Outline of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints



The following outline is provided as an overview of and a topical guide to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church or, informally, the Mormon Church) is a Christian restorationist church that is considered by its followers to be the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus Christ. The church is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has established congregations (called wards or branches) and built temples worldwide. It is the largest denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement founded by Joseph Smith during the period of religious revival known as the Second Great Awakening.

Nature of the church
The LDS Church can be described as all of the following:
 * Belief system –
 * Religion –
 * Abrahamic religion –
 * Christianity –
 * Restorationism –
 * Latter Day Saint movement –
 * List of sects in the Latter Day Saint movement –

Beliefs

 * Beliefs and practices of the LDS Church
 * Restoration (Latter Day Saints)
 * Priesthood (LDS Church)
 * Aaronic priesthood (Latter Day Saints)
 * Melchizedek priesthood (Latter Day Saints)
 * Standard Works
 * God in Mormonism
 * Mormon cosmology
 * King Follett discourse
 * Plan of salvation (Latter Day Saints)
 * Degrees of glory
 * Spirit world (Latter Day Saints)
 * Revelation (Latter Day Saints)
 * Ordinance (Latter Day Saints)
 * Covenant (Latter Day Saints)
 * Temple (LDS Church)
 * Exaltation (Mormonism)
 * Baptism for the dead
 * Suicide and the LDS Church

Gender

 * Celestial marriage
 * Mormonism and women
 * Ordain Women
 * Gender minorities and the LDS Church

Sexuality

 * Sexuality and Mormonism
 * Birth control and the LDS Church
 * Law of chastity
 * Masturbation and the LDS Church
 * Homosexuality and the LDS Church
 * Timeline of LGBT Mormon history
 * LGBT Mormon people and organizations
 * Sexual orientation change efforts and the LDS Church
 * Brigham Young University LGBT History
 * Timeline of Brigham Young University LGBT History
 * LGBT Mormon suicides
 * LGBT rights and the LDS Church

Race

 * Black people and Mormonism
 * Black people and Mormon priesthood
 * 1978 Revelation on Priesthood
 * Black people and early Mormonism
 * Mormonism and slavery
 * Native American people and Mormonism
 * Interracial marriage and the LDS Church
 * Mormonism and Pacific Islanders
 * Lamanites
 * House of Joseph (LDS Church)

 Laws related to Race 
 * Act for the relief of Indian Slaves and Prisoners
 * Act in Relation to Service
 * Indian Placement Program

 Events related to Race 
 * Battle at Fort Utah
 * Battle Creek massacre
 * Bear River Massacre
 * Black Hawk War (1865–1872)
 * Bluff War
 * Fountain Green massacre
 * Salt Creek Canyon massacre
 * Ute Wars

Duties

 * Mormonism and authority
 * Strengthening Church Members Committee
 * Law of consecration
 * Tithing (Latter Day Saints)
 * Endowment (Mormonism)
 * Temple garment
 * Calling (LDS Church)
 * Family Home Evening
 * Word of Wisdom
 * Missionary (LDS Church)

Ordinance

 * Main article
 * Ordinance (Latter Day Saints)
 * Purpose
 * Exaltation (Mormonism)
 * List of ordinances
 * Baptism in Mormonism
 * Rebaptism (Mormonism)
 * Confirmation (Latter Day Saints)
 * Baptism with the Holy Spirit
 * Priesthood (Latter Day Saints)
 * Endowment (Latter Day Saints)
 * Endowment (Mormonism)
 * Sealing (Mormonism)
 * Washing and anointing
 * Celestial marriage
 * Law of adoption (Mormonism)
 * Second anointing
 * Baptism for the dead
 * Chrism
 * Right hand of Christian fellowship
 * Hosanna shout
 * Naming and blessing of children
 * Patriarchal blessing
 * Prayer circle (Mormonism)
 * Priesthood blessing
 * Setting apart
 * Shaking the dust from the feet
 * Common consent (Latter Day Saints)
 * Solemn assembly
 * Sacrament (LDS Church)

