Joseph Smith teaches that to obtain the highest degree of celestial glory, a couple must enter into the new and everlasting covenant of marriage.
[Source: Hales, Brian C., Joseph Smith's Polygamy: History and Theology, 3 vols., Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2013 (www.JosephSmithsPolygamy.com)]
This date is way off. Should be July 12, 1843 (D&C 132).
ReplyDeleteThe date should be May 16,1843 (NOT 1844). See D&C 131:2.
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