If that's how you define, eternal marriage between one man and one woman, then no problem.
> -----Original Message----- > From: John W. Redelfs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 5:42 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ZION] Official Doctrine #2 > > > Ron Scott wrote: > >What is this, some kind of litmus test? Please define "new and > everlasting > >covenant? > > It is not a litmus test, it is a Sunday School lesson from the Gospel > Essentials Sunday School manual entitled GOSPEL PRINCIPLES. On another > thread George Cobabe said that "official Church doctrine" was > very hard to > determine. And I said that this is only true if we get into speculative > areas. As long as we stick to the most basic fundamentals, "official > Church doctrine" is easily determined. > > Well, the Gospel Essentials class is for investigators and new > members and > it basically just supplements and reinforces the missionary discussions > that all our missionaries teach to new investigators. The manual, which > has been through correlation, restricts itself to the most basic > fundamentals and is NOT controversial in the tiniest degree. > > What is the "new and everlasting covenant?" The phrase is used two ways > that I know of: 1) It is a reference to the Book of Mormon, and > 2) it is a > reference to temple marriage for time and all eternity. This > latter usage > is evidently the one being used in the lesson I posted. > > I have thought I would post parts of the GOSPEL PRINCIPLES manual > from time > to time to see if I get any disagreement, and if so, from whom. I keep > hearing about false doctrine creeping into our correlated manuals, but I > don't know of any particular instances. I thought this might be > one way of > finding out. > > John W. Redelfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] > =========================================== > "While we cannot agree with others on certain matters, we > must never be disagreeable. We must be friendly, > soft-spoken, neighborly, and understanding." (President > Gordon B. Hinckley, October 2003) > =========================================== > All my opinions are tentative pending further data. --JWR > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > //////////// > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > /////////// > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^----------------------------------------------------------------