Early history

 * History of the Latter Day Saint movement

New York

 * Second Great Awakening
 * Burned-over district
 * First Vision
 * Golden plates
 * Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)

Ohio

 * Kirtland, Ohio
 * Kirtland Temple
 * Sidney Rigdon
 * High council (Latter Day Saints)
 * School of the Prophets
 * Joseph Smith Papyri
 * Fanny Alger
 * Kirtland Safety Society

Missouri

 * Jackson County, Missouri
 * Zion (Latter Day Saints)
 * Far West, Missouri
 * 1838 Mormon War
 * Thomas B. Marsh
 * Liberty Jail

Illinois

 * History of Nauvoo, Illinois
 * Nauvoo Temple
 * University of Nauvoo
 * Nauvoo Legion
 * Second anointing
 * Anointed Quorum
 * William Law (Latter Day Saints)
 * Nauvoo Expositor
 * Death of Joseph Smith
 * Succession crisis (Latter Day Saints)

Pioneer Era

 * History of the LDS Church

Utah

 * Mormon pioneers
 * Mormon Trail
 * History of Utah
 * Salt Lake City
 * Council of Fifty
 * Theodemocracy
 * State of Deseret
 * Utah Territory
 * Mormon Reformation
 * Jedediah M. Grant
 * Heber C. Kimball
 * Blood atonement
 * Utah War
 * Mountain Meadows massacre
 * Alfred Cumming
 * James Buchanan
 * United Order
 * Mormonism and polygamy

Modern Times

 * Wilford Woodruff
 * 1890 Manifesto
 * Joseph F. Smith
 * Second Manifesto
 * Spencer W. Kimball
 * 1978 Revelation on Priesthood
 * Good Neighbor policy (LDS Church)
 * DezNat

By century

 * 19th century
 * 20th century
 * 21st century

Culture

 * Culture of the LDS Church

Education

 * Church Educational System
 * Brigham Young University
 * Jerusalem Center
 * BYU–Idaho
 * BYU–Hawaii
 * Ensign College
 * Sunday School
 * Institute of Religion
 * Perpetual Education Fund

Family history

 * Genealogical Society of Utah
 * Sealing
 * Family History Centers
 * FamilySearch
 * Granite Mountain

Music

 * Mormon music
 * Mormon Tabernacle Choir
 * Orchestra at Temple Square
 * Bells on Temple Square
 * Temple Square Chorale
 * Hymns of the LDS Church
 * Hymns in the LDS Church

Cinema

 * Mormon cinema

Mormon studies

 * Mormon studies
 * Association for Mormon Letters
 * Church Historian and Recorder
 * FairMormon
 * John Whitmer Historical Association
 * Mormon Historic Sites Foundation
 * Mormon History Association
 * Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
 * Sunstone (magazine)


 * Journals and Literature
 * History of the Church (Joseph Smith)
 * The Joseph Smith Papers
 * Journal of Discourses
 * Encyclopedia of Mormonism
 * Mormonism: A Historical Encyclopedia
 * BYU Studies Quarterly
 * Dialogue (journal)
 * James McLachlan (scholar)
 * Woman's Exponent
 * International Journal of Mormon Studies
 * Interpreter (journal)
 * Journal of Book of Mormon Studies
 * Mormon Studies Review
 * Utah State Historical Society

