Are There Names For The 3 Degrees Of Celestial Heaven?

[structurecop]

As far of the 1800's Interpretations, do you have any refrences for those from reliable church documents or scripture. I am unfamiliar with them.

Try Doctrine and Covenants 132.

[Mola Ram Suda Ram]

Try Doctrine and Covenants 132.

Right. I was mainly intrested in the part about the middle level of the CK being for monogomous marriages. I had never heard that. I always understood marriage to be marriage, even if you had more than one wife, just as long as you had one. Also the principle that is applied is that you have to be willing to enter in to polygamous marriage not that it actually had to take place. Yes?

[John Williams]

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[Zakuska]

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[Mola Ram Suda Ram]

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Ha! or west jordan.

[consiglieri]

Hi no sukai.

Tsuki no sukai.

Hoshi no sukai.

(Did I get that right? Geez, now I'm asking questions about the right names!)

[LifeOnaPlate]

I think a lot of what gets taught in Church depends on what is most necessary for that time.

At the time of the revelation concerning the three levels of the CK, it was necessary to create gradations in the CK because the requirements to enter the CK had already been established, but now there needed to be an impetus for polygamy. You couldn't go back and say that polygamy was essential for entry to the CK, so there had to be a degree within the CK that could only be attained via polygamy, while still accounting for all those who attained the CK but didn't participate in polygamy.

Now that we no longer practice polygamy, we don't need to discuss these gradations. It's an especially touchy subject since now the Church is bending over backwards to make the single adult members feel special and comfortable with their non-married status, when the doctrine states that they will end up as "ministering angels" to those who were able to get married. It's more comforting to believe that single people will find a mate (and everlasting happiness) after this life, and will not be denied any blessing just because they were single. But this is a relatively recent invention, