Within the Latter Day Saint movement, the "Articles of Faith" is a statement of beliefs composed by Joseph Smith as part of an 1842 letter sent to "Long" John Wentworth, editor of the Chicago Democrat, and first published in the Latter Day Saint newspaper Times and Seasons.
Most Latter Day Saint denominations view the articles as an authoritative statement of basic theology.
The fourth states the core principles and ordinances of faith, repentance, baptism and confirmation for the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Articles 7–9 state beliefs in sources of revelation: in gifts of the Spirit, in the Bible and Book of Mormon, and in continuing revelation: Articles 10–12 state beliefs in the gathering of Israel, establishes ethics for religious freedom, and proper conduct for church members in society: The thirteenth article states beliefs in how one should conduct oneself.
[2] A similar but altered version of the creed with fourteen articles was published by James H. Flanigan in April 1849 in England, and quoted in some other nineteenth-century sources.