Benson, Ezra Taft

LDS Prophet # 13, from 1985-1994

Brodie, Fawn

Author of No Man Knows My Story, biography of Joseph Smith

Cowdery, Oliver

One of the three original "Witnesses to the Book of Mormon", excommunicated 1838

Grant, Heber

LDS Prophet # 7, from 1918-1945

Harris, Martin

One of the three original "Witnesses to the Book of Mormon", excommunicated 1837

Hinckley, Gordon B.  

LDS Prophet # 15, 1995-2008

Hunter, Howard W.

LDS Prophet # 14, 1994-1995

Kimball, Spencer

LDS Prophet # 12, 1973-1985, claimed "revelation" allowing Blacks into Mormon Priesthood

Lee, Harold B.

LDS Prophet # 11, 1972-1973

McConkie, Bruce R.

(b. 1915-d. 1985) Mormon Apostle  

McKay, David O.

LDS Prophet # 9, 1951-1970

Monson, Thomas S

LDS Prophet #16, in office since 2008

Mormon and Moroni

Mormon was the name of the alleged ancient “compiler” of the Book of Mormon, whose son Moroni hid the document, written on golden plates, in the ground near where Joseph Smith Jr lived in the 1800s. Moroni was the last of an alleged race of people called the Nephites, whose history is described in the Book of Mormon. Although Moroni was originally a human, Smith explained that Moroni visited him in the forum of an angel, to show him where the plates were and give him his commission to restore “true Christianity” to the Earth. The golden figure at the top of each section of this Mormon profile on the Field Guide is the standard portrayal of Moroni in Mormon culture. A statue of the trumpet-blowing figure appears on the top of many Mormon temples. He is believed by many Mormons to be the angel referred to in Revelation 14:6

Nelson, Dee Jay

Egyptologist who dealt with Joseph Smith papyri, falsified some of his credentials

Nibley, Hugh

Brigham Young University professor, influential Mormon Apologist

Pratt, Orson

(b. 1811, d. 1881) Mormon Apostle  

Pratt, Parley

(b. 1807, d. 1857) Mormon Apostle

Richards, LeGrand

(b. 1886, d. 1983) Mormon Apostle

Rigdon, Sidney

(b. 1793, d. 1876) First Counselor in the First Presidency

Smith, Emma Hale

First wife of Joseph Smith

Smith, George Albert

LDS Prophet # 8, 1945-1951

Smith, Hyrum

(b. 1800 d. 1844) Assistant President under Joseph Smith

Smith, Joseph F.

LDS Prophet # 6, 1901-1918

Smith, Joseph Fielding

LDS Prophet # 10, 1970-1972

Smith, Joseph III

Joseph Smith, Jr.'s son, first prophet and president of the Reorganized LDS denomination

Smith, Joseph Jr.

Founder of Mormonism/ Latter-day Saints organization, 1805-1844

Smith, Joseph Sr.

Father of Mormonism founder Joseph Smith, Jr.  

Smoot, Reed

(b. 1862, d. 1941) Mormon Apostle

Snow, Lorenzo

LDS Prophet #5, 1998-1901

Spalding, Solomon

Author (d. 1816) of Manuscript Found

Tanner, Jerald

Well-known critic of Mormonism, co-author of The Changing World of Mormonism

Tanner, Sandra

Well-known critic of Mormonism, co-author of The Changing World of Mormonism

Taylor, John

LDS Prophet # 3, 1880-1887

Whitmer, David

One of the three original "Witnesses to the Book of Mormon,”, excommunicated 1838

Widstoe, John A.

(b. 1872, d. 1952) Mormon Apostle

Woodruff, Wilford

LDS Prophet # 4, 1889-1898

Young, Brigham

LDS Prophet # 2, 1844-1877, led Mormon trek to Utah in 1847

  

 

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