Josepa Samika

Josepa Samika(Kēkēmapa 23, 1805 - Iune 27, 1844) he alakaʻi hoʻomana ʻAmelika a hoʻokumu i ka Moramona a me ka neʻe o ka Lā Lā Hope. I kona manawa he 24, ua paʻi ʻo Smith i ka Buke a Moramona. I ka manawa o kona make ʻana, 14 mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua ʻume ʻo ia he mau kaukani mau ukali a ua hoʻokumu i kahi hoʻomana e hoʻomau nei a hiki i kēia manawa me nā miliona o ka poʻe haipule honua.

Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Smith ma Sharon, Vermont. Ma ka 1817, ua neʻe ʻo ia me kona ʻohana i ke komohana o New York, kahi o ka revivalism haipule ikaika i ka wā o ke Ala Nui ʻElua. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Smith ua ʻike ʻo ia i kahi moʻo o nā hihiʻo, e like me hoʻokahi ma 1820 kahi āna i ʻike ai i "ʻelua mau kānaka" (āna i wehewehe ai ma hope he Akua ka Makua a me Iesū Kristo), a ʻo kekahi ma 1823 kahi a ka ʻānela i kuhikuhi ai iā ia i kahi puke i kanu ʻia o ʻO nā papa gula i kākau ʻia me ka moʻolelo Iudaio-Karistiano o kahi lāhui ʻAmelika kahiko. I ka 1830, ua paʻi ʻo Smith i kāna mea i ʻōlelo ai he unuhi Pelekane ia o kēia mau papa i kapa ʻia ka Book of Moramona. I ka makahiki hoʻokahi ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo ia i ka Church of Christ, e kapa ana ia mea he hoʻihoʻi o ka hale pule Karistiano mua. Ua kapa ʻia nā lālā o ka hale pule ʻo "Latter Day Saints" a i ʻole "Mormons", a ua hoʻolaha ʻo Smith i kahi hōʻike i ka makahiki 1838 i kapa hou ʻia ka inoa o ka hale pule ʻo ka Ekalesia ʻo Iesū Kristo o nā Lā Hope o nā lā Hope

I ka makahiki 1831, neʻe akula ʻo Smith a me kāna poʻe ukali ma ke komohana, e hoʻolālā ana e kūkulu i Ziona ʻAmelika ʻAmelika. Ua ʻākoakoa mua lākou ma Kirtland, Ohio, a hoʻokumu i kahi hale kiaʻi ma Independence, Missouri, kahi i manaʻo ʻia e lilo ʻo Ziona i "wahi waena". I loko o nā makahiki 1830, ua hoʻouna ʻo Smith i nā mikionali, paʻi i nā hōʻike, a mālama i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka Luakini ʻo Kirtland. ʻO ka hāʻule ʻana o ka Kirtland Safety Society Anti-Banking Company i kākoʻo ʻia e ka hale pule a me nā hakakā ikaika me nā Missourians non-Moramona i hoʻokumu iā Smith a me kāna poʻe ukali i kahi noho hou ma Nauvoo, Illinois, kahi i lilo ai i alakaʻi alakaʻi ʻuhane a me ka politika. I ka makahiki 1844, i ka wā a ka Nauvoo Expositor i hoʻohalahala ai i ka mana a me ka hana a Smith o ka polygamy, ua kauoha ʻo Smith a me ka ʻaha kūkā kamaʻāina o Nauvoo e luku ʻia kā lākou hale paʻi paʻi, me ka hoʻāla ʻana i ka manaʻo anti-Moramona. Makaʻu i ka hoʻouka kaua o Nauvoo, holo ʻo Smith i Carthage, Ilinoi, e hoʻokolokolo ai, akā ua make ʻo ia i ka wā i hōʻeuʻeu ai ka lehulehu i ka hale paʻahao.

Ua paʻi ʻo Smith i nā hōʻike he nui a me nā ʻatikala ʻē aʻe a kāna poʻe ukali i manaʻo ai ma ke ʻano he palapala hemolele. Kūkākūkā kāna mau aʻo e pili ana i ke ʻano o ke Akua, cosmology, nā ʻohana, ka hoʻonohonoho politika, a me ka collivism haipule. Ua manaʻo kāna poʻe ukali iā ia he kāula e like me Mose a me ʻElia, a manaʻo kekahi mau hoʻomana hoʻomana iā lākou iho ka hoʻomau o ka hale pule āna i hoʻonohonoho ai, e like me The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Community of Christ.