A question for Mormons about the "Queen of Heaven"?

Question

I've heard that Mormons believe in a "Queen of Heaven" or something similar. Basically, the wife of God.

First, is this true? And if it is...

Is this entity supposed to be an aspect of the Holy Spirit?
Is it involved in the "Father-Son-Holy Spirit" "trinity" concept in any way?
Is she considered to be a separate Goddess or is she considered to be sort of "part" of God?

Also, how much importance is placed on her in Mormonism?

Any other information of interest on this subject would be appreciated.

Thanks

Answer 1

Our Heavenly Mother is as real as our Heavenly Father. Whether you believe it or not, She exists. She is so incredibly esteemed by Heavenly Father that She is protected from man's disgusting habit of taking deity's name in vain, and is therefore revered in silence, that is, we do not discuss Her in our daily conversations. We however acknowledge, respect and love Her, and look forward to meeting Her one day. It is most comforting to know that we do have a Mother in Heaven. She "cements" the Heavenly family unit. Makes perfect sense to me.

Answer 2

The responses to the above link seem mostly unfavorable to the premise. That indicates there seems to be a resistance to cease using the word yet, at least those who felt moved to answer. The choice to continue it's usage or not would have to come from the general authorities, not the membership. That's simply how the church is organized: from the top down. My turn: Sometimes a question will be posted in a certain fashion that indicates a 'side' has been chosen, and responses may be all over the board. I'm guilty on that regard, but I do not, or at least try not, to attempt to be 'inflammatory'. Being advesarial does not necessarily mean 'foe'. Answering post to preserve a point of view is equally difficult, and sometimes it's a chore to separate the poster from the post. Once again I'm as guilty as the next, but I try to at least research the 'other side of the coin', as the first side has usually been presented. I certainly never intended to become a vicious 'anti' and preceived as a villainous cretin, but I knew from the beginning this was not going to be a walk in the park. I've reread some of my past posts, and I can say that some were handled without too much sympathy or compassion; others I think are spot on. Learning to live with diverse attitudes is the beginning of acceptance. Without that, people will continue to run on emotions where reason could prevent a disaster. Like, Peace

Answer 3

You got some good answers already, let me just reiterate my view, Although the LDS faith does generally believe in a "Heavenly mother" (not "queen") it is not "official" doctrine and is generally not taught. Mostly because there is no scripture or other references to her, and to keep her sacred.

So where does this theory come from? At the core of the LDS church is the family can be together forever, and eternal marriage is a very sacred union between husband, wife, and God. Also, To attain the Very highest level of heaven, an honest and earnest effort to gain the blessings of a family and marriage must be done with love. This doesn't mean just marring the next person the street just too check it off. With this in mind, it's reasonable to assume that since God has put so much effort into this concepts that he too must be married.

Since the LDS church does not recognize the "trinity" she is not part of it, and she is not part of the god head. All of them are considered different people, God, His wife, Christ, and the Holy Spirit. All are considered to have perfect physical bodies, except the Holy Spirit. She is considered part of God just as a wife is to her husband. No one knows if they have "spiritual sex", but it does make any difference to know anything like that or not.

In the end, very little importance is placed on her out of respect and that knowing or believing in her does not get anyone closer to heaven.

Answer 4

Heavenly Mother is a complicated subject. Seeing that our life here on earth (including the family unit) is based on heaven, it would make sense that we have a Mother in Heaven as well as a Father in Heaven. We are not told how many wives our Father has, so we can't even be sure we all share the same Heavenly Mother.

In the 1990s some feminists were excommunicated for teaching we should worthip and pray to our Heavenly Mother instead of our Heavenly Father.

Eliza R. Snow wrote the Hymn O My Father. Here are the last two verses:

I have learned to call thee Father, Thru thy Spirit from on high,
But, until the key of knowledge Was restored, I knew not why.
In the heav'ns are parents single? No, the thought makes reason stare!
Truth is reason; truth eternal Tells me I've a mother there.

When I leave this frail existence, When I lay this mortal by,
Father, Mother, may I meet you In your royal courts on high?
Then, at length, when I've completed All you sent me forth to do,
With your mutual approbation Let me come and dwell with you.

Answer 5

First of all the idea of a queen in heaven, has probably been digested from the lack of conversation about such a person, in the normal daily. weekly activities of the Church. Some have said to even mention her (if that were the case) would be placing her? in the same line of contempt as G-D suffers with the invain use of his name.

This of course leads to suspecion for many. When asking about such a person the answer is generaly side tracked in to an explanation of Eternial Marriage. This is a "blessing" to be enjoyed by the faithful and dedicated members. The answer then is suggested, by default that , G-D was also married. The question of course comes up as too how many wives, and an answer is never produced. It is by the use of such methods the original question never gets answered.

When pressed further the argument, "as man now is, so G-D once was, as G-D now is so man may become". Of course this then suggests that man may become a G-D himself as long as he has taken a wife (s) for all time and eternity. Of course keep in mind polgamy is now forbidden by the Church. Unless the first wife has passed away, then he may remarry, thus providing him two wives in the Highest Kindom of Heaven.

In an effort to close in on your question, in LDS theology there is no raining Queen.

Answer 6

This a doctrine taught even to primary children in our church.

http://www.lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b3bc55cbf541229058520974e44916a0/?vgnextoid=637e1b08f338c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=90c3767978c20110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1

She is not included in "trinity" of Father, Son, and Spirit, but completely seperate. We believe that God has a body of flesh and bones, and so does Heavenly Mother.

She is not mentioned often, because there is not much said in scripture or elsewhere about Her. The concept is extremely important because we believe that to inherite all the the Father has, we too must be married for time and eternity like They are.

Hope that helps

Answer 7

Mother in Heaven. Just like Heavenly Father is the father of our spirits, our Heavenly Mother is the mother of our spirits.

This is important to us.

Answer 8

Having a Heavenly Father means that there must be a heavenly Mother also. But, we don't know anything about her, or even if she even exists.

Answer 9

I'm Mormon and we believe in the family unit both here and in Heaven. Although we don't speak much of our Heavenly Mother or as you put it "Queen of Heaven", we still respect and accept this as an eternal truth.

Answer 10

We recognize that we have a Heavenly Mother. And we also recognize that Heavenly Father loves and respects her so much, that to prevent the human race from trashing on her like they do him, he keeps her identity well reverenced. So reverenced in fact that we just don't go there.

I would highly suggest you don't go there either. Trashing on Her is trashing on your own Mom. You just don't go there.

I don't know about your family, but Dad always has his ways of protecting Mom.

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