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The sects in the Latter Day Saint movement are sometimes collectively referred to as ''Mormonism''. Although some sects opposed the use of this term because they consider it to be derogatory, it is especially used when referring to the largest Latter Day Saint group, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Sects opposed to the use of the term consider it to be connected to the polygamy once practiced by the Utah church. The Latter Day Saint movement includes: * The original church within this movement, founded in April 1830 in New York by Joseph Smith, was the ''Church of Christ'', which was later named the ''Church of the Latter Day Saints''. It was renamed the ''Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints'' in 1838 (stylized as the ''Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints'' in the United Kingdom),〔See, for example, (A collection of sacred hymns for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in Europe ).〕 which remained its official name until Smith's death in 1844. This organization subsequently splintered into several different sects, each of which claims to be the legitimate continuation of this original church, and most of which dispute the right of other sects within the movement to claim this distinction. * The largest denomination within the contemporary movement is the LDS Church (colloquially, the Mormon Church) with 15 million members. It is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, and uses the term ''Latter-day Saints'' to describe itself and its members (note the hyphenation and variation in capitalization usage). * The second-largest denomination is the Community of Christ (first named the ''Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints'' (RLDS Church) from 1872–2001), a Missouri-based, 250,000-member denomination. Though members of this church have traditionally been called ''Latter Day Saints'' (without the hyphen), the Community of Christ has more recently stated that it rejects the use of the term ''Saints'' as a designation for its members in any official reference or publication.〔(Herald House Style Guide ), an official publication of the Community of Christ. See under entry "Saints".〕 * Other sects within the movement either formed around various would-be successors to Smith, or else broke from sects that did. These, together with the two sects listed above, are detailed in the table of denominations within the Latter Day Saint movement, below. Though a few small factions broke with Smith's organization during his lifetime, he retained the allegiance of the vast majority of Latter Day Saints until his death in June 1844. Following Smith's death, the movement experienced a leadership crisis which led to a schism within the church. The largest group, which would become the LDS Church, followed Brigham Young, settling in what would become the Utah Territory. The second-largest faction, the RLDS Church, coalesced around Joseph Smith III, eldest son of Joseph Smith. Other would-be leaders included the senior surviving member of the First Presidency, Sidney Rigdon; the newly baptized James Strang from Wisconsin; and Alpheus Cutler, one of the Council of Fifty. Each of these men still retains a following as of 2014—however tiny it may be in some cases—and all of their organizations have experienced further schisms.〔〔〔 Other claimants, such as Granville Hedrick, William Bickerton and Charles B. Thompson, later emerged to start still other factions, some of which have further subdivided. == Categorizing the churches == Given the large number of Latter Day Saint churches and their differing backgrounds, categorizing them can be difficult. A common approach in some histories and studies is to use ''Rocky Mountain Saints'' for those denominations headquartered in the American West and ''Prairie Saints'' for those sects that formed in and around Nauvoo, Illinois; Voree, Wisconsin; Independence, Missouri; and other locations in the Midwest and East. These terms do not necessarily relate the current geographical locations of all sects within those two groupings, but rather the original location of their respective parent organizations, which may be seen in the table below. Another method uses provenance: for instance, all sects that ultimately trace their history back to the LDS Church in Utah are organized as one factional group. ''Divergent Paths of the Restoration''—a reference work on this subject—follows this approach. In such studies, and in general Latter Day Saint parlance, the ''-ite''-suffixed terms ''Josephite'' and ''Brighamite'' have been used for the Missouri-based Community of Christ and the Utah-based LDS Church respectively; these terms have sometimes been used to distinguish groups of sects as well. Those sects within each group share a common ancestry and basic beliefs that are different from groups sharing other provenances. The present article, in a similar fashion, distinguishes among groups of sects by use of commonly understood names such as ''Mormon fundamentalist'' or else by short descriptions that often reference a founder of the first church within a factional group–for example, ''Joseph Smith III'' in reference to Community of Christ as well as various churches and factions that trace their origin to it. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of sects in the Latter Day Saint movement」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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