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Interesting Wiki entry about all the LDS Denominations, both defunct and active:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sects_in_the_Latter_Day_Saint_movement
I didn't realize there are so many, albeit many are pretty small compared to the Salt Lake LDS denomination. Of course, this is a Wiki entry so it probably just scratches the surface.
I have only met people from the main Salt Lake City branch of Mormonism but also a couple from the "Community of Christ" which is the "RLDS" or "Reorganized LDS" church - it is the one carried on by Joseph Smith's son. The Brigham Young followers did not want to honor Joseph Smith's passing of the role of prophet to Joseph Smith's son and voted in Brigham Young into the main denomimation. The big split between the two was over polygamy - Joseph Smith's son (son of his wife Emma) was vehemently against polygamy while Brigham Young, of course, was one of the most polygamous Mormons ever.
Interesting that many of the denominations still practice polygamy - we all know this from some mainstream representations of them through the media news and TV shows, fictional but based on reality as well as reality/documentary shows.
If anyone has more knowledge or experience with any of these, please share.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sects_in_the_Latter_Day_Saint_movement
I didn't realize there are so many, albeit many are pretty small compared to the Salt Lake LDS denomination. Of course, this is a Wiki entry so it probably just scratches the surface.
I have only met people from the main Salt Lake City branch of Mormonism but also a couple from the "Community of Christ" which is the "RLDS" or "Reorganized LDS" church - it is the one carried on by Joseph Smith's son. The Brigham Young followers did not want to honor Joseph Smith's passing of the role of prophet to Joseph Smith's son and voted in Brigham Young into the main denomimation. The big split between the two was over polygamy - Joseph Smith's son (son of his wife Emma) was vehemently against polygamy while Brigham Young, of course, was one of the most polygamous Mormons ever.
Interesting that many of the denominations still practice polygamy - we all know this from some mainstream representations of them through the media news and TV shows, fictional but based on reality as well as reality/documentary shows.
If anyone has more knowledge or experience with any of these, please share.