Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Rigdonite)
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Rigdonite) was a 19th-century Latter Day Saint movement faction that followed Sidney Rigdon as Joseph Smith’s rightful successor, maintaining distinctive doctrines and practices apart from the mainline LDS Church.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) | 1 |
| Church of Jesus Christ (Rigdonite) | 1 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Rigdonite) canonical | 1 |
| Rigdonite Latter Day Saints | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1968951 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Rigdonite) Context triple: [Cutlerite tradition, separatedFrom, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Rigdonite)]
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Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is a polygamous Mormon fundamentalist sect known for its strict religious practices, communal lifestyle, and controversial leadership.
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Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
The Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is a small Restorationist denomination that split from the Community of Christ, claiming to preserve what it sees as the original doctrines and practices of early Latter Day Saint faith.
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C.
Community of Christ
Community of Christ is a Christian denomination within the Latter-day Saint movement known for its emphasis on peace, justice, and continuing revelation, and for being the second-largest church originating from the teachings of Joseph Smith.
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D.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a worldwide Christian restorationist church founded in the 19th century by Joseph Smith, known for its distinctive theology, missionary work, and strong emphasis on family and community.
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E.
Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)
The Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite) is a small Restorationist Christian denomination within the Latter-day Saint movement that traces its origins to the teachings of Joseph Smith but follows the leadership and interpretations of William Bickerton.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Rigdonite) Target entity description: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Rigdonite) was a 19th-century Latter Day Saint movement faction that followed Sidney Rigdon as Joseph Smith’s rightful successor, maintaining distinctive doctrines and practices apart from the mainline LDS Church.
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A.
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is a polygamous Mormon fundamentalist sect known for its strict religious practices, communal lifestyle, and controversial leadership.
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B.
Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
The Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is a small Restorationist denomination that split from the Community of Christ, claiming to preserve what it sees as the original doctrines and practices of early Latter Day Saint faith.
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C.
Community of Christ
Community of Christ is a Christian denomination within the Latter-day Saint movement known for its emphasis on peace, justice, and continuing revelation, and for being the second-largest church originating from the teachings of Joseph Smith.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a worldwide Christian restorationist church founded in the 19th century by Joseph Smith, known for its distinctive theology, missionary work, and strong emphasis on family and community.
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E.
Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)
The Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite) is a small Restorationist Christian denomination within the Latter-day Saint movement that traces its origins to the teachings of Joseph Smith but follows the leadership and interpretations of William Bickerton.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian religious organization
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Latter Day Saint denomination ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Rigdonite Church of Christ
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Rigdonite) ⓘ
surface form:
Rigdonite Latter Day Saints
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| claimsContinuityWith | church organized by Joseph Smith in 1830 ⓘ |
| competesWith |
Brighamite Latter-day Saints for succession claims
ⓘ
other Latter Day Saint factions for legitimacy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| differsFrom |
mainline Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in leadership succession
ⓘ
mainline Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in some doctrines and practices ⓘ |
| emergedInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| follows | Sidney Rigdon ⓘ |
| followsDoctrine |
belief in continuing revelation
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belief in prophetic leadership of Sidney Rigdon ⓘ belief in restorationism ⓘ |
| hasBeliefAboutJosephSmith | Joseph Smith was a prophet ⓘ |
| hasBeliefAboutSidneyRigdon | Sidney Rigdon was chosen to lead the church after Joseph Smith’s death ⓘ |
| hasCoreBelief |
Book of Mormon as scripture
ⓘ
Jesus Christ as Savior ⓘ |
| hasDoctrinalContinuityWith | early Latter Day Saint teachings of the 1830s and early 1840s ⓘ |
| hasEschatology | millenarian beliefs ⓘ |
| hasGeographicFocus | American Midwest in the 19th century ⓘ |
| hasLeader | Sidney Rigdon ⓘ |
| hasOrganizationalStructure | prophet-led church ⓘ |
| hasPractice |
baptism by immersion
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lay priesthood ⓘ sacrament of the Lord’s Supper ⓘ |
| hasReligiousTradition |
Restorationism
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surface form:
Restorationist Christianity
|
| hasScripture |
Bible
ⓘ
Book of Mormon ⓘ Doctrine and Covenants ⓘ |
| hasViewOnPriesthood | restored priesthood authority ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | minority faction within Latter Day Saint movement ⓘ |
| languageOfWorship | English ⓘ |
| originatedFromEvent | succession crisis following death of Joseph Smith in 1844 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Latter Day Saint
ⓘ
surface form:
Latter Day Saint movement
|
| regardsAsRightfulSuccessorOf | Joseph Smith ⓘ |
| religiousFamily |
Latter Day Saint
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surface form:
Latter Day Saint movement
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| separatedFrom | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ |
| theologyBasedOn | teachings of Joseph Smith ⓘ |
| theologyInfluencedBy | teachings of Sidney Rigdon ⓘ |
| usesName |
The Church of Jesus Christ
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surface form:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Rigdonite) Description of subject: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Rigdonite) was a 19th-century Latter Day Saint movement faction that followed Sidney Rigdon as Joseph Smith’s rightful successor, maintaining distinctive doctrines and practices apart from the mainline LDS Church.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)
Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)
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separatedFrom
→
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Rigdonite)
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this entity surface form:
Church of Jesus Christ (Rigdonite)
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Rigdonite)
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alsoKnownAs
→
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Rigdonite)
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this entity surface form:
Rigdonite Latter Day Saints