Latter Day Saints (Bookshelf)

The Latter Day Saint Movement (also called the LDS movement or LDS restorationist movement) is the collection of independent church groups that trace their origins to a Christian primitivist movement founded by Joseph Smith in the late 1820s. Collectively, these churches have over 15 million members.The vast majority of adherents belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), with their predominant theology being Mormonism. The LDS Church self-identifies as Christian.A minority of Latter Day Saint adherents, such as members of the Community of Christ, believe in traditional Protestant theology, and have distanced themselves from some of the distinctive doctrines of Mormonism

—Excerpted from Latter Day Saint movement on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.

Scriptures

The Bible

The Bible is the holy text of Christians with the Old Testament written primarily in Hebrew and the New Testament in Greek. The LDS Church primarily uses the King James Version of the Bible. The Community of Christ (RLDS) church officially uses the Joseph Smith Version, but encourages the use of others.

• King James Version (Authorized Version)

The Book or Mormon

The Book of Mormon is one of the holy texts of Latter Day Saint faiths. Believed to be a record of the ancient people of North America, and translated by Joseph Smith with the help of God. The LDS Church believes it to be the most correct book written. The Community of Christ (RLDS) church takes a more lax view and doesn't prescribe a belief on it to its members.

• The Book of Mormon 

Commentaries

• • William A. Morton. Mother Stories from the Book of Mormon 

Joseph Smith

Authored

• • History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Volume 1 
  • History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 2 
  • History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 3 
  • The Wentworth Letter 
  • General Smith's Views of the Powers and Policy of the Government of the United States 

Biographical

• • Lucy Smith. History of the Prophet Joseph, by His Mother 
  • B.H. Roberts. Joseph Smith the Prophet-Teacher 
  • L. Dougall. The Mormon Prophet 

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Church Presidents

Young, Brigham

1801-1877 2nd President 1847 - 1877

Biographical

• • C. V. Waite. The Mormon Prophet and His Harem 

Taylor, John

1808-1887 3rd President 1880 - 1887

• • Items on the Priesthood presented to the Latter-day Saints 
  • An Examination into and an Elucidation of the Great Principle of the Mediation and Atonement of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 
  • The Government of God 

Biographical

• • B.H. Roberts. The Life of John Taylor 

Woodruff, Wilford

1807-1898 4th President 1889 - 1898

• • Wilford Woodruff 
  • Leaves from My Journal 

Snow, Lorenzo

1814-1901 5th President 1898 - 1901

Biographical

• • Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow 

Smith, Joseph F.

1838-1918 6th President - 1918

• • Gospel Doctrine 

Smith, Joseph Fielding.

1876-1972 10th President 1970 - 1972

• • Essentials in Church History 

General Authorities

Pratt, Parley P.

1807-1857

• • Key to the Science of Theology 
  • A Voice of Warning : An introduction to the faith and doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 
  • The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt 

Pratt, Orson

1811-1881

• • Divine Authority 
  • The Kingdom of God, Part 1  
  • An Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions 
  • Absurdities of Immaterialism 

Kimball, Heber C.

• • President Heber C. Kimball's Journal 

William Clayton

1814-1879

• • William Clayton's Journal 

Cannon, George Q.

• • My First Mission 

Roberts, B. H.

• • Joseph Smith the Prophet-Teacher 
  • Succession in the Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 
  • The Mormon Battalion 
  • The Mormon Doctrine of Deity 
  • The Gospel: An Exposition of its First Principles 
  • Defense of the Faith and the Saints (Volume 1 of 2) 
  • A New Witness for God (Volume 1 of 3) 
  • New Witnesses for God (Volume 2 of 3) 
  • Corianton: A Nephite Story 
  • The Life of John Taylor 

Whitney, Orson F.

1855-1931

• • Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle 
  • The Strength of the 'Mormon' Position 
  • Elias: An Epic of the Ages 

Talmage, James Edward,

1862-1933

• • Jesus the Christ 
  • The Story of "Mormonism" 
  • The Great Apostasy 
  • The Articles of Faith 
  • The House of the Lord 
  • The Vitality of Mormonism 

Widtsoe, John A.

1872-1952

• • Joseph Smith as Scientist: A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 
  • A Rational Theology, as Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 

History

• Nephi Anderson, 1865-1923. A Young Folks' History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 
• William Alexander Linn The Story of the Mormons, from the Date of Their Origin to the Year 1901 
• Henry Caswall The City of the Mormons; or, Three Days at Nauvoo, in 1842 
• Thomas Kearns, 1862 - 1918. Conditions in Utah 
• Frank J. Cannon and Harvey J. O'Higgins Under the Prophet in Utah; the National Menace of a Political Priestcraft 
• James H. McClintock Mormon Settlement in Arizona 
• John S. Lindsay The Mormons and the Theatre; or, The History of Theatricals in Utah 

Mountain Meadows Massacre

• John Doyle Lee, 1812-1877 The Mormon Menace: The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite 

Philosophy and Theology

• • Lycurgus A. Wilson. Outlines of Mormon Philosophy 

Prominent Saints

• • Scraps of Biography 

Missionary Work

• • A String of Pearls 
  • James A. Little. Jacob Hamblin: A Narrative of His Personal Experience 
  • Labors in the Vineyard 

LDS Fiction

Nephi Anderson

• • Added Upon 
  • Story of Chester Lawrence 
  • Dorian 

Anti Mormon Literature

• • R. W. Beers. The Mormon Puzzle, and How to Solve It 
  • C. V. Waite. The Mormon Prophet and His Harem 
  • John Doyle Lee, 1812-1877 The Mormon Menace: The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite 
  • Frank J. Cannon and Harvey J. O'Higgins Under the Prophet in Utah; the National Menace of a Political Priestcraft