![]() ![]() The first indication of the eternal nature of family relationships in this dispensation was alluded to in Joseph Smith’s earliest revelations. This discussion will also affirm the significance of the unique contributions the doctrines of eternal marriage and eternal family bring to the present debate concerning homosexual and heterosexual family and marital relationships. In addition to reviewing the historical contexts in which the doctrines of eternal marriage and the eternal family were restored, this chapter will demonstrate how marriage and family relationships are vital parts in the process of sanctification that leads to the exaltation of the individual and of the family. These changes have led to both civil and uncivil debate arising from different interpretations of history, doctrine, scripture, and of the Prophet Joseph Smith’s foundational revelations regarding eternal marriage and the eternal family. In the United States for example, fundamental changes to the definition of marriage have recently taken place. While the structure and practice of marriage and family have been and continue to be redefined in many countries and religious traditions throughout the world, these doctrines of the restored gospel remain uncompromised but not unchallenged. The doctrines of eternal marriage and the eternal family are teachings unique to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Judd was the director of the LDS Institute of Religion in Chicago, Illinois when this was written. Daniel K Judd was a professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University when this was written.
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