“[I]f a man marry a wife, and make a covenant with her for time and for all eternity… they shall [have]… continuation of the seeds [children] forever and ever. Then shall they be Gods, because they have no end; therefore shall they be from everlasting to everlasting… Then shall they be Gods, because they have all power… and continuation of the lives [eternal procreation of spirits].”

Joseph Smith, Jr., Doctrine and Covenants – Section 132 (Nauvoo, IL: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 12 July 1843), 18-22.