edit]
- Religion
- Theism – belief that one or more gods exist
- Monotheism – belief that only one God exists
- Abrahamic Religions – religions claiming Abraham as a direct forebear or prophet
- Christianity – monotheistic religion claiming Jesus as its founder
- Mormonism – the teachings of Jesus needed to be restored because all existing churches fell into a Great Apostasy.
- Joseph Smith is the Prophet who restored all lost teachings of Jesus through Revelations.
- Mormonism – the teachings of Jesus needed to be restored because all existing churches fell into a Great Apostasy.
- Christianity – monotheistic religion claiming Jesus as its founder
- Abrahamic Religions – religions claiming Abraham as a direct forebear or prophet
- Monotheism – belief that only one God exists
- Theism – belief that one or more gods exist
Life of Joseph Smith[edit]
Early life[edit]
- Early life of Joseph Smith
- Place of birth Sharon, Vermont
- Parents: Lucy Mack Smith, Joseph Smith, Sr.
- Palmyra
- Smith Family Farm
- Second Great Awakening
- Burned-over district
- Sacred Grove (Latter Day Saints)
- First Vision
- Angel Moroni
- Golden Plates
- Urim and Thummim (Latter Day Saints)
- Hill Cumorah
- Alvin Smith (brother of Joseph Smith)
- Seer stones (Latter Day Saints)
- Joseph Smith and the criminal justice system
- Emma Smith - first wife
- reformed Egyptian
1827 to 1830[edit]
- Life of Joseph Smith from 1827 to 1830
- Martin Harris (Latter Day Saints)
- Anthon transcript
- Charles Anthon
- Lost 116 pages
- Oliver Cowdery
- Book of Mosiah
- Fayette, New York
- Peter Whitmer
- David Whitmer
- Three Witnesses
- Eight Witnesses
- Book of Mormon
- Church of Christ
- Confirmation (Latter Day Saints)
- Melchizedek priesthood
- Hiram Page
- New Jerusalem
- Sidney Rigdon
- Stake (Latter Day Saints)
1831 to 1837[edit]
- Life of Joseph Smith from 1831 to 1834 and Life of Joseph Smith from 1834 to 1837
- United Order
- Elder (Latter Day Saints)
- General Conference (Latter Day Saints)
- Melchizedek priesthood (Latter Day Saints)
- Zion (Latter Day Saints)
- Zion's Camp
- First Presidency (Latter Day Saints)
- Apostle (Latter Day Saints)
- Seventy (Latter Day Saints)
- Presiding High Council
- Kirtland Temple
- Fanny Alger
- Kirtland Safety Society
1838 to 1839[edit]
1839 to 1844[edit]
Death[edit]
Legacy[edit]
People[edit]
Memorials[edit]
Churches[edit]
- Succession crisis (Latter Day Saints)
- List of sects in the Latter Day Saint movement
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite)
- Community of Christ
Teachings[edit]
Salvation[edit]
Temple[edit]
- Freemasonry and the Latter Day Saint movement
- Endowment (Latter Day Saints)
- Endowment (Mormonism)
- sealing
- Celestial marriage
- Exaltation (Mormonism)
Church organization[edit]
Priesthood[edit]
- Priesthood (Latter Day Saints)
- Melchizedek priesthood (Latter Day Saints)
- Aaronic priesthood (LDS Church)
- Patriarchal priesthood
Polygamy[edit]
Prophecies[edit]
Revealed Scriptures[edit]
Other texts[edit]
Parents and siblings[edit]
- Smith family (Latter Day Saints)
- Joseph Smith, Sr.
- Lucy Mack Smith
- Alvin Smith
- Hyrum Smith
- Samuel H. Smith
- William Smith
- Katharine Smith Salisbury
- Don Carlos Smith
- List of descendants of Joseph Smith, Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith
Family and descendants[edit]
Important places[edit]
- Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial
- Palmyra (town), New York
- Smith Family Farm
- Sacred Grove (Latter Day Saints)
- Cumorah
- Aaronic Priesthood Restoration Site
- Peter Whitmer log home
- Book of Mormon Historic Publication Site
- John Johnson Farm
- Zion (Latter Day Saints)
- Kirtland, Ohio
- Historic Kirtland Village
- Kirtland Temple
- Zion's Camp
- Jackson County, Missouri
- Independence, Missouri
- Far West, Missouri
- Adam-ondi-Ahman
- 1838 Mormon War
- Liberty Jail
- Nauvoo, Illinois
- History of Nauvoo, Illinois
- Nauvoo Historic District
- Joseph Smith Mansion House
- Nauvoo House
- Red Brick Store
- Nauvoo Temple
- Carthage Jail
- Smith Family Cemetery
Works about him[edit]
- Works relating to Joseph Smith
- History of the Church (Joseph Smith)
- History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
- Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith (book)
- No Man Knows My History
- Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet
- An Insider's View of Mormon Origins
- Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling
- The Joseph Smith Papers
See also[edit]
- Index of articles related to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Outline of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Outline of the Book of Mormon
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- WikiMindMap of this outline
Media related to Joseph Smith, Jr. at Wikimedia Commons- Works by Joseph Smith, Jr. at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Joseph Smith at Internet Archive
- Works by Joseph Smith at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

- Official LDS page about Joseph Smith
- JosephSmithPapers.org—An LDS Church project compiling primary documents relating to Joseph Smith