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| | Religious Movements in the United States (Miller) |
 | | It was revealed to him, he said, that he would refound the true church (which had been lost through centuries of institutionalized, decadent Christianity) and publish newly found scriptures. |
| | The Mormons were controversial from their earliest days and soon were bitterly attacked, often violently, so much so that they were forced to move from New York state to Kirtland, Ohio, then to Independence and other places in Missouri, then to Nauvoo, Illinois, and finally (most of them) to Utah. |
| | The Witnesses are widely unpopular for their refusal to salute the flag (they regard that as veneration of a false god) and for refusing to receive blood transfusions (they regard them as violations of the biblical injunction not to eat blood), among other things. |
| religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /essays/miller2003.htm (5149 words) |
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