Mormonism and polygamy

 * Main article
 * Mormonism and polygamy
 * Background
 * Origin of Latter Day Saint polygamy
 * Latter Day Saint polygamy in the late-19th century
 * 1890 Manifesto
 * Second Manifesto
 * Council of Friends (Woolley)
 * 1886 Revelation
 * Current state
 * Current state of polygamy in the Latter Day Saint movement
 * Mormon fundamentalism
 * Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
 * Apostolic United Brethren
 * Related laws
 * Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act
 * Poland Act
 * Edmunds Act
 * Edmunds–Tucker Act
 * Reed Smoot hearings
 * Related case laws
 * Reynolds v. United States
 * Angus M. Cannon
 * Clawson v. United States
 * Davis v. Beason
 * Late Corp. of the LDS Church v. United States
 * Cleveland v. United States (1946)
 * Brown v. Buhman
 * Related articles
 * Celestial marriage
 * Spiritual wifery
 * Polygamy in North America
 * Mormon colonies in Mexico
 * Latter-day Saint settlements in Canada
 * Short Creek raid
 * Lost boys (Mormon fundamentalism)
 * YFZ Ranch
 * Polygamy czar
 * Legal status of polygamy
 * In media
 * Big Love
 * Sister Wives
 * Sons of Perdition (film)
 * Under the Banner of Heaven
 * Lists
 * List of Joseph Smith's wives
 * List of Brigham Young's wives
 * List of Latter Day Saint practitioners of plural marriage
 * List of Mormon fundamentalist leaders
 * List of polygamy court cases

Brigham Young University

 * Main article
 * Brigham Young University
 * Related
 * History of Brigham Young University
 * Academic freedom at Brigham Young University
 * Campus of Brigham Young University
 * List of Brigham Young University buildings
 * Sister schools
 * Brigham Young University–Hawaii
 * List of presidents of Brigham Young University–Hawaii
 * BYU–Hawaii Seasiders
 * List of Brigham Young University–Hawaii alumni
 * Brigham Young University–Idaho
 * List of presidents of Brigham Young University–Idaho
 * List of Brigham Young University–Idaho alumni
 * Colleges
 * David O. McKay School of Education
 * Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology
 * BYU College of Family, Home and Social Sciences
 * BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications
 * BYU College of Humanities
 * J. Reuben Clark Law School
 * BYU College of Life Sciences
 * Marriott School of Management
 * BYU College of Nursing
 * BYU College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
 * BYU Religious Education
 * Academics
 * Harold B. Lee Library
 * Ernest L. Wilkinson Student Center
 * Eyring Science Center
 * Franklin S. Harris Fine Arts Center
 * Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center
 * BYU Testing Center
 * Jesse Knight Building
 * Joseph Smith Building
 * Maeser Building
 * N. Eldon Tanner Building
 * Spencer W. Kimball Tower
 * Museums
 * Brigham Young University Museum of Art
 * Brigham Young University Museum of Peoples and Cultures
 * BYU Museum of Paleontology
 * Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum
 * Student life
 * Student life at Brigham Young University
 * Church Educational System Honor Code
 * BYU Ballroom Dance Company
 * Brigham Young University Centennial Carillon Tower
 * BYU Cougars
 * Media
 * BYUtv
 * BYU Television International
 * Lists
 * List of Brigham Young University alumni
 * List of Brigham Young University faculty
 * List of presidents of Brigham Young University

List of LDS Church Temples

 * Chronological list
 * Dedicated in 19th Century


 * Prior to the succession crisis
 * Kirtland Temple
 * Nauvoo Temple


 * St George Utah Temple
 * St. George Utah Temple


 * Logan Utah Temple
 * Logan Utah Temple


 * Manti Utah Temple
 * Manti Utah Temple


 * Salt Lake Temple
 * Salt Lake Temple


 * Dedicated in early 20th Century
 * Laie Hawaii Temple
 * Laie Hawaii Temple


 * Cardston Alberta Temple
 * Mesa Arizona Temple
 * Idaho Falls Idaho Temple


 * Dedicated in 1950s & 60s
 * Bern Switzerland Temple
 * Los Angeles California Temple
 * Hamilton New Zealand Temple
 * London England Temple
 * Oakland California Temple


 * Dedicated in 1970s
 * Ogden Utah Temple
 * Provo Utah Temple
 * Washington D.C. Temple
 * São Paulo Brazil Temple


 * Dedicated in 1980s - Traditional Designs
 * Tokyo Japan Temple
 * Seattle Washington Temple
 * Jordan River Utah Temple
 * Atlanta Georgia Temple
 * Mexico City Mexico Temple
 * Portland Oregon Temple


