{"id":3818,"date":"2007-04-17T08:28:41","date_gmt":"2007-04-17T12:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/?p=3818"},"modified":"2007-04-17T08:35:52","modified_gmt":"2007-04-17T12:35:52","slug":"two-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2007\/04\/two-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Quotations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two quotations on divorce, from church leaders of different eras:<\/p>\n

Dallin H. Oaks, 2007<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Modern prophets have warned that looking upon marriage “as a mere contract that may be entered into at pleasure . . . and severed at the first difficulty . . . is an evil meriting severe condemnation,” especially where children are made to suffer. In ancient times and even under tribal laws in some countries where we now have members, men have power to divorce their wives for any trivial thing. Such unrighteous oppression of women was rejected by the Savior. . . . <\/p>\n

The kind of marriage required for exaltation\u00e2\u20ac\u201deternal in duration and godlike in quality\u00e2\u20ac\u201ddoes not contemplate divorce. In the temples of the Lord, couples are married for all eternity. But some marriages do not progress toward that ideal. Because “of the hardness of [our] hearts,” the Lord does not currently enforce the consequences of the celestial standard. He permits divorced persons to marry again without the stain of immorality specified in the higher law.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Brigham Young, 1856<\/a> (JoD 4:55, in a portion titled “A Privilege Given to All the Married Sisters in Utah”)<\/p>\n

I want those who are here to tell their sisters, yes, all the women of this community, and then write it back to the states, and and do as you please with it. I am going to give you from this time to the 6th day of October next, for reflection, that you may determine whether you wish to stay with your husbands or not, and then I am going to set every woman at liberty and say to them, Now go your way, my women with the rest, go your way. And my wives have got to do one of two things: either round up their shoulders to endure the afflictions of this world, and live their religion, or they may leave, for I will not have them about me. I will go into heaven alone, rather than have scratching and fighting around me. I will set all at liberty. “What, the first wife too?” Yes, I will liberate you all. . . .<\/p>\n

I wish my women, and brother Kimball’s, and brother Grant’s to leave, and every woman in this territory, or else say in their hearts that they will embrace the Gospel — the whole of it. Tell the Gentiles that I will free every woman in this Territory at our next Conference.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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