Who started the Mormon religion?

Answer 1

Mormons believe that the church was 'started' by Jesus Christ, and that truth was revealed to Joseph Smith. You are probably thinking of Joseph Smith though.

The term "Mormonism" is a misnomer and really should not apply.

Members of the LDS church are properly referred to as "Latter Day Saints" not "Mormons"

Joseph Smith was the first prophet of the present dispensation of the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ, but it is the Same Gospel that was taught by Jesus Christ when he was on the earth and it is the Same Gospel that was taught to Adam and Eve our first parents.

It is the Church of Jesus Christ, established and presided over by Jesus Christ.

Answer 2

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) believe that they are practicing original Christianity as founded by Jesus Christ, so most church members would answer that Jesus Christ started Mormonism.

However, the scholarly answer is that Mormonism was founded by Joseph Smith, Jr., who claimed that Jesus Christ visited him and restored true Christianity to the earth

Answer 3

This depends on who you ask. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) believe that Jesus Christ created the church, and that their religion is a restoration of the original New Testament Christian Church. They believe that Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, Peter, James, John, and others appeared to the prophet Jospeh Smith and restored the correct doctrine and the authority to preach it in the 1820's and 1830's.

Most who are not Mormons would say that Joseph Smith created the church himself.

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Answer 4

Jesus christ did..through the prophet Joseph smith..read..amos 3:7

Answer 5

God, through many prophets and apostles (the first being Joseph Smith).

Answer 6

Joseph Smith began the Mormon religion, also known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.