Talk:Sealing (Mormonism)
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Perhaps we should combine this page and Eternal Marriage together? I think they are duplicative. Visorstuff 07:33, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Let's put the sealing info in the eternal marriage page (removes the mormonism redirect). Visorstuff 21:51, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)
I think we should put it all in this article and redirect Eternal Marriage here. The term "sealing" just seems a bit more general---especially to people who don't already know what eternal marriage means; the people most likely to be reading the article. Bccomm 20:13, Aug 10, 2004
Nice job keeping this NPOV. That's tough to do with a religious concept. Joyous 00:44, Jun 3, 2004 (UTC)
The only NPOV issue I see is dealing with men being sealed to many women, women only being sealed to one man.. As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints we are taught that women are not sealed to the men, the women are sealed to the Preisthood, hence a second sealing for a women is not nessacary as she has already been sealed to the Preisthood. Brian Hartvigsen 21:52, Nov 11, 2005 [GMT -7 DST]
I'm surprised that there is no discussion here regarding the controversy of sealing and even baptizing non-Mormon ancestors into the church. I know that this was particularly controversial when it came to the "baptism" of Jewish victims of the Holocaust and that an agreement was reached in 1995 to stop that specific aspect of sealing [1]. Mike Dillon 03:22, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I find the following statement in the article very confusing: "A common misconception is that a man sealed to one or more women, but civilly divorced or a widower, may be sealed to another woman assuming the couple is worthy and the union is permitted by Church authorities and that although a woman can only be sealed to one man, she can be married civilly to another man and have that marriage recognized by the Church."
Please state what the policy is. How is a currently-living man even sealed to one or more women in the first place, and which part of the long, complicated sentence that follows is false and how is it false? It sounds self-contradictory as though coming from someone trying to deny a policy without knowing what the policy really is.198.60.22.24 17:40, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It would be interesting if some of the aspects of the sealing ceremony were discussed. Some examples are: A bride must not show her arms and must wear a high-neckline, guests are not allowed to be present at the sealing ceremony, etc. 96.28.105.175 22:40, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm surprised this isn't discussed in the article, as there were many sealings done between males through the time of the fourth president, Wilford Woodruff. (Brigham Young called the male sealings "a great and glorious doctrine" and was sealed to Joseph Smith.) Does the page have a history of edit warring about these male-to-male sealings? Because I don't really want to get into adding it to the article if it's proven to be a contentious aspect of the sealings, and if it's just going to go back and forth forever. Thanks, to anyone who's more familiar with the article's history. Codenamemary (talk) 03:02, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The article Sealing power should be merged into Sealing (Mormonism). Having someone with the correct authority to perform a valid sealing is an element of the ordinance, and doesn't need to be described separately. -- 208.81.184.4 (talk) 18:10, 20 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Neither this article nor the article on the sealing power describes the calling of a temple sealer, nor the development of the sealing power being only exercised by Apostles/GAs into the modern role of temple sealer. -- 208.81.184.4 (talk) 18:22, 20 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I think it's a little troubling that there is no mention of any criticism of the sealings as being closed ceremonies that family members cannot attend if they are not Mormons. This is a documented criticism of the church that frequently gets discussed in news sources. Right now, the article reads very pro-LDS because it does not mention the secrecy or closed nature of temple ceremonies. At the very least, the details of exactly what is happening inside the temples during a sealing need to be in this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.253.18.168 (talk) 02:45, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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