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The church will no longer perform a celestial marriage on a couple unless they are first (or simultaneously) legally married. A celestial marriage is not annulled by a civil divorce: a "cancellation of a sealing" may be granted, but only by the First Presidency, the highest authority in the church. Civil divorce and marriage outside the temple ...
However, LDS leaders even in the late 20th century, such Joseph Fielding Smith have acknowledged the belief in polygamy in the afterlife, in the case of a widower becoming sealed in eternal marriage to a second wife after the death of the first wife. In such a case, a man can be married to two or more women in the celestial kingdom. [10]
Polygamy (called plural marriage by Latter-day Saints in the 19th century or the Principle by modern fundamentalist practitioners of polygamy) was practiced by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) for more than half of the 19th century, and practiced publicly from 1852 to 1890 by between 20 and 30 percent of Latter-day Saint families.
(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 ...
Also, according to Brazilian law, the sealing is recognized by the government as long as it respects the requirements for a civil marriage. [ 8 ] In several countries (e.g. Argentina, Mexico, Germany) all marriages are performed at the local municipality by a registrar who is duly authorized to perform marriages.
Image credits: nameyourpoison11 #2. My son and daughter in law started taking separate vacations. The divorce was about 2 years later. For the record, I kept the daughter in law, she's a sweetheart.
The cast of 'The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' have been open about their faith and the rules they struggle with ... about the law of chastity or sex it would always be like, 'No, no, no,'" she ...
Following Hyrum, Joseph Smith said [104] "they make a criminality for a man to have a wife on earth while he has one in heaven" and that "the Revelation was given in view of eternity": [101] [104] 'He received for answer, men in this life must marry in view of eternity, otherwise they must remain as angels, or be single in heaven, which was the ...