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Mormon ordinances/Marriage/Eternal marriage
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Mormonism and temple marriage
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- The role of temple marriage and sealing in receiving exaltation
- Ancient Jewish and early Christians beliefs regarding marriage
- Mormon interpretation of "neither marry nor given in marriage"
- Why did Paul say that is was good not to marry (1 Corinthians 7)?
The role of temple marriage and sealing in receiving exaltation
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- Question: Is marriage essential to achieve exaltation?
- Question: Will Mormons who are not married in this life be able to achieve exaltation?
Ancient Jewish and early Christians beliefs regarding marriage
Summary: The Jews seem to have believed in eternal marriage from at least second-temple times, since they posed the question about the woman with seven successive husbands, asking which of them would be her husband "in the resurrection" (Matt. 22:28; Mark 12:23; Luke 20:33).
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- Question: Are there any Biblical, Jewish, or early Christian teachings about marriage which lasts beyond the grave?
- Question: Were the early apostles married?
Mormon interpretation of "neither marry nor given in marriage"
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- Question: Does Jesus Christ's statement "they neither marry, nor are given in marriage" contradict the Latter-day Saint doctrine of eternal marriage?
- Charles W. Penrose (1911): Jesus "was speaking of the class of people to whom the Sadducees referred. Under the law of Moses marriage for eternity was not celebrated...the marriages under consideration were for time only
- Joseph Fielding Smith (1941): While the Church, as well as the world, would recognize that marriage while they are in the world, yet the fact remains that when they are dead the marriage comes to an end
- Joseph Fielding Smith (1951): Jesus "says unto those who are married for time only, and those who do not believe in marriage for eternity"
Why did Paul say that is was good not to marry (1 Corinthians 7)?
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- Question: Why does the Church teach that marriage is essential for full exaltation, when Paul says in 1 Corinthians 7:1 that it is good for a man not to marry?
- Question: Why did Paul say that it was not good for a man to touch a woman?
- Question: Was the Apostle Paul Married?
- Question: What was Paul's teaching on marriage?
- Question: Why would Paul advise people not to be married?
- Question: What part of Paul's advice regarding marriage actually represents Paul's opinion?
- Question: Should church officers be celibate?