It is unclear how much Congress knew about the Mormon practice of polygamy in 1849 and 1850.

The idea, as the church pointed out, closely reflects a Mormon practice, called "family home evening," held on Mondays.

Mormons believe that people not baptized during their lifetime may accept salvation in the afterlife through the Mormon practice of baptism for the dead.

The 1890 Manifesto officially ended the traditionally Mormon practice of Polygamy.

The emphasis on the physical aspect of the ordinance is the basis for the Mormon practice of performing ordinances vicariously for the dead.

The high level of literacy in foreign languages stems largely from the Mormon practice of sending young people as missionaries around the world.

On the other hand, the United States declined to tolerate the Mormon practice of polygamy.

But by the 1880s, the United States government's toleration of the Mormon practice of polygamy came to an end.

It is further claimed that certain Mormon practices and architecture have "Masonic overtones."

The discrepancies may be due, in part, to difficulties in defining what constitutes a 'wife' in early Mormon polygamous practices.