Orson Pratt
Orson Pratt
Orson Pratt, Sr.was an American mathematician and religious leader who was an original member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles of the Church of the Latter Day Saints. He became a member of the Quorum of the Twelve of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saintsand was a leading Mormon theologian and writer until his death...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTheologian
Date of Birth19 September 1811
CountryUnited States of America
jesus father wife
We have now clearly shown that God the Father had a plurality of wives, one or more being in eternity, by whom He begat our spirits as well as the Spirit of Jesus His first Born...
jesus america ancient
Jesus appeared unto the ancient Nephites, in the northern part of what we call South America...
jesus children wife
I discover that some of the Eastern papers represent me as a great blasphemer, because I said, in my lecture on Marriage, at our last Conference, that Jesus Christ was married at Cana of Galilee, that Mary, Martha, and others were his wives, and that he begat children.
jesus brother believe
God has told us Latter-day Saints that we shall be condemned if we do not enter into that principle of polygamy; and yet I have heard now and then (I am very glad to say that only a low such instances have come under my notice) a brother or a sister say, 'I am a Latter-day Saint, but I do not believe in polygamy.' Oh, what an absurd expression! What an absurd idea! A person might as well say, 'I am a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, but I do not believe in him.'
father son religion
The Godhead consists of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Father is a material being.
god father son
God the Father and God the Son cannot be everywhere present; indeed they cannot be even in two places at the same instant: but God the Holy Spirit is omnipresent - it extends through all space, with all other matter.
zion hands president
I was ordained one of the standing High Council in Zion, under the hands of President Joseph Smith
oxygen matter hydrogen
God is a spirit. A spirit is as much matter as oxygen or hydrogen
intelligent space matter
Each atom of the Holy Spirit is intelligent, and like all other matter has solidity, form, and size, and occupies space.
loyal subjects obedient
Noah and his family were the only loyal and obedient subjects to the legal power: they alone were saved
hands december lord
On the 1st day of December, 1830, I was confirmed, and in accordance with the word of the Lord I was ordained an Elder under the hands of the Prophet
heart desire lord
The greatest desire of my heart was for the Lord to manifest His will concerning me
roots people evil
An inequality of property is the root and foundation of innumerable evils; it tends to derision, and to keep asunder the social feelings that should exist among the people of God. It is a principle originated in hell; it is the root of all evils. It is inequality in riches that is a great curse.
wife generations hey
Each succeeding generation of Gods follow the example of the preceding ones: each generation have their wives, who raise up from the fruit of their loins immortal spirits: when their families become numerous, they organize new worlds for them. [T]hey place their families upon the same.