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In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), marriage between a man and a woman is considered to be "ordained of God". [1] Marriage is thought to consist of a covenant between the man, the woman, and God. The church teaches that in addition to civil marriage, which ends at death, a man and woman can enter into a celestial ...
Emma Hale Smith Bidamon (July 10, 1804 – April 30, 1879) was a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement and a prominent member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church) as well as the first wife of Joseph Smith, the movement's founder. [1] In 1842, when the Ladies' Relief Society of Nauvoo was formed as ...
Heavenly Mother (Mormonism) In the Latter Day Saint movement, Heavenly Mother, also known as Mother in Heaven, is the mother of human spirits and the wife of God the Father. Collectively Heavenly Mother and Father are called Heavenly Parents. [1] [2] Those who accept the Mother in Heaven doctrine trace its origins to Joseph Smith, founder of ...
On many occasions spanning over a century, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) have taught that adherents should not masturbate as part of obedience to the code of conduct known as the law of chastity. [ 1]: 94–109 [ 2][ 3] This denomination within Mormonism places great emphasis on the sexual behavior of ...
In the past, leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) have consistently opposed marriages between members of different ethnicities, though interracial marriage is no longer considered a sin. In 1977, apostle Boyd K. Packer publicly stated that " [w]e've always counseled in the Church for our Mexican members to ...
A couple following their marriage in the Manti Utah Temple. Celestial marriage (also called the New and Everlasting Covenant of Marriage, Eternal Marriage, Temple Marriage) is a doctrine that marriage can last forever in heaven. This is a unique teaching of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and branches of Mormon ...
Sexuality has a role within the theology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). In its standards for sexual behavior called the law of chastity, top LDS leaders bar all premarital sex, [1] [2] all homosexual sexual activity, [3] the viewing of pornography, [4] [5] [6] masturbation, [7] [6] [8] overtly sexual kissing, [9]: 194 sexual dancing, and sexual touch outside ...
Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner (April 9, 1818 – December 17, 1913) was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and a Mormon pioneer.One of the plural wives of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, Lightner is credited with rescuing papers that were later published as part of the Doctrine and Covenants from anti-Mormon mobs.