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The neutrality of this article is disputed.
(dispute over pejorative nature of "Mormonism")
Mormonism (also called Latter Day Saint theology or Mormon theology and
Latter Day Saint culture or Mormon culture) is a religion, ideology, movement and culture originating in the early 1800s as a product of the Latter Day Saint movement. Most who practice Mormonism may be respectfully referred to as
Mormons, LDS, Latter Day Saints (and
often Saints).
Non-Christians, some Christians, and adherents of Mormonism consider the religion to be a form of Christianity, because of a central belief in Jesus
Christ, and that he is the son of God and the Messiah. However, many Christians disagree because of some of the religion's unique doctrines and practices. (See
Mormonism and Christianity.)
Mormonism is also a form of Restorationism, which seeks a restoration to the original Church instituted by Christ himself and thought
to have been lost in a Great Apostasy through the ages after the death
of Christ.
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