Temple Marriages...

[_gdemetz]

Yes, I am married. and my wife and I are both converts to the church. As might be expected, at first she was repulsed by the idea, however, when I expounded Isaiah 4:1 to her (the last verse in chapter 3 of the JST), D&C 132, as well as many other scriptures and discourses, etc., she seems to be finally coming around. When a person is ready to progress to that state, especially referring to exaltation, they must be stripped of all envy and pride. If they are not, then they are not ready.

[_MsJack]

Number 1 is correct. Number 2 used to be correct but since about 1997 is no longer correct. Deceased women can be sealed to all husbands to who they were ever legally married.

Zelder has it right.

Both living and deceased men may be sealed to more than one woman. In the case of living men, death of or divorce from the first wife must apply.

Only deceased women may be sealed to more than one man (and I think the men she's being sealed to have to be deceased, too).

I knew an LDS family where both husband and wife had married young in the temple and lost their first spouses to tragedy in their 20s. When they married each other, it had to be "for time" since the woman could not be sealed to both her deceased spouse and her new one. The children they had together were considered to be sealed to their mother and her deceased first husband rather than their father, which distressed them when they first learned of it.

"Families are forever."

[_RockSlider]

I've talked to a couple of Bishop's, because of my own marriage/divorce, and I believe they've said this? But, to be honest, I can't remember, wasn't paying attention too much. Too much else been dealing with.

So, were you sealed to your first wife? Do you have children with the first wife? Same questions for the second (or is there a second)?

[_RockSlider]

The children they had together were considered to be sealed to their mother and her deceased first husband rather than their father, which distressed them when they first learned of it.
"Families are forever."

ouch ...

[_gdemetz]

One thing which should be kept in mind is this; the Holy Spirit will not ratify any sealing which is inappropriate, for whatever reason. So, as my some of my dear departed relatives would say; it will all come out in the wash.

[_RockSlider]

One thing which should be kept in mind is this; the Holy Spirit will not ratify any sealing which is inappropriate, for whatever reason. So, as my some of my dear departed relatives would say; it will all come out in the wash.

And hence the shotgun approach, of seal em to everybody, just in case makes perfect sense.

[_Drifting]

Number 1 is correct. Number 2 used to be correct but since about 1997 is no longer correct. Deceased women can be sealed to all husbands to who they were ever legally married.

Zelder has it right.

Both living and deceased men may be sealed to more than one woman. In the case of living men, death of or divorce from the first wife must apply.

Only deceased women may be sealed to more than one man (and I think the men she's being sealed to have to be deceased, too).

I knew an LDS family where both husband and wife had married young in the temple and lost their first spouses to tragedy in their 20s. When they married each other, it had to be "for time" since the woman could not be sealed to both her deceased spouse and her new one. The children they had together were considered to be sealed to their mother and her deceased first husband rather than their father, which distressed them when they first learned of it.

"Families are forever."

Mormon doctrine is confusing.
Hmmm... a bunch the blokes in the CK find out that the woman they are sealed has decided to take on a few extra Eternal husbands without their permission.
That's gonna be awkward.

[Guest]

I've talked to a couple of Bishop's, because of my own marriage/divorce, and I believe they've said this? But, to be honest, I can't remember, wasn't paying attention too much. Too much else been dealing with.

So, were you sealed to your first wife? Do you have children with the first wife? Same questions for the second (or is there a second)?

Bump for ldsfaq ... well you answered the currently single with the tax return.

So kids, married previously in the temple?

[_bcuzbcuz]

Yes, I am married. and my wife and I are both converts to the church. As might be expected, at first she was repulsed by the idea, however, when I expounded Isaiah 4:1 to her (the last verse in chapter 3 of the JST), D&C 132, as well as many other scriptures and discourses, etc., she seems to be finally coming around. When a person is ready to progress to that state, especially referring to exaltation, they must be stripped of all envy and pride. If they are not, then they are not ready.

I misjudged you. I thought your talk of plural marriage was just talk. But why on earth do you feel you need to prepare your wife for polygamy? Do you have some inside information that the church is getting set to bring it back? Or are you just hoping?

You say your wife was first repulsed by the idea of polygamy. I say, "Pay attention to first impressions." I remarried after the death of my first wife. Maybe it is the kind of woman that I'm attracted to but if polygamy existed and my two wives were to share the house I would be dead meat. The only thing they would see eye to eye on would be about which spices to sprinkle on my burning corpse.

[_Drifting]

Yes, technically those could be termed polygamous or plural marriages, but as I stated before, I don't believe that the government would care as long as there weren't more than one marriage which was intimate. For example (even though I'm sure that the church would not allow me to do it), if I married one wife whom I were intimate with, and I were sealed to another for the afterlife only, I don't believe that that would be something that the government would, or should, harass me about. In answer to your last question, yes! I would hope that the Lord would command me to have many wives! I wouldn't have a problem with that at all!

How about if your wife decided to be sealed to several men (some of them Lamanites), still comfortable?