The difference is that the Book of Mormon allows for an exception in cases that are specifically commanded by God. Mormons are taught that marriage in the temple is essential to eternal life in the highest level of the Celestial Kingdom (their highest level of heaven). Mormons believe in more than a death-do-you-part marriage; again, marriage, and Mormon marriage–those performed in holy temples of God (Mormon temples) are meant to be eternal. The Lord’s plan is the right one. Over time, many of those who rejected the LDS Church's relinquishment of plural marriage formed small, close-knit communities in areas of the Rocky Mountains. Others of his crowd chose the old father to rob him of his wealth. That is why activities such as family home evening, family prayer, and scripture reading are such an important part of LDS family life. In 1995 the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles issued The Family: A Proclamation to the World, part of which states, “the first commandment that God gave to Adam and Eve pertained to their potential for parenthood as husband and wife. It is the crowning virtue of womanhood, and every red-blooded man knows that is true. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, https://www.mormonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Marriage&oldid=31017. Sex is not only for having children but as an expression of a couple’s unity. Elder James A. Cullimore said, “Marriage in the temple for time and eternity should be the goal of every member of the Church, for marriage is ordained of God. Mormons believe that the first marriage was performed by God. Fearful of marriage or commitment, or torn from the institution as a result of the tidal wave displacing the truth about its purpose and sanctity, it’s become the predominant trend. And I am one who will be more prompt to hang thy neck and arms with pearls and diamonds, which so well become them, than to deprive thee of these ornaments.”, “What would’st thou have of me,” said Rebecca, “if not my wealth?—We can have nought in common between us—you are a Christian—I am a Jewess—our union were contrary to the laws alike of the church and the synagogue.”, “It were so, indeed,” replied Brian de Bois-Guilbert, laughing: “wed with a Jewess?—not if she were the Queen of Sheba!”, And then Rebecca knew his purpose. Mormons Believe in Marriage Though Most of the World Hesitates: Married Couples at a. I recently read portions of a study, and a correspondent’s review, which showed the dramatic rise of co-habiting couples in the United States. These groups continue to practice "the Principle." He stated: I thought of a great illustration in literature wherein a Jewish maiden won the respect even of a profligate. Temple marriages allow couples to be sealed together, not just for this life, but also after death. Read the story of Rebecca, that beautiful character in Sir Walter Scott’s “Ivanhoe,” who was the prisoner of Brian de Bois-Guilbert. This concerns the leadership of the Church for several reasons. Read more …. Marriage is meant to last forever. And she became his wife and he became her husband. She threw open the latticed window, and an instant later stood on the verge of the parapet, with not the slightest screen between her and the tremendous depth below, and exclaimed: “Remain where thou art, proud Templar, or at thy choice, advance!—one foot nearer, and I plunge myself from the precipice; my body shall be crushed out of the very form of humanity upon the stones of that court-yard, ere it become the victim of thy brutality!”, As she spoke this, she clasped her hands and extended them towards Heaven, as if imploring mercy on her soul before she made the final plunge. You can be in this world and “not of the world.” Keep your chastity above everything else. He had chosen her for base reasons. President Joseph F. Smith chose these words to be written above his signature while he was living: No more loathsome cancer disfigures the body and soul of society today than the frightful affliction of sexual sin. The new phenomenon of the "boy-man," wherein young men are still hanging out with their friends and playing video games, is very much alive in America, and it has carried over to the young men of the Church. You don’t make it common or ordinary. It’s not actually necessary for the latter-day saints to arrange marriages. It is a chief contributing factor to a happy home; it is the source of strength and perpetuity of the nation. According to Carol Morello, reporting on a recent Pew Study, “The proportion of adults who are married has plunged to record lows as more people decide to live together now and wed later, reflecting decades of evolving attitudes about the role of marriage in society.” Just 51 percent of all adults who are 18 and older are married, placing them on the brink of becoming a minority, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of census statistics to be released Wednesday.