Editing Latter Day Saint movement (section)

===Restoration===
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The Latter Day Saint movement classifies itself within Christianity, but as a distinct restored [[Dispensation (period)#Latter Day Saint dispensations|dispensation]]. Latter Day Saints hold that a [[Great Apostasy#Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Great Apostasy]] began in Christianity not long after the [[ascension of Jesus]],<ref name = PMG35>{{Cite book |author= Missionary Department of the LDS Church |author-link= The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |title= Preach My Gospel |publisher= [[LDS Church]], Inc |year= 2004 |pages= 35 |url= https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/additionalmanuals/preachgospel/PreachMyGospel___06_03-1_TheRestoration__36617_eng_006.pdf |isbn= 0-402-36617-4 |access-date= 2011-10-07 }}</ref><ref>2 Thessalonians 2:3</ref> marked with the corruption of Christian doctrine by [[Greek philosophy|Greek]] and other philosophies,<ref name = GA>{{Cite book |last= Talmage |first= James E. |author-link= James E. Talmage |title= The Great Apostasy |publisher= The Deseret News |year= 1909  |url= https://archive.org/details/greatapostasycon00atalm/page/n7/mode/2up}}</ref>{{rp|pp=64–65}} and followers dividing into different ideological groups.<ref name = MARV1>{{Cite book |last= Richards |first= LeGrand |author-link= LeGrand Richards |title= [[A Marvelous Work and a Wonder]] |publisher= Deseret Book Company |year= 1976 |pages= 24 |isbn= 0-87747-161-4}}</ref>
Additionally, Latter Day Saints claim the martyrdom of the [[Apostles in the New Testament|apostles]] led to a loss of [[Priesthood (Latter Day Saints)|priesthood authority]] to administer the church and its [[Ordinance (Latter Day Saints)|ordinances]].<ref name = GA/>{{rp|p=68}}<ref name = Eyring>{{Citation |last= Eyring |first= Henry B. |author-link= Henry B. Eyring |title= The True and Living Church |url= https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2008/05/the-true-and-living-church?lang=eng |journal= Ensign |publisher= LDS Church |pages= 20–24 |date= May 2008}}</ref>

According to Latter Day Saint churches, God re-established the [[Early Christianity|early Christian]] church as found in the New Testament through Joseph Smith.{{efn|Smith's restoration was slightly different from other ''restorationists'' of the era (for instance, that of Alexander Campbell). Instead of analyzing the Bible, Smith claimed to write and interpret scripture as the biblical prophets did.<ref>{{Cite book|last = Bushman|first = Richard Lyman|author-link = Richard Bushman|title = Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction|year = 2008|place = New York|publisher = [[Oxford University Press]]|isbn = 978-0-19-531030-6}}</ref>}} In particular, Latter Day Saints believe that angels such as [[Saint Peter|Peter]], [[James, son of Zebedee|James]], [[John the Apostle|John]], and [[John the Baptist]] appeared to Smith and others and bestowed various priesthood authorities on them.<ref>See [[Joseph Smith–History]] [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/pgp/js-h/1.69-72?lang=eng 1:69, 72] and [[Doctrine and Covenants]] [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/84?lang=eng 84:19–21]</ref> Thus, Smith and his successors are considered modern [[prophet]]s who receive [[revelation (Latter Day Saints)|revelation]] from God to guide the church.<ref name="Mason 2015"/>