Original sentence: This early period of Smith's life is significant within Mormonism because it represents the time when Smith first claimed to act as a prophet, to have had a theophany (called by his followers the First Vision), and to have obtained the Golden Plates, purportedly the source material for the Book of Mormon, a Latter-day Saint sacred text.covers the period from his birth on December 23, 1805, to the end of 1827, when Smith claimed to have located a set of Golden Plates engraved with ancient Christian scriptures, buried in a hill near his home in Manchester, New York.was the principal founder and leader of the Latter-day Saint movement, also known as Mormonism, which includes such denominations as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Community of Christ
Edited sentence: This early period of Smith's life is significant within Mormonism because it represents the time when Smith first claimed to act as a prophet, to have had a theophany (called by his followers the First Vision), and to have obtained the Golden Plates, purportedly the source material for the Book of Mormon, a Latter Day Saint sacred text.covers the period from his birth on December 23, 1805, to the end of 1827, when Smith located a set of Golden Plates engraved with ancient Christian scriptures, buried in a hill near his home in Manchester, New York.was the principal founder and leader of the Latter Day Saint movement, also known as Mormonism, which includes such denominations as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Community of Christ