Mormonism

Mormonism, or the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is a derivative of Christianity, spread into southwest Vesperia by the New England prophet/eccentric Joseph Smith but truly popularized under the reforms of his successor James Stragg.

Beliefs
Mormonism believes in the core of the Christian Bible and proclaims Jesus Christ the Son of God, but explicity rejects the Trinity in favor of a unitary and infinite God in which the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are just different developments of the same “Godhead.”  Mormons believe that Jesus’s resurrection and life continue to this day, and so does revelation with the leadership of the Church being continuing prophets. Mormons believe in worship and good works as the path to salvation, as established in God’s “Plan of Salvation.”  As a notable cultural issue in contrast to other Christians, Mormons also permit polyamory and polygamy, both for men and women thanks to Stragg’s reforms, and more left-wing elements of the Mormon population support further extension of this allowance to full free love and homosexuality. Stragg’s reforms in general have heavily altered the Church, including the adoption of regular animal sacrifice and females in the priesthood.

Organization
Mormon hierarchy is highly centralized around a so-called President of the Church who is regarded as a prophet, with an ordained priesthood below derived from traditional Israelite custom. Mormons also revere several works of very recent scripture spread by Smith and claimed to be written by ancient Native Vesperians, which has caused conflict with said native nations and their closer adherence to Vesperian Orthodoxy.