by Dan Wees | May 3, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“I consider it inappropriate for anyone in the church to pray to our Mother in Heaven.” Gordon B. Hinckley – 1991 speech. Quoted in Richard and Joan Ostling’s Mormon America (San Francisco, CA: HarperCollins, 1999),...
by Dan Wees | May 3, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“The stupendous truth of the existence of a Heavenly Mother, as well as a Heavenly Father, became established facts in Mormon Theology.” Milton R. Hunter, The Gospel Through the Ages (Salt Lake City, UT: Stevens and Wallis, Inc., 1945),...
by Dan Wees | May 3, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“We, the human family, literally the sons and daughters of Divine Parents, the spiritual progeny of God our Eternal Father, and of our God Mother, are away from home for a season,” James E. Talmage, The Philosophical Basis of “Mormonism” (Salt Lake City, UT: Bureau of...
by Dan Wees | May 3, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“This doctrine that there is a Mother in Heaven was affirmed in plainness by the First Presidency of the Church (Joseph F. Smith, John R. Winder, and Anthon H. Lund) when, in speaking of pre-existence and the origin of man, they said that ‘man, as a spirit, was...
by Dan Wees | May 3, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“We are expressly told that God is the Father of spirits, and to apprehend the literalness of this solemn truth we must know that a Mother of spirits is an existent personality.” James E. Talmage, The Articles of Faith (Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ...
by Dan Wees | May 3, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Lucy Harris: Wife of Book of Mormon witness Martin Harris. 29 November 1833 Sworn affidavit, Palmyra, NY … “Being called upon to give a statement to the world of what I know respecting the Gold Bible speculation, and also of the conduct of Martin Harris, my...
