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Latter-day Saints believe that monogamy—the marriage of one man and one woman—is the Lord’s standing law of marriage. However, the LDS Church considers polygamy to have been a divinely inspired commandment that is supported by scripture; [ 4 ] today, the LDS Church teaches the historical aspects in an adult Sunday School lesson once every ...
[editorializing] Mormon fundamentalists believe that Heavenly Father has multiple wives, and that although humankind shares the same Heavenly Father, they do not all share the same Heavenly Mother. The question of how Heavenly Mother is regarded ties into a larger set of questions among many Mormons about power in relationships between men and ...
As of 1998, however, women who have died may be sealed to more than one man. In 1998, the LDS Church created a new policy that a woman may also be sealed to more than one man. A woman, however, may not be sealed to more than one man while she is alive. She may only be sealed to subsequent partners after both she and her husband(s) have died. [101]
(Reuters) - The Mormon church has admitted that founder Joseph Smith married about 40 women including a 14-year-old and others who were already the wives of his followers, having maintained for ...
The revelation (so called) authorized certain men to have more wives than one at a time." [ 54 ] The affidavit by Austin Cowles stated, "In the latter part of the summer, 1843, the Patriarch, Hyrum Smith, did in the High Council, of which I was a member, introduce what he said was a revelation given through the Prophet [containing] the doctrine ...
[32]: 89–90 [33]: 42–43 One exception was intermarriage with Native Americans, who Mormons believed to be Lamanites, a race descended from ancient Israelites. [34]: 64 Intermarriage with Native Americans was actually encouraged as a way to fulfill a Book of Mormon prophecy that the Lamanites would become "white and delightsome."
And now Father, I pray unto thee for them, and also for all those who shall believe on their words, that they may believe in me, that I may be in them as thou, Father, art in me, that we may be one. [35] The Book of Mormon states that Jesus, the Father and the Holy Spirit are "one". [36] Some scholars have suggested that the view of Jesus in ...
Although church members have been called “Mormons” for decades, the current vibe is to prefer the longer name. This came from a 2018 change by the group’s president and prophet, Russell M ...