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Marriage Sealings: A High Fusion of Theology + Ritual
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Marriage Sealings: A High Fusion of Theology + Ritual
Publication Type
Podcast
Publication Date
April 15, 2024
Authors
Woodward, Scott (Primary), and Griffiths, Casey Paul (Primary)
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Abstract
The Prophet Joseph Smith’s final years in Nauvoo, Illinois constituted a season of rich theological and ritual convergence. It was a time when various threads of biblical and revealed theology gave birth to the Latter-day temple rituals that would enable us to enact that very theology. It was in Nauvoo that the picture became clear. Every revealed ordinance builds with deep meaning to the next, until finally reaching the pinnacle ordinance of sealing wife and husband together for eternity. All theological and ritual threads come together at this point. In today’s episode of Church History Matters we dig into when and where the ritual of marriage sealings first began in the church and explore the tight weave between this ordinance and the theological threads of God’s true nature, the existence of Heavenly Mother, and mankind’s created purpose and destiny.Bibliographic Citation
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