Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The teachings of Joseph Smith, Jr. include a broad spectrum of religious doctrines as well as political and scientific ideas and theories, many of which he said were revealed to him by God. Joseph Smith, Jr. is the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Beginning in 1828, he began dictating the text of what later became the Book of Mormon, and also began dictating written revelations he said were inspired by God. Smith's teachings evolved over his lifetime until his untimely death in 1844.