Religion: Reorganized Mormons

A great congress of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints last fortnight celebrated the centennial of Mormonism in Salt Lake City, capital of Mormondom (TIME, April 7). A great congress of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints also celebrated the same centennial in fast-growing Independence, Mo., capital of Reorganized Mormondom.

Not to be confused with Mormondom is Reorganized Mormondom. The former's hosts number 700,000; the latter 's 100,000. But the Reorganized Church claims to be the legal successor of the...

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