Outline of Joseph Smith

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the life and influence of Joseph Smith:

Joseph Smith – central figure of Mormonism, whom the teachings of most List of sects in the Latter Day Saint movement hold to be the founding Prophet. Smith is also called the Prophet of the Restoration.

Essence of Joseph Smith[]

Religion
- - Monotheism – belief that
    - Abrahamic Religions – religions Abraham is a direct prophet
      - Christianity – monotheistic religion Jesus is the founder
        latter day saints – the teachings of Jesus needed to be restored because all existing churches fell into a Great Apostasy.
        Joseph Smith is the Prophet who restored many lost teachings of Jesus through Revelations.

Life of Joseph Smith[]

Legacy[]

People[]

Mormons
ex-Mormons

Memorials[]

Churches[]

Succession crisis (Latter Day Saints)
List of sects in the Latter Day Saint movement
- patrilineal succession
- Samuel H. Smith (Latter Day Saints)
- William Smith (Latter Day Saints)
- Joseph Smith III
- David Hyrum Smith
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Brigham Young
- Utah Territory
Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)
- Rigdonite
- Sidney Rigdon
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite)
- letter of appointment
- James J. Strang
Community of Christ
- Joseph Smith III

Teachings[]

Teachings of Joseph Smith

Salvation[]

Plan of Salvation

Temple[]

Freemasonry and the Latter Day Saint movement
Endowment (Latter Day Saints)
Endowment (Mormonism)
sealing
Celestial marriage
Exaltation (Mormonism)

Church organization[]

Priesthood[]

Priesthood (Latter Day Saints)
Melchizedek priesthood (Latter Day Saints)
Aaronic priesthood (LDS Church)
Patriarchal priesthood

Polygamy[]

Origin of Latter Day Saint polygamy
Mormonism and polygamy
Louisa Beaman

Prophecies[]

List of prophecies of Joseph Smith

Revealed Scriptures[]

Proposed map of the lands and sites of the Book of Mormon

Book of Mormon
Doctrine and Covenants
Pearl of Great Price
Inspired Version of the Bible

Other texts[]

Parents and siblings[]

Smith family (Latter Day Saints)
Joseph Smith, Sr.
Lucy Mack Smith
Alvin Smith
Hyrum Smith
Samuel H. Smith
William Smith
Katharine Smith Salisbury
Don Carlos Smith
List of descendants of Joseph Smith, Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith

Related Church Presidents[]

Community of Christ
- Joseph Smith III
- Frederick M. Smith
- Israel A. Smith
- W. Wallace Smith
- Wallace B. Smith
Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
- Frederick Niels Larsen

Family chart[]

The following chart explains the inter-relationship of the offices of President of the Church (also known as "Prophet-President") and Presiding Patriarch (also known a Presiding Evangelist) in the Smith family, and the doctrine of Lineal succession, of pre and post-reorganization in the Community of Christ.

Joseph Smith, Sr.
1771–1840
Presiding Patriarch
(1833–1840)

Lucy Mack Smith
1776–1856

Hyrum Smith
1800–1844
Presiding Patriarch
(1841–1844)

Joseph Smith, Jr.
1805–1844
President of the Church
(1830–1844)

Emma Hale Smith
1804–1879
Elect Lady

William B. Smith
1811–1893
Presiding Patriarch
(1845)

Bertha Madison
1843–1896

Joseph Smith III
1832–1914
Prophet-President
(1860–1914)

Ada Clark
1871–1914

Alexander Hale Smith
1838–1909
Presiding Patriarch
(1897–1902)

David Hyrum Smith
1844–1904

Frederick M. Smith
1874–1946
Prophet–President
(1914–1946)

Israel A. Smith
1876–1958
Prophet–President
(1946–1958)

W. Wallace Smith
1900–1989
Prophet–President
(1958–1978)

Frederick A. Smith
1862–1954
Presiding Patriarch
(1913–1938)

Elbert A. Smith
1871–1959
Presiding Patriarch
(1938–1958)

Family and descendants[]

List of the wives of Joseph Smith
Children of Joseph Smith
Presiding Patriarch

Latter Day Saints in popular culture[]

Main article: Latter Day Saints in popular culture
Depictions: The 19th Wife; A Victim of the Mormons; Advise and Consent; All About Mormons; America (short story); Angels in America (miniseries); Around the World in Eighty Days; Bad Bascomb (film); Bash: Latter-Day Plays; Be Happy Be Mormon; Ben Banks (film); The Big Gundown; Big Love; The Book of Mormon (musical); The Book of Mormon: Original Broadway Cast Recording; Burying the Past; Cannibal! The Musical; The Cremaster Cycle; Darger family; Doom novels; The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox; Escape (Jessop and Palmer book); The Folk of the Fringe; The Fringe (short story); Georgia Rule; The Girl from Utah; The Great Brain; Latter Days; Lost Boys (novel); Married to a Mormon; Messenger of Death; Millions (2004 film); The Monkey Wrench Gang; More New Arabian Nights: The Dynamiter; The Mormons (miniseries); Mountain Meadows massacre and the media; New York Doll; Orgazmo; The Other Side of Heaven; Pageant Wagon (short story); Paint Your Wagon (film); Paint Your Wagon (musical); The Parafaith War; Polygamy, USA; Probably (South Park); The Prophet, the Gold and the Transylvanians; Riders of the Purple Sage; Roughing It; Salvage (short story); Secrets of a Gay Mormon Felon; September Dawn; Settling Accounts: Return Engagement; Settling Accounts: The Grapple; Sister Wives; Stolen Innocence; The Strangers (2008 film); A Study in Scarlet; They Call Me Trinity; Trapped by the Mormons; Under the Banner of Heaven; Wagon Master; West (short story)
Documentaries: Get the Fire; Meet the Mormons; The Mountain Meadows Massacre (film); Presidents and Prophets

Important places[]

Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial
Palmyra (town), New York
Smith Family Farm
Sacred Grove (Latter Day Saints)
Cumorah
Aaronic Priesthood Restoration Site
Peter Whitmer log home
Book of Mormon Historic Publication Site
John Johnson Farm
Zion (Latter Day Saints)
Kirtland, Ohio
Historic Kirtland Village
Kirtland Temple
Zion's Camp
Jackson County, Missouri
Independence, Missouri
Far West, Missouri
Adam-ondi-Ahman
1838 Mormon War
Liberty Jail
Nauvoo, Illinois
History of Nauvoo, Illinois
Nauvoo Historic District
Joseph Smith Mansion House
Nauvoo House
Red Brick Store
Nauvoo Temple
Carthage Jail
Smith Family Cemetery

Works about him[]

External links[]

Works by Joseph Smith, Jr. at Project Gutenberg
Works by or about Joseph Smith at Internet Archive
Works by Joseph Smith at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
Official LDS page about Joseph Smith
JosephSmithPapers.org—An LDS Church project compiling primary documents relating to Joseph Smith