Sources

Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days, Volume 1, The Standard of Truth, 1815-1846

Citation Formats

General Reference

Divinity Atlas. "Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days, Volume 1, The Standard of Truth, 1815-1846." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/saints-the-story-of-the-church-of-jesus-christ-in-the-latter-days-volume-1-the-standard-of-truth-1815-1846.

APA Style

Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days, Volume 1, The Standard of Truth, 1815-1846. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/saints-the-story-of-the-church-of-jesus-christ-in-the-latter-days-volume-1-the-standard-of-truth-1815-1846

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-saints-the-story-of-the-church-of-jesus,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days, Volume 1, The Standard of Truth, 1815-1846},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/saints-the-story-of-the-church-of-jesus-christ-in-the-latter-days-volume-1-the-standard-of-truth-1815-1846},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

This is the official narrative history published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints itself, the first volume covering the church's founding period from 1815 to 1846. As the church's own published account it is the correct source for how the LDS Church currently narrates its own founding story for a general readership. Its limit is precisely that institutional authorship, it is written by the church about itself for its own members and interested readers, so a claim requiring independent critical historical assessment of contested founding-era events needs an academic historical source in addition to, rather than instead of, the church's own narrative.

Facts

Assessment

Reliability Tier

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' own official narrative history of its founding period, a custodian account produced by the church's history department and written for a general readership. It is not the church's governing or administrative text, the shape that earns tier one alongside the Code of Canon Law, Quaker Faith and Practice, the Nicene Creed and the church's own General Handbook, all of which define offices, ordinances or doctrine in the body's own governing voice. It is also not a lone founder's individually authored account with no institutional process behind it, the shape this corpus keeps at tier three. It sits with the church's own other narrative and informational custodian materials, the Gospel Topics Essays, the Book of Mormon and the Relief Society Research Guide, all correctly at tier two: authoritative for what the church says about its own history, not independent verification of it.

Notes

The church's official narrative history of its founding period; a custodian account written for a general readership.

Citation

Author

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Publisher

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Publication Year

2018

URL

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/saints-v1

Source Type

custodian

Custodian

Custodian Source

Yes

Custodian Body

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Custodian Basis

The tradition's own official history of its origins, published and maintained by the church that preserves the record.

Claims Backed By This Source (50 claims)

This source backs 50 claims across the atlas. As facts: 34 well-attested. As cited relationships: 5 holds, 1 connected. Plus 10 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Spread Events, 12 claims: 5 well-attested, 5 holds, 2 general references.
Sources, 11 claims: 11 well-attested.
Articles, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
Religious Organization & Structure, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 general references.
Religions, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
Historical Figures, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
Sacred Sites, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
Scriptures & Texts, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
Cities, 1 claims: 1 general references.
Regions, 1 claims: 1 general references.