 * Dedicated in 1980s - Smaller Temple Designs
 * Apia Samoa Temple
 * Nuku'alofa Tonga Temple
 * Santiago Chile Temple
 * Papeete Tahiti Temple
 * Boise Idaho Temple
 * Sydney Australia Temple
 * Manila Philippines Temple
 * Dallas Texas Temple
 * Taipei Taiwan Temple
 * Guatemala City Guatemala Temple
 * Freiberg Germany Temple
 * Stockholm Sweden Temple
 * Chicago Illinois Temple
 * Johannesburg South Africa Temple
 * Seoul Korea Temple
 * Lima Peru Temple
 * Buenos Aires Argentina Temple
 * Denver Colorado Temple
 * Frankfurt Germany Temple
 * Las Vegas Nevada Temple


 * Dedicated in 1990s - Traditional Designs
 * Toronto Ontario Temple
 * San Diego California Temple
 * Orlando Florida Temple
 * Bountiful Utah Temple
 * Hong Kong China Temple
 * Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple
 * St. Louis Missouri Temple
 * Vernal Utah Temple
 * Preston England Temple
 * Madrid Spain Temple
 * Bogotá Colombia Temple
 * Guayaquil Ecuador Temple
 * Billings Montana Temple


 * Dedicated in 1990s - New Small Temple Designs
 * Monticello Utah Temple
 * Anchorage Alaska Temple
 * Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico Temple
 * Spokane Washington Temple
 * Columbus Ohio Temple
 * Bismarck North Dakota Temple
 * Columbia South Carolina Temple
 * Detroit Michigan Temple
 * Halifax Nova Scotia Temple
 * Regina Saskatchewan Temple
 * Edmonton Alberta Temple
 * Raleigh North Carolina Temple


 * Dedicated in 2000 - Traditional Designs
 * Albuquerque New Mexico Temple
 * Cochabamba Bolivia Temple
 * Houston Texas Temple
 * Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Temple
 * Boston Massachusetts Temple
 * Recife Brazil Temple


 * Dedicated in 2000 - New Small Temple Designs
 * St. Paul Minnesota Temple
 * Kona Hawaii Temple
 * Ciudad Juárez Mexico Temple
 * Hermosillo Sonora Mexico Temple
 * Oaxaca Mexico Temple
 * Tuxtla Gutiérrez Mexico Temple
 * Louisville Kentucky Temple
 * Palmyra New York Temple
 * Fresno California Temple
 * Medford Oregon Temple
 * Memphis Tennessee Temple
 * Reno Nevada Temple
 * Tampico Mexico Temple
 * Nashville Tennessee Temple
 * Villahermosa Mexico Temple
 * Montreal Quebec Temple
 * San José Costa Rica Temple
 * Fukuoka Japan Temple
 * Adelaide Australia Temple
 * Melbourne Australia Temple
 * Suva Fiji Temple
 * Mérida Mexico Temple
 * Veracruz Mexico Temple
 * Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple
 * Oklahoma City Oklahoma Temple
 * Caracas Venezuela Temple
 * Birmingham Alabama Temple
 * Porto Alegre Brazil Temple


 * Dedicated 2001-2009 - Traditional Designs
 * Campinas Brazil Temple
 * Nauvoo Illinois Temple
 * Copenhagen Denmark Temple
 * Manhattan New York Temple
 * Sacramento California Temple
 * Helsinki Finland Temple
 * Rexburg Idaho Temple
 * Curitiba Brazil Temple
 * Twin Falls Idaho Temple
 * Draper Utah Temple
 * Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple


 * Dedicated 2001-2009 - New Small Temple Designs
 * Montevideo Uruguay Temple
 * Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple
 * Guadalajara Mexico Temple
 * Perth Australia Temple
 * Columbia River Washington Temple
 * Snowflake Arizona Temple
 * Lubbock Texas Temple
 * Monterrey Mexico Temple
 * Asunción Paraguay Temple
 * The Hague Netherlands Temple
 * Brisbane Australia Temple
 * Redlands California Temple
 * Accra Ghana Temple
 * San Antonio Texas Temple
 * Aba Nigeria Temple
 * Newport Beach California Temple
 * Panama City Panama Temple


