Mormonism and Freemasonry
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Mormonism and Freemasonry
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The relationship between Mormonism and Freemasonry began early in the life of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Smith's older brother, Hyrum, and possibly his father, Joseph, Sr. were Freemasons while the family lived near Palmyra, New York. In the late 1820s, the western New York region was swept with anti-Masonic fervor. Nevertheless, by the 1840s, Smith and several prominent Latter Day Saints had become Freemasons and joined the Masonic Lodge in Nauvoo, Illinois. Soon af
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Overview of Masonic tendencies in Latter Day Saintism
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormonism_and_Freemasonry
date created:
2004-10-17T04:19:40Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T00:47:02Z
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