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One element of the marriage ceremony worldwide has been that a marriage should be public, not secret.

They are explicitly referred to as husband and wife ( Gen. 2:24), but also of filling the earth with their descendants ( Gen. Marriage was instituted by God right from the beginning, with Adam and Eve, for the purpose not only of being companions ( Gen. Do not all children wish to be well born, not wanting to be called harsh names for something their parents neglected to do, namely, getting married? Let us now look at the type of marriage which is considered to be sacred in the sense of conforming to the laws of God. Most languages have special words for illegitimate children which can be swear words or at least harsh and demeaning, such as the English word "bastard". The family has been the foundation of the structure of society from the beginning.Īnother important point is that most countries had the strict notion of "legitimate" and "illegitimate" children, based on whether or not they were offspring of a couple which had been married, according to the laws of that country. In fact, the names of the nations were often the names of the first patriarch of the family, such as Israel being the descendants of a man named Israel. The original nations of the world were extended families. Even those who do not believe that marriage is sacred usually know that it is the foundation of the family and of the society as a whole. Marriage is an ordinance which has been considered to be sacred by nearly every religion on earth since the days of Adam and Eve. Modern day attacks on marriage are also reviewed, with relevant scriptures quoted. The practice of the LDS Church is discussed which has changed from forbidding polygamy, to glorifying it, to again prohibiting it.

This article reviews many of the concepts taught in these scriptures, from the viewpoint of the restored Church of Christ in the days of Joseph Smith. Public schools now teach all manner of practices that are against the concepts taught in the Bible and other LDS scriptures. The concepts of marriage and the family are being attacked from all sides by those who preach against traditional marriage. What do LDS scriptures say about marriage?

, 1 Reed (SR), 1 Birth (UV), 1 Psc (S), 1 Aqr (US) Scriptures About Marriage Scriptures About Marriage