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Brigham Young (/ ˈ b r ɪ ɡ əm /; June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1847 until his death in 1877.
Brigham Young (Whitingham, 1 de junho de 1801 — Salt Lake City, 29 de agosto de 1877) foi o primeiro governador do estado de Utah, pregador religioso e historiador americano. [1] Foi também o segundo presidente d'A Igreja de Jesus Cristo dos Santos dos Últimos Dias. [1]
Learn about Brigham Young's life, conversion, apostleship, and role in leading the Saints to the West. Explore his vision for building Zion, his challenges and achievements as a frontier governor, and his family and plural marriage.
- Early Years and Rise in The Church
- Journey West to The Great Salt Lake
- Growth of The Mormon Community in Utah
- Mountain Meadows Massacre
- Young's Final Years
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Born into poverty in Vermont in 1801, Young later moved with his family to western New York, where he worked as a carpenter and craftsman. In 1832, he was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the religion founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 based on the Book of Mormon, a scripture that Smith claimed to have translated from gol...
An armed mob assassinated Smith in 1844, and Young and the other apostles took charge of leading the Mormon church. Seeking a place where they could avoid the persecution that had driven them from Ohio and Missouri, Young and the other apostles planned a westward exodusof thousands of Mormons from the settlement in Nauvoo, Illinois to the Great Sal...
Young returned east to lead a second company of Mormons to the region in late 1847, and in 1848 was officially selected as the church’s new president. Over the next few decades, as thousands of Mormons arrived in Salt Lake City, the charismatic Young styled himself after the great prophets and leaders of ancient Israel, earning nicknames like “Lion...
Young’s defiant stance toward outside authority meant frequent clashes with the federal government, especially after the church’s public embrace of plural marriage in 1852. In 1857, President James Buchanandeclared Utah to be in a state of rebellion, and sent some 2,500 federal troops to help replace Young as territorial governor. The Utah War was ...
With Congress repeatedly rejecting proposals for Utah statehood, Young firmly resisted the territory’s involvement in the Civil War, especially after passage of the Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act in 1862, which effectively outlawed plural marriage in U.S. territories. Several church leaders, including Young, were later charged under the law; Young was not...
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Learn about Brigham Young, the second president of the Mormon church and the founder of Salt Lake City. Explore his life, achievements, controversies and legacy in this article from HISTORY.
28 de mai. de 2024 · Brigham Young (born June 1, 1801, Whitingham, Vermont, U.S.—died August 29, 1877, Salt Lake City, Utah) was an American religious leader, second president of the Mormon church, and colonizer who significantly influenced the development of the American West.
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Conheça a vida, a conversão e o apostolado de Brigham Young, o segundo presidente da Igreja SUD após a morte de Joseph Smith. Saiba como ele organizou o êxodo dos santos dos últimos dias para a fronteira americana e fundou a Grande Bacia.
Conheça a vida e o ministério de Brigham Young, o segundo Presidente de A Igreja de Jesus Cristo dos Santos dos Últimos Dias. Saiba como ele se tornou um discípulo e Apóstolo fiel, um colonizador e fundador, um marido e pai devotado.
