Foundations
Plan of Salvation
God's eternal plan of happiness for His children — premortal life, the purpose of mortal experience, death and resurrection, eternal progression, and the central role of the family in returning to…
What's at issue
God's eternal plan of happiness for His children — premortal life, the purpose of mortal experience, death and resurrection, eternal progression, and the central role of the family in returning to God's presence. The cosmic architecture within which marriage, gender, and parenthood have meaning. Score when the document substantively engages this LDS or Christian doctrinal framework. NOT general philosophy of meaning, materialism vs. transcendence debates, or theological work disconnected from family or salvation doctrine.
Where it appears in the Proclamation
Reading
- Adoption and the Sealing Power
- If I Can't Have Children, Will I Still Be a Parent in Eternity?
- Infertility and the Promise of Parenthood
- Didn't Jesus Say There Is No Marriage in Heaven?
- Heirship, Grace, and Becoming
- How a young missionary’s viral Instagram post changed my understanding of truth forever
- Identity and Purpose in the Plan
- Marriage and Family in the Resurrection
- What "Ordained of God" Means for the Family
- What Does It Mean to Be an "Heir of Eternal Life"?
- Who Am I, and Why Am I Here?
- Why Is the Family Ordained of God?