What is Celestial Marriage and does in conflict with Christianity?
Celestial Marriage is a Mormon doctrine where a man and a woman are married not only on the earth, but for all eternity. It is explained as follows: “Marriages performed in the temples for time and eternity, by virtue of the sealing keys restored by Elijah, are called celestial marriages. The participating parties become husband and wife in this mortal life, and if after their marriage they keep all the terms and conditions of this order of the priesthood, they continue on as husband and wife in the celestial kingdom of God” Surprisingly, Celestial Marriage began by including Polygamy as the natural order that the Mormon god commanded of them. It was recorded in their canon, The Doctrines and Covenants: Doctrine and Covenants 131:2 “131:2 And in order to obtain the highest, a man must enter into this order of the priesthood [meaning the new and everlasting covenant of marriage];” (emphasis in the original) And is continued later in: D&C 132:61-62, 64 “61 And again, as pertaining to the
