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Celestial (or eternal) marriage is an ordinance performed by priesthood authority in a temple of the church. [15] A celestial marriage is thought to continue forever into the afterlife if the man and woman do not break their covenants. [15] Thus, eternally married couples are often referred to as being "sealed" to each other. Sealed couples who ...
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 fundamentalism .
Russell Marion Nelson Sr. (born September 9, 1924) is an American religious leader and retired surgeon who is the 17th and current president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). [4] Nelson was a member of the LDS Church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for nearly 34 years, and was the quorum president from 2015
The AUB currently supports plural marriage, justified on the "1886 Meeting". [36] While not all members practice plural marriage, it is considered a crucial step to achieve the highest glory of heaven. [37] The leaders of the AUB do not arrange marriages, nor do they authorize marriage for people under 18, nor for those who are closely related ...
[26] [27] According to historian D. Michael Quinn, both the late church president Spencer W. Kimball (president from 1973—1985) and current church president Russell M. Nelson (president since 2018) received their second anointing in 1974; Nelson alluded to this experience in his 1979 autobiography.
After the death of church president, Thomas S. Monson, on January 2, 2018, [168] Russell M. Nelson was sustained and set apart as the current president on January 14, 2018. [ 169 ] The First Presidency, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles , the Presiding Bishopric and the First and Second Quorums of the Seventy are all referred to as general ...
One of the key qualifications for exaltation is being united in a celestial marriage to an opposite-sex partner via the ordinance of sealing, [14] [15] either in person or by proxy after they have died. In the 19th century, some leaders of the LDS Church taught that participation in plural marriage was also a requirement of exaltation.
Following the death of church president Thomas S. Monson on January 2, 2018, [140] senior apostle Russell M. Nelson was announced as president on January 16. [141] The general authorities of the church consist of the First Presidency, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, first two Quorums of Seventy and the Presiding Bishopric.