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The Latter Day Saint movement is a religious movement founded primarily by Joseph Smith, Jr. in the early 19th century. It is strongly restorationist, intending to transcend Protestant denominationalism by restoring what they consider to be a form of Christianity more true to the New Testament. The Latter Day Saint movement was first known as the Church of Christ, and eventually spawned many religious denominations including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Community of Christ. A minority of these denominations refer to their doctrines, practices, and cultures as Mormonism, but others find the term inaccurate or offensive. The Latter Day Saint movement began in the late 1820s in western New York while Joseph Smith, Jr. was dictating what he said was the translation of a book of Golden Plates buried centuries ago by a nation of pre-Columbian Christians. The movement grew rapidly after this book was published in 1830 as the Book of Mormon and used by missionaries as a proselytizing tool. After a succession crisis, many of the Latter Day Saints emigrated to what was then Mexico (now Utah) to establish a new colony led by Brigham Young. Other smaller groups established organizations in Missouri, Illinois, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, many of which united around Smith's son Joseph Smith III in 1860 in Missouri. Most Latter Day Saint denominations existing today have some historical relationship with either of these two groups. The Lindisfarne Gospels is an illuminated Latin manuscript of the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી, Hindi: मोहनदास करमचंद गांधी, IAST: mohandās karamcand gāndhī, [moːhənd̪aːs kərəmtʃənd̪ ɡaːnd̪ʱiː]) (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948), was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. In India, he is recognized as the Father of the Nation. October 2nd, his birthday, is each year commemorated as Gandhi Jayanti, and is a national holiday. He was the pioneer of Satyagraha—the resistance of tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon ahimsa or total non-violence—which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi is commonly known in India and across the world as Mahatma Gandhi (Hindi: महात्मा, məhatma ; from Sanskrit, mahātmā: Great Soul) and as Bapu (in Gujarati, Father). Latest religion/spirituality Wikinews May 12: Italian parliament votes to back same-sex civil unions January 2: Saudi Arabia executes 47 people as 'terrorists' December 28: Boko Haram attack in Nigerian city kills at least fifteen December 9: Petition calls for Trump UK ban November 27: At least 52, including six Shia Muslim activists, to be executed in Saudi Arabia Akilattirattu Ammanai அகிலத்திரட்டு அம்மானை (Tamil: akilam (world) + thirattu (collection) + ammanai (ballad)), also called Thiru Edu (venerable book), is the main religious book of the Southern Indian religion Ayyavazhi, officially considered as an offshoot of Hinduism. The title is often abbreviated to Akilam. According to the book, Akilam, Hari Gopalan Citar wrote this book on the twenty-seventh day of the Tamil month of Karthikai (November/December) in the year 1841 CE. The author claims that God woke him up during his sleep and commissioned him to take dictation from what he said. Akilathirattu was recorded on palm leaves until 1939, when it was given printed form. Akilam is in two parts; the first is an account of the ages preceding that of the present age, the Kali Yukam, and the second is an account of the activities of Ayya Vaikundar leading up to his attaining Vaikundam. Akilathirattu is written as a poem in the Tamil language. The narration alternates between two subgenres called viruttam and natai. Both subgenres employ many poetic devices like alliteration and hyperbatons. It contains more than 15,000 lines making up seventeen section. Template:/Wikimedia What are portals? List of portals Featured portals