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− | == = | + | ==Question: Have the doctrines in the Mormon ''Proclamation on the Family'' long been taught in the Church?== |
− | + | ===Yes, the doctrines contained within the "Proclamation" are longstanding doctrines within the Church=== | |
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President Hinckley observed, on introducing the ''Proclamation'': | President Hinckley observed, on introducing the ''Proclamation'': | ||
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+ | With so much of sophistry that is passed off as truth, with so much of deception concerning standards and values, with so much of allurement and enticement to take on the slow stain of the world, we have felt to warn and forewarn. In furtherance of this we of the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles now issue a proclamation to the Church and to the world as a declaration and reaffirmation of standards, doctrines, and practices relative to the family which the prophets, seers, and revelators of this church have repeatedly stated throughout its history. I now take the opportunity of reading to you this proclamation....<ref>{{Ensign|author=Gordon B. Hinckley|article=[https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1995/10/stand-strong-against-the-wiles-of-the-world?lang=eng Stand Strong against the Wiles of the World]|date=November 1995|pages=98}}</ref> | ||
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The doctrines taught are, then, longstanding ones in the Church. | The doctrines taught are, then, longstanding ones in the Church. | ||
This article reviews each line of the ''Proclamation'' and presents a sample of past teachings on the same subject. | This article reviews each line of the ''Proclamation'' and presents a sample of past teachings on the same subject. | ||
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==="marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God"=== | ==="marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God"=== | ||
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* "Furthermore, many of the social restraints which in the past have helped to reinforce and to shore up the family are dissolving and disappearing. The time will come when only those who believe deeply and actively in the family will be able to preserve their families in the midst of the gathering evil around us. Whether from inadvertence, ignorance, or other causes, the efforts governments often make (ostensibly to help the family) sometimes only hurt the family more. There are those who would define the family in such a nontraditional way that they would define it out of existence. The more governments try in vain to take the place of the family, the less effective governments will be in performing the traditional and basic roles for which governments are formed in the first place."<ref>{{Ensign|author=Spencer W. Kimball|article=[https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1980/10/families-can-be-eternal?lang=eng Families Can Be Eternal]|date=November 1980}}</ref> | * "Furthermore, many of the social restraints which in the past have helped to reinforce and to shore up the family are dissolving and disappearing. The time will come when only those who believe deeply and actively in the family will be able to preserve their families in the midst of the gathering evil around us. Whether from inadvertence, ignorance, or other causes, the efforts governments often make (ostensibly to help the family) sometimes only hurt the family more. There are those who would define the family in such a nontraditional way that they would define it out of existence. The more governments try in vain to take the place of the family, the less effective governments will be in performing the traditional and basic roles for which governments are formed in the first place."<ref>{{Ensign|author=Spencer W. Kimball|article=[https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1980/10/families-can-be-eternal?lang=eng Families Can Be Eternal]|date=November 1980}}</ref> | ||
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+ | [[en:Question: Have the doctrines in the Mormon ''Proclamation on the Family'' long been taught in the Church?]] |
President Hinckley observed, on introducing the Proclamation:
With so much of sophistry that is passed off as truth, with so much of deception concerning standards and values, with so much of allurement and enticement to take on the slow stain of the world, we have felt to warn and forewarn. In furtherance of this we of the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles now issue a proclamation to the Church and to the world as a declaration and reaffirmation of standards, doctrines, and practices relative to the family which the prophets, seers, and revelators of this church have repeatedly stated throughout its history. I now take the opportunity of reading to you this proclamation....[1]
The doctrines taught are, then, longstanding ones in the Church.
This article reviews each line of the Proclamation and presents a sample of past teachings on the same subject.
See above.
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