Blasons

2022 · réf. 63414 — Salt Lake City UT: Signature Books 2022. Fifth Edition. Paperback. New. 542pp. Octavo. 23cm Illustrated wraps. "When Joseph Smith founded the Church of Christ in 1830 he declared it to be God’s restoration of true Christianity the Kingdom of God on earth. Although he foresaw opposition to such bold claims he could not fathom that time and unforeseen circumstances would help to spawn hundreds of off-shoots and competing denominations—all claiming their origins in a movement born and sustained originally by Smith and Sidney Rigdon. Many of these groups have endured and boast multiple congregations of believers in many countries; others came and went quickly and have long since been forgotten. Some have survived but have only appealed to a handful of believers. Steven L Shields has for decades chronicled the various origins and paths of all known Restoration movements. This fifth edition of his two-volume encyclopedic study includes recent groups born as internet communities. That so many groups and individuals have been unsatisfied with the more mainstream Mormon churches yet cling to tenets of the Smith–Rigdon movement speaks to the strengths of the restoration concept and the naïve view that one denomination can successfully meet all the needs of believers. This title is now available in a two-volume paperback edition. Volume 1: Sections 1–4 Volume 2: Sections 5–12 & Appendices Signature Books paperback books