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|summary=Critics point to the early practice of sealing men and women as children to prominent LDS leaders as an example of changes in LDS belief.
 
|summary=Critics point to the early practice of sealing men and women as children to prominent LDS leaders as an example of changes in LDS belief.
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|sublink1=Question: What is the "Law of Adoption" practiced among 19-century Mormons and why has it changed?
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|sublink2=Question: What is the history behind the Mormon practice called the "Law of Adoption"?
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|sublink3=Question: Why were men sealed to other men during the early days of the Church?
 
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Mormon doctrine of the past


Mormon doctrine of the past


Statements by past prophets

Summary: Are statements of past prophets considered doctrine? It is claimed that anything that is, or ever was, officially published by the Church ought to represent doctrine.

Prophets are not infallible

Summary: Are prophets considered infallible? Critics sometimes impose absolutist assumptions on the Church and hold inerrantist beliefs about scriptures or prophets. Critics therefore insist that any statement by any LDS Church leader represents LDS doctrine and is thus something that is secretly believed, or that should be believed, by Latter-day Saints.

The Law of Adoption: The sealing of men and women as children to prominent Latter-day Saint leaders

Summary: Critics point to the early practice of sealing men and women as children to prominent LDS leaders as an example of changes in LDS belief.