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+ | ====Wilford Woodruff==== | ||
+ | =====''Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff''===== | ||
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+ | We acknowledge that through Adam all have died, that death through the fall must pass upon the whole human family, also upon the beasts of the field, the fishes of the sea and the fowls of the air and all the works of God, as far as this earth is concerned. It is a law that is unchangeable and irrevocable. … The Savior himself tasted of death; He died to redeem the world; His body was laid in the tomb, but it did not see corruption; and after three days it arose from the grave and put on immortality. He was the first fruit of the resurrection. {{link|url=https://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-wilford-woodruff/chapter-8?lang=eng}} | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
− | + | ====Harold B. Lee==== | |
+ | =====''Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Harold B. Lee===== | ||
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+ | … Besides the Fall having had to do with Adam and Eve, causing a change to come over them, that change affected all human nature, all of the natural creations, all of the creation of animals, plants—all kinds of life were changed. The earth itself became subject to death. … How it took place no one can explain, and anyone who would attempt to make an explanation would be going far beyond anything the Lord has told us. But a change was wrought over the whole face of the creation, which up to that time had not been subject to death. From that time henceforth all in nature was in a state of gradual dissolution until mortal death was to come, after which there would be required a restoration in a resurrected state. … {{link|url=https://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-harold-b-lee/chapter-3?lang=eng}} | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | ====Joseph Fielding Smith==== | ||
+ | =====''Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Fielding Smith''===== | ||
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+ | It was appointed there that Adam our father should come to this earth and stand at the head of the whole human family. It was a part of this great plan, that he should partake of the forbidden fruit and fall, thus bringing suffering and death into the world, even for the ultimate good of his children. {{link|url=https://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-of-presidents-of-the-church-joseph-fielding-smith/chapter-3-the-plan-of-salvation?lang=eng}} | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
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Statements by Church leaders and publications regarding no death before the Fall of Adam
This section is a chronology of statements from primary and secondary sources. Sources may be viewed by following the citation links.
Wilford Woodruff
Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff
We acknowledge that through Adam all have died, that death through the fall must pass upon the whole human family, also upon the beasts of the field, the fishes of the sea and the fowls of the air and all the works of God, as far as this earth is concerned. It is a law that is unchangeable and irrevocable. … The Savior himself tasted of death; He died to redeem the world; His body was laid in the tomb, but it did not see corruption; and after three days it arose from the grave and put on immortality. He was the first fruit of the resurrection. off-site
Harold B. Lee
Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Harold B. Lee
… Besides the Fall having had to do with Adam and Eve, causing a change to come over them, that change affected all human nature, all of the natural creations, all of the creation of animals, plants—all kinds of life were changed. The earth itself became subject to death. … How it took place no one can explain, and anyone who would attempt to make an explanation would be going far beyond anything the Lord has told us. But a change was wrought over the whole face of the creation, which up to that time had not been subject to death. From that time henceforth all in nature was in a state of gradual dissolution until mortal death was to come, after which there would be required a restoration in a resurrected state. … off-site
Joseph Fielding Smith
Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Fielding Smith
It was appointed there that Adam our father should come to this earth and stand at the head of the whole human family. It was a part of this great plan, that he should partake of the forbidden fruit and fall, thus bringing suffering and death into the world, even for the ultimate good of his children. off-site