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Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints make a distinction between two types of spiritual death, [3] respectively termed a "temporal separation" and a "spiritual separation" from God. [4] The first type is a physical separation from God the Father, which was caused by the Fall of Adam and Eve. Because of their choice, all ...
Latter-Day Saints say there are two forms of spiritual death. Firstly, humans are spiritually dead until they are redeemed: “All mankind, by the fall of Adam being cut off from the presence of the Lord, are considered as dead, both as to things temporal and to things spiritual” Secondly, spiritual death comes as a result of disobedience.
In common with other Restorationist churches, the LDS Church teaches that a Great Apostasy occurred. It teaches that after the death of Jesus and the Twelve Apostles, the priesthood authority was lost and some important doctrinal teachings, including the text of the Bible, were changed from their original form, thus necessitating a restoration prior to the Second Coming.
Latter-day Saints believe that spirit prison (a name based on the phrase "the spirits in prison" in the KJV translation of 1 Peter 3:19) is a place in the post-mortal spirit world for those who have "died in their sins, without a knowledge of the truth, or in transgression, having rejected the prophets". [3]
After decades of experience with disease and other adversities, an increasing number of Latter-day Saints concluded that death was a necessary part of the human experience. [3] The "context of tragedy" in which they lived "motivated deep and searching questions about death, salvation, and the eternal nature of families."
On many occasions spanning over a century, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) have taught that suicide is against the will of God, though, Church teachings on suicide have changed through the years. [1] As of 2013 the LDS Church opposes physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. [2]
According to the LDS Church, when a spirit body enters a mortal body through birth, a temporary joining occurs, creating what is called a "soul." Church members believe that upon mortal death, the spirit body of a person leaves the mortal body and returns to the spiritual realm to await the resurrection. [2]
Anderson was one of the original trustees of the Mormon Alliance, founded in 1992 to document allegations of spiritual and ecclesiastical abuse in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). In 1993, Anderson published a chronology documenting over 100 cases of what she regarded as spiritual abuse by LDS Church leaders during ...