2007-12-04 04:53:28 · 21 answers · asked by Isthatso 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It isn't doctrine, but its a widely held belief if I remember my childhood correctly.
Its not just Mormons that believe this. In Christ's time, teachers were married and Christ was a teacher. In that culture, it would be difficult to convince people of your teaching if you *weren't* married.
2007-12-04 04:56:00 · answer #1 · answered by Mickey P 4 · 6⤊ 1⤋
No, it is not LDS doctrine, if that's what you're asking. Frankly, the Bible doesn't say anything one way or the other, nor has any additional revelation been received on the subject in modern times. Some people speculate that Jesus may have been married, since marriage is ordained of God, and we are supposed to follow Jesus's example. It only makes sense that He also had a family, but again, that's just speculation.
2007-12-04 05:19:02 · answer #2 · answered by Open Heart Searchery 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Since celestial marriage is one of those laws, Jesus had to be married! LDS Apostle Bruce McConkie was talking about celestial marriage when he said, "If a man gets the fullness of the priesthood of God, he has to get it in the same way that Jesus Christ obtained it, and that was by keeping all the commandments and obeying all the ordinances of the house of the Lord" [LDS temple] (M.D., p. 482).
But this can easily be twisted around, so it doesn't appear to be what he really interpreted as scripture. But just a conversation he had by the camp fire or among friends etc.
2007-12-04 07:23:35 · answer #3 · answered by 2telldatruth 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mitt Romney didn't say this, Brigham Young did. I really don't have any way of knowing Mitt's beliefs on the subject. Brigham Young is seldom quoted in Sunday School. I don't think I have ever seen that quote before. I don't mean to be offensive, but I do tend to agree with Brigham on this subject. I don't mean it in the modern sense, but in the same sense that the apostle John meant; he said that there were already many antichrist, and that they came out of the church. I believe the anti-christ thought of themselves as Christian, but believed in several heresies that John and the other apostles fought against. One of these heresies is the impersonal everywhere-present god of the 2nd temple period Jews. Jesus taught of a more personal god, an anthropomorphic god with human attributes; a god that was literally his father. This is more in line with the pre-exilic Israelites of the 1st temple period. They believed that God was an exalted man, and that he had a throne in the heavens, surrounded by numerous concourses of angels. For this reason, he was known as the Lord of Hosts. The one Catholic creed that is adopted by virtually all modern Christians is the creed of the Trinity. The word "trinity" is not found in holy writ, but is a 4th century creed, a heresy that was invented and then established by vote. John called those sectarians anti-christ because they denied that there was both a literal father and a literal son, holding to the belief of many Jews that God did not have a human form, but was an everywhere present spirit or essense. With great sadness, John mourned the end to the Christian church in his final letters. To me it was obvious, as I read them. The church fell into apostasy in the first century AD, and many plain and precious things were lost. Do not confuse different religious beliefs with a lack of compassion and respect towards all men. It is his compassion and respect that make him a good choice for president.
2016-05-28 03:52:00 · answer #4 · answered by pilar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been a Mormon for 20 years and understand the doctrine well. Mormons do not teach that Christ was married and had children. I think you're thinking of "The Da Vinci Code."
http://www.allaboutmormons.com
2007-12-04 06:15:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It isn't doctrine whether He was or wasn't, but it would stand to reason that He was. To be considered a Rabbi in that culture and time, you had to be married. To be allowed to teach in the synagogue, you had to be married. We don't know what Christ did between the ages of 13-30, so who's to say He didn't?
Marriage is ordained of God, so it would stand to reason that it's possible He was. Do I think there were kids? Probably not, but who knows? Guess we'll have to wait to know the answer to either for sure.
2007-12-04 05:00:45 · answer #6 · answered by odd duck 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
It is my understanding that for a Jewish man to be respected in the community, and listen to as a preacher, he must be married.
Personally I think Jesus was married but it is a "mystery" that is difficult to confirm.
2007-12-04 06:43:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day saints belives in truth. No such activity has been established so speculation is fair game for anyone. You cannot believe a truth into existance
2007-12-04 05:04:25 · answer #8 · answered by scotty_84116 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No.
Mainly b/c I have never heard of that belief in mormons. Also real mormons only marry one wife a rule was made about hundreads of years ago.
2007-12-04 04:57:35 · answer #9 · answered by missgigglebunny 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Why don't you go to their website and chack it out for yourself. In here you're gonna get alot of haters and idiots that have no clue what they are talking about giving you all kinds of wrong info. Just Google Mormons, or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. They will even send you their reading material to check it out for yourself.
2007-12-04 04:57:54 · answer #10 · answered by flashpro 5 · 5⤊ 2⤋