VERY RARE Mormon C W Carter Salt Lake City Stereoview

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This is a very rare original late 1800's stereoview of First South Street Theatre, City Hall, & Wahsatch Range. Nice street scene.Stereoview card is marked Stereoscopic Gems of Utah Scenery and was made by C. W. Carter of Carter's View Emporium, East Temple Street, Salt Lake City Utah as stated on reverse. Also states "Orders by mail promptly attended to."Excellent condition with some minor spots. Original stereoview card and not a copy. Measures 7 inches by 3 1/2 inches. Mormon is a term used to describe people who are adnts, practitioners, or constituents of Mormonism, and who are identified with the Latter Day Saint movement established around 1830. The term is most commonly used to refer to members of the Utah-based The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ), which is sometimes colloquially called the Mormon Church. The Associated Press Stylebook specifies that the term "Mormon" is not properly applied to other Latter Day Saint groups founded after the death of Joseph Smith, Jr. However, the term is sometimes used to refer to adnts of Mormon fundamentalism, who believe in plural marriage, a practice that the LDS Church has abandoned and disavowed for over a century. In part because of the term's association with plural marriage, the term is generally disfavored by other denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement such as the Community of Christ, which never practiced plural marriage and has a distinct history. The term derives from the Book of Mormon, which Mormons believe is a scriptural witness of Jesus Christ that is comparable to the Bible. According to the religion's founder Joseph Smith, Jr., this book was written on golden plates, largely by a prophet-warrior-historian named Mormon, who the book says was killed in a great battle between pre-Columbian civilizations during the 4th century. Origin of the term "Mormon" The official name of the Salt Lake City , Utah based church is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. While the term "Mormon Church" has long been attached to the church as a nickname, it is an unauthorized title, and its use is discouraged by the church, although, the use is usually accepted and used by their own members of the congregation. Today, the term "Mormon" is colloquially applied to members of the church. However, it was first used in the 1830s as a pejorative to describe those who believed that Joseph Smith, had been called as a prophet of God and who accepted the Book of Mormon as scripture. By the 1970s, "Mormon" had become so common that the LDS Church began to use the term in its radio and television Public Service Announcements, which ended: "A message from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: the Mormons." According to Latter-day Saint theology, the term "Mormon" refers to a prophet who lived somew in the Americas in the 4th century A.D. He is believed to have been called by God to abridge and compile the records of his people and their dealings with God into a single book. His son, Moroni , buried the record, and more than 1400 years later he returned as an angel and led Joseph Smith to the burial place. According to Smith's account, he translated the record into English from a written language he called Reformed Egyptian, into what is now recognized as the Book of Mormon. The peoples described in the Book of Mormon generally fall into two groups: believers in Jesus Christ, and non-believers. The believers took upon themselves the name of Christ, were baptized in His name, and were called Christians. Despite this, many Christian churches believe that Mormons are not part of what is known as mainstream Christianity. Leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have encouraged members to use the church's full name to emphasize the church's focus on Jesus Christ. However, while the church does prefer the use of its full name when referring to the organization, use of the terms "LDS," "Latter-day Saint" or "Mormon" is not generally considered offensive ... read more

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