In medicine, a prosthesis (plural: prostheses; from Ancient Greek prosthesis, addition, application, attachment) is an artificial device that replaces a missing body part, which may be lost through trauma, disease, or congenital conditions.
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints are sometimes called Mormons because in addition to the Bible, we believe in additional scripture. One book of scripture is called the Book of Mormon.he church calls itself The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and has never called itself or asked to be called Mormonism.. This was nickname given us by people of other faiths who identified us simply by our use of the Book of Mormon.
The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has issued the following report concerning the growth and status of the Church: Growth of the Church The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was formally organized in a small log cabin in upstate New York in 1830. It took 117 years â until 1947 â for the Church to grow from the initial six members to one million. Learn More