 * Dedicated in 2010s
 * Vancouver British Columbia Temple
 * Gila Valley Arizona Temple
 * Cebu City Philippines Temple
 * Kyiv Ukraine Temple
 * San Salvador El Salvador Temple
 * Quetzaltenango Guatemala Temple
 * Kansas City Missouri Temple
 * Manaus Brazil Temple
 * Brigham City Utah Temple
 * Calgary Alberta Temple
 * Tegucigalpa Honduras Temple
 * Gilbert Arizona Temple
 * Fort Lauderdale Florida Temple
 * Phoenix Arizona Temple
 * Córdoba Argentina Temple
 * Payson Utah Temple
 * Trujillo Peru Temple
 * Indianapolis Indiana Temple
 * Tijuana Mexico Temple
 * Provo City Center Temple


 * Dedicated in 2020s
 * Rome Italy Temple
 * Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple
 * Sapporo Japan Temple
 * Fortaleza Brazil Temple
 * Hartford Connecticut Temple
 * Fort Collins Colorado Temple
 * Paris France Temple
 * Meridian Idaho Temple
 * Star Valley Wyoming Temple
 * Cedar City Utah Temple
 * Concepción Chile Temple
 * Tucson Arizona Temple
 * Lisbon Portugal Temple
 * Urdaneta Philippines Temple
 * Winnipeg Manitoba Temple
 * Barranquilla Colombia Temple
 * Durban South Africa Temple
 * Arequipa Peru Temple
 * Rio de Janeiro Brazil Temple
 * Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple
 * Bangkok Thailand Temple
 * Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple
 * Harare Zimbabwe Temple
 * Quito Ecuador Temple
 * Belém Brazil Temple
 * Lima Peru Los Olivos Temple

Priesthood

 * Main article
 * Priesthood (LDS Church)
 * Divisions
 * Melchizedek priesthood (Latter Day Saints)
 * Aaronic priesthood (Latter Day Saints)
 * Aaronic priesthood
 * Deacon (Latter Day Saints)
 * Teacher (Latter Day Saints)
 * Priest (Latter Day Saints)
 * Bishop (Latter Day Saints)
 * Melchizedek priesthood
 * Elder (Latter Day Saints)
 * Seventy (LDS Church)
 * High priest (Latter Day Saints)
 * Patriarch (Latter Day Saints)
 * Apostle (Latter Day Saints)
 * Quorums
 * Quorum (Latter Day Saints)
 * First Presidency (LDS Church)
 * Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)
 * Presiding Bishop (LDS Church)
 * Council on the Disposition of the Tithes
 * Common Council of the Church
 * Council of the Church
 * High council (Latter Day Saints)
 * Disciplinary council
 * Callings
 * President of the Church (LDS Church)
 * President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)
 * Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
 * Prophet, seer, and revelator
 * General authority
 * Temple president
 * Mission president
 * Stake (Latter Day Saints)
 * Church Historian and Recorder
 * Branch president
 * Defunct Callings
 * Assistant President of the Church
 * Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
 * Council of Fifty
 * Regional representative of the Twelve
 * Presiding Patriarch

Headquarters

 * Temple Square (Salt Lake Temple)
 * Tabernacle
 * Tabernacle Organ
 * Assembly Hall
 * Gardens
 * Conference Center (Organ)
 * Church Office Building
 * Joseph Smith Memorial Building
 * Church Administration Building
 * Relief Society Building
 * Brigham Young Complex (Beehive House
 * Lion House)
 * Family History Library
 * Church History Museum
 * Church History Library

Organization

 * Organization (LDS Church)
 * Primary (LDS Church)
 * Relief Society
 * Sunday School (LDS Church)
 * Young Men (organization)
 * Young Women (organization)

