Premortal
Life
"Prior to mortal birth individuals existed as men and
women in a spirit state and thus coexisted with both the Father and the Son. That period
of life is also referred to as the first estate or pre-existence." Encyclopedia of
Mormonism
Foreordination
"Foreordination is the premortal selection of individuals to come
forth in mortality at specified times, under certain conditions, and to fulfill
predesignated responsibilities." Encyclopedia of Mormonism
Devils
"In LDS discourse, the term "devil" denotes anyone who
promotes the cause of evil, but it is especially applied to those unembodied spirits who
rebelled against God in the premortal life and were cast down from heaven to this
earth." Encyclopedia of Mormonism
Birth
"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints teaches that every
person experiences a series of "births." All were born as spirit children of God
in a premortal life. Second, these individual spirit children received a mortal, physical
body when they were born on earth. Third, those who accept and live the gospel of Jesus
Christ go through a process of being born again in a spiritual sense (see Born of God).
Although these births are real, they do not in any way constitute any type of
reincarnation." Encyclopedia of Mormonism
When
Does the Spirit Enter the Womb?
"The time of quickening is when the mother feels the life of her
unborn infant." President Joseph Fielding Smith
Reincarnation
"This theory is rejected by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints." Encyclopedia of Mormonism |
