Church of Christa Organized by: Joseph Smith Jr. Joseph Smith's original April 6, 1830, organization; multiple sects currently claim to be true successor
a Later names included the Church of the Latter Day Saints (by 1834 resolution),[4] the Church of Jesus Christ[5] the Church of God,[5] and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (by an 1838 revelation).[6][7]
b While not considered a predecessor to the Community of Christ, many of the followers of Joseph Smith III were originally members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite).
c Prior to 2001, sect was known as Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, after 2001 sect is known as the Community of Christ
^Manuscript History of the Church, LDS Church Archives, book A-1, p. 37; reproduced in Dean C. Jessee (comp.) (1989). The Papers of Joseph Smith: Autobiographical and Historical Writings (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book) 1:302–303.
^H. Michael Marquardt and Wesley P. Walters (1994). Inventing Mormonism: Tradition and the Historical Record (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books) p. 160.
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