Geographical divisions



 * Area
 * Mission (List of)
 * District
 * Ward
 * Branch

Texts and scriptures

 * Standard works

Key scripture
the Large Plates of Nephi
 * Bible: King James Version, Joseph Smith Translation
 * Book of Mormon
 * Small Plates of Nephi
 * First Book of Nephi
 * Second Book of Nephi
 * Book of Jacob
 * Book of Enos
 * Book of Jarom
 * Book of Omni
 * Words of Mormon
 * Mormon's abridgment of
 * Book of Mosiah
 * Book of Alma
 * Book of Helaman
 * Third Nephi
 * Fourth Nephi
 * Book of Mormon
 * Book of Ether
 * Book of Moroni
 * Doctrine and Covenants
 * Pearl of Great Price
 * Book of Moses
 * Book of Abraham
 * Book of Joseph
 * Joseph Smith–Matthew
 * Joseph Smith–History
 * Articles of Faith

Other texts

 * History of the Church
 * Journal of Discourses

LDS Church Presidents

 * Overview
 * The LDS Church
 * List of presidents of the LDS Church
 * President of the Church (LDS Church)
 * Prophet, seer, and revelator
 * President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)
 * Teachings of Presidents of the Church
 * Salt Lake Temple
 * Holy of Holies (LDS Church)
 * Chronological List
 * Joseph Smith
 * Brigham Young
 * John Taylor (Mormon)
 * Wilford Woodruff
 * Lorenzo Snow
 * Joseph F. Smith
 * Heber J. Grant
 * George Albert Smith
 * David O. McKay
 * Joseph Fielding Smith
 * Harold B. Lee
 * Spencer W. Kimball
 * Ezra Taft Benson
 * Howard W. Hunter
 * Gordon B. Hinckley
 * Thomas S. Monson
 * Russell M. Nelson

Central figures

 * Joseph Smith
 * Teachings of Joseph Smith
 * Brigham Young
 * List of presidents of the LDS Church
 * Teachings of Presidents of the Church

LDS Church apostles

 * Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
 * Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
 * List of members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Other influential figures

 * Book of Mormon witnesses
 * Three Witnesses
 * Eight Witnesses
 * Mary Whitmer

Groups

 * Mormons
 * Cultural Mormon
 * Molly Mormon and Peter Priesthood
 * Less-active Mormon
 * Jack Mormon
 * Ex-Mormon
 * Anti-Mormon

Notable individuals

 * List of Latter Day Saints

Comparison with the Community of Christ

 * Main article
 * Community of Christ
 * Sacred Texts
 * Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible
 * Book of Mormon
 * Doctrine and Covenants
 * History
 * History of the Community of Christ
 * Amboy Conference
 * Kirtland Temple Suit
 * Temple Lot Case
 * Comparison of the Community of Christ and the LDS Church
 * John Whitmer Historical Association
 * Worship Services
 * Priesthood (Community of Christ)
 * Independence Temple
 * Kirtland Temple
 * Auditorium (Community of Christ)
 * World Conference (Community of Christ)
 * Sacrament (Community of Christ)
 * Daily Prayer for Peace
 * Hymns of the Saints
 * Community of Christ Seminary
 * Community of Christ membership and field organization
 * Community of Christ International Peace Award
 * Publication Service
 * Herald (Community of Christ)
 * Herald House
 * Harvest Hills Cooperative Community
 * Organisation
 * Lineal succession (Latter Day Saints)
 * President of the Church
 * First Presidency (Community of Christ)
 * Council of Twelve Apostles (Community of Christ)
 * World Church Leadership Council
 * Standing High Council
 * List of Presidents
 * List of Prophet-Presidents of the Community of Christ
 * Joseph Smith III
 * Frederick M. Smith
 * Israel A. Smith
 * W. Wallace Smith
 * Wallace B. Smith
 * W. Grant McMurray
 * Stephen M. Veazey
 * Controversies
 * GALA (Gay and Lesbian Acceptance)
 * Supreme directional control