answer to the question of who the Mormons, at different times, sounded different.Themselves representatives of this religion consider themselves members of the only true doctrine.However, this is not surprising.There is no single religion, declared itself the owner of the right way of honoring God.With regard to the environment in which they lived Mormons, American Protestants perceived them as heathen Europeans, regardless of religion - as one of the American sects, Christians mate.In Russia, the Mormons were considered at first one of the many Protestant sects, and later they were rightly classified as pagan religion based on the teachings of the Abrahamic religions and "revelations" received by the founder of the Mormon religion - Joseph Smith.
Apparently, the last childhood was subject to hallucinations of unknown origin.Medical examination, he did not pass, so the genesis of his "visions" has remained unclear.It is known that growing up in devout believer of the Christian family, the age of fourteen, Joseph Smith received some "revelations" to convince him that he is "chosen."
fanatic, like Joseph Smith, at all times, there were many.But the vast majority of them have sunk into obscurity, and only for some of the circumstances were successful, making them "teachers" and "saints" for a more or less large groups of people.So, who are the Mormons and what feature of their faith?Along with the Bible a sacred text for them is the Book of Mormon - a kind of message given over to Joseph Smith in 1830.He began to preach in the twenties of the nineteenth century.Mormon doctrine gradually gained more and more supporters.Since the structure and the way of life they differed sharply from the living around the Protestant Puritans (for example, practiced polygamy and had a very rigid "vertical of power"), the Mormons were persecuted.Their leaders after Joseph Smith's death (he died at age thirty-eight) led the "chosen people" to the Wild West, hoping to establish their own state.Raised to the rank of religion diligence allowed Mormons base on the banks of the Salt Lake City (Salt Lake City), which began to grow rapidly.
Who are the Mormons in fact, it became clear after the destruction of a caravan of immigrants who did not have the honor of belonging to their religion.The mores that reigned among the Mormons, are described by Englishman Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (A Study in Scarlet) and American Jack London (straitjacket).
Mormon Church today is not a monolith.Some supporters abandoned the custom of polygamy - so as not to conflict with the laws of the United States, and part of it had not practiced.To date, the number of Mormons themselves adherents is estimated at about thirteen million people, most of whom live in the US state of Utah.Their number has a tendency to slowly increase.Mormons are actively proselytizing policy, recruiting adherents worldwide.Smiling missionaries roam the streets of cities on all continents, stopping passers-by the question: "Do all you happy in life?".The main thing is to start a conversation, and there too - both Mormon and Joseph Smith to help.
answer to the question of who the Mormons, puzzled, and the Orthodox Church.Mormons are on the list of totalitarian sects compiled church ideology - come quite rightly, in my opinion.Mormons - a phenomenon that is absolutely alien to Russian spiritual practice.A management practices within the Mormon community is not very different from those that were adopted half a century ago.
