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In 1998 an update to the previous 1989 version of the Church Handbook "mark[ed] a significant break" from past teachings on family planning. [25] It explicitly stated the decision of the number children was up to the couple, and no longer encouraged couples to have as many children as possible. [26] [27] [28]
The plan of salvation as taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.. According to the doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), the largest denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement, the plan of salvation (also known as the plan of happiness and the plan of redemption) is a plan God created to save, redeem, and exalt humankind, through the ...
"The Family: A Proclamation to the World" heading "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" is a 1995 statement issued by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) which defined the official position of the church on family, marriage, gender roles, and human sexuality. It was first announced by church president Gordon B ...
The LDS Church teaches that a celestial marriage is required for exaltation. [15] This teaching is based on Mormon scripture , in which Joseph Smith taught, "In the celestial glory there are three heavens or degrees; and in order to obtain the highest, a man must enter into this order of the priesthood [meaning the new and everlasting covenant ...
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.
[1] According to the text, it is a comment inserted by the prophet Mormon while compiling the records which became the Book of Mormon. Textually, Words of Mormon serves to link the Small Plates of Nephi , which precede it in the current printed version, but which would have been placed after Mormon's full record in the golden plates , with the ...
This article lists the presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The included persons have served as President of the Church and prophet, seer, and revelator of the LDS Church.
Zenock is described as a prophet [11] who lived in the Old World some time after the "days of Abraham". [12] Nephi quotes Zenock, along with Zenos, while enscribing the small plates of Nephi. [13] The Book of Mormon narrates that Zenock taught that Jesus would be the Son of God, [14] and would die as part of the Christian atonement. [15]