Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Rigdonite)

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Rigdonite) was a 19th-century Latter Day Saint movement faction that followed Sidney Rigdon as Joseph Smith’s rightful successor, maintaining distinctive doctrines and practices apart from the mainline LDS Church.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian religious organization
Latter Day Saint denomination
alsoKnownAs Rigdonite Church of Christ
Rigdonite Latter Day Saints
claimsContinuityWith church organized by Joseph Smith in 1830
competesWith Brighamite Latter-day Saints for succession claims
other Latter Day Saint factions for legitimacy
countryOfOrigin United States
differsFrom mainline Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in leadership succession
mainline Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in some doctrines and practices
emergedInCentury 19th century
follows Sidney Rigdon
followsDoctrine belief in continuing revelation
belief in prophetic leadership of Sidney Rigdon
belief in restorationism
hasBeliefAboutJosephSmith Joseph Smith was a prophet
hasBeliefAboutSidneyRigdon Sidney Rigdon was chosen to lead the church after Joseph Smith’s death
hasCoreBelief Book of Mormon as scripture
Jesus Christ as Savior
hasDoctrinalContinuityWith early Latter Day Saint teachings of the 1830s and early 1840s
hasEschatology millenarian beliefs
hasGeographicFocus American Midwest in the 19th century
hasLeader Sidney Rigdon
hasOrganizationalStructure prophet-led church
hasPractice baptism by immersion
lay priesthood
sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
hasReligiousTradition Restorationist Christianity
linked to: Restorationism
hasScripture Bible
Book of Mormon
Doctrine and Covenants
hasViewOnPriesthood restored priesthood authority
historicalStatus minority faction within Latter Day Saint movement
languageOfWorship English
originatedFromEvent succession crisis following death of Joseph Smith in 1844
partOf Latter Day Saint movement
linked to: Latter Day Saint
regardsAsRightfulSuccessorOf Joseph Smith
religiousFamily Latter Day Saint movement
linked to: Latter Day Saint
separatedFrom Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
theologyBasedOn teachings of Joseph Smith
theologyInfluencedBy teachings of Sidney Rigdon
usesName Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

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Joseph Smith founded Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)
linked to: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Rigdonite)
Cutlerite tradition separatedFrom Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Rigdonite)
Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite) separatedFrom Church of Jesus Christ (Rigdonite)
linked to: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Rigdonite)
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Rigdonite) alsoKnownAs Rigdonite Latter Day Saints
linked to: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Rigdonite)