Talk:Sealing (Latter Day Saints)

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[edit] Eternal Marriage

Perhaps we should combine this page and Eternal Marriage together? I think they are duplicative. Visorstuff 07:33, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)

I agree. Should Eternal Marriage redirect here, or should it contain a short explanation?COGDEN 17:52, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Let's put the sealing info in the eternal marriage page (removes the mormonism redirect). Visorstuff 21:51, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I think we should put it all in this article and redirect Eternal Marriage here. The term "sealing" just seems a bit more general---especially to people who don't already know what eternal marriage means; the people most likely to be reading the article. Bccomm 20:13, Aug 10, 2004

Nice job keeping this NPOV. That's tough to do with a religious concept. Joyous 00:44, Jun 3, 2004 (UTC)

The only NPOV issue I see is dealing with men being sealed to many women, women only being sealed to one man.. As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints we are taught that women are not sealed to the men, the women are sealed to the Preisthood, hence a second sealing for a women is not nessacary as she has already been sealed to the Preisthood. Brian Hartvigsen 21:52, Nov 11, 2005 [GMT -7 DST]

[edit] Sealing members of other religions

I'm surprised that there is no discussion here regarding the controversy of sealing and even baptizing non-Mormon ancestors into the church. I know that this was particularly controversial when it came to the "baptism" of Jewish victims of the Holocaust and that an agreement was reached in 1995 to stop that specific aspect of sealing [1]. Mike Dillon 03:22, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

This is discussed in the Baptism for the dead article. Val42 04:24, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks. I may be confused about the relationship between "sealing" and "baptism". Mike Dillon 06:14, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Confused "Misconception"

I find the following statement in the article very confusing: "A common misconception is that a man sealed to one or more women, but civilly divorced or a widower, may be sealed to another woman assuming the couple is worthy and the union is permitted by Church authorities and that although a woman can only be sealed to one man, she can be married civilly to another man and have that marriage recognized by the Church."

Please state what the policy is. How is a currently-living man even sealed to one or more women in the first place, and which part of the long, complicated sentence that follows is false and how is it false? It sounds self-contradictory as though coming from someone trying to deny a policy without knowing what the policy really is.198.60.22.24 17:40, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

The statement quoted is true, it is not a misconception at all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.160.210.253 (talk • contribs) 00:54, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
True or not, there is no supporting reference, so it should be removed. — Val42 03:15, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
I checked this information (discussed above), and the only references for it are in the Church Handbook of Instructions. This text from that article is particularly relevant: "Neither volume of the Church Handbook of Instructions is available for sale to the general public or the general church membership, nor is an official version available on the internet. The church asserts copyright over the contents of the Church Handbook and prohibits its duplication." Therefore, this text is inherently unreferenceable, so I removed it and other text that has (or would have) this same reference. — Val42 03:27, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sealing Ceremony

It would be interesting if some of the aspects of the sealing ceremony were discussed. Some examples are: A bride must not show her arms and must wear a high-neckline, guests are not allowed to be present at the sealing ceremony, etc. 96.28.105.175 22:40, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

We'll need references from reliable sources to put any of this information into the article. — Val42 (talk) 01:08, 17 May 2008 (UTC)