During the year 1820, the First Vision happened. It was a miraculous event when God the Father and Jesus Christ appeared to the prophet Joseph Smith. Since then, Joseph Smith went on to restore the true Church of Jesus Christ to the earth, called as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Mormonism is a term defining the religious beliefs and practices of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as Mormons. Mormonism describes the doctrines of the Church that were restored to the earth through the Prophet Joseph Smith.

The Fall of Man Mormons do not believe in the idea of original sin - that all human beings are tarnished with sin from birth because Adam and Eve disobeyed God and ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden.

To help the Saints distinguish themselves from other Christians, elders at a conference at Kirtland, Ohio, voted on May 3, 1834, to change the name of the Church to “the Church of the Latter Day Saints.” ⁴ Besides lending clarity, the new name also distanced the Church from the terms “Mormon” and “Mormonite” used by ...