I-Mormonism isiko lenkolo kanye nemfundiso yenkolo ye- Latter Day Saint movement of Restorationist Christianity eyaqalwa nguJoseph Smith eWestern New York ngawo-1820 kanye no-1830s.Njengelebula, ubuMormon busetshenzisiwe ezinhlakeni ezahlukahlukene zokunyakaza kweLatter Day Saint, yize kube khona ukucindezelwa kwakamuva okuvela kuThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ukuze baziqhelelanise nale ilebula.Isazi-mlando, uSydney E. Ahlstrom, wabhala ngo-1982, "Umuntu akakwazi ngisho nokuqiniseka, noma ngabe [amaMormonism] ayihlelo, inkolo eyimfihlakalo, inkolo entsha, isonto, abantu, isizwe, noma isiko laseMelika; impela, ngezikhathi nangezindawo ezingafani yikho konke lokhu ". Kodwa-ke, izazi kanye nezazi zemfudiso yenkolo ngaphakathi kwenhlangano yeLatter Day Saint, kubandakanya uSmith, bavame ukusebenzisa i- "Mormonism" ukuchaza izimfundiso nezimfundiso eziyingqayizivele zenhlangano. Imfundiso yenkolo yamaMormon igxile eNcwadini kaMormoni, ezichaza njengomlando wabantu bokuqala bomdabu baseMelika kanye nokusebenza kwabo noNkulunkulu.Imfundiso yenkolo yamaMormon ifaka phakathi izinkolelo ezijwayelekile zobuKristu ezinokuguqulwa okuvela kwizambulo eziya kuSmith nabanye abaholi benkolo.