The Violent Murder Of Mitt Romney's Great-Great-Grandfather
Parley Parker Pratt, born April 12, 1807, in Burlington, New York, is a famous and celebrated name among members of the Church of Latter-Day Saints. As an early convert to Mormonism, Pratt became a powerful and effective evangelist for the church, writing poetry, sermons, and books that effectively channeled his beliefs into uplifting and convincing doctrine. Pratt was also a missionary who spent two years in Great Britain spreading the word of Mormonism, and throughout his life he sought to convert the people he encountered across the United States and beyond.
Pratt's influence on Mormonism and his effect on its spread was so great that the founder of the Church, Joseph Smith, named him as one of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, a truly honored position within Mormonism. Indeed, he is still deemed a decisive figure in the movement today — theologians have compared him to the Apostle Paul in wider Christianity. He is remembered today also as the great-great-grandfather of Mitt Romney, the senator who ran as the Republican presidential nominee in 2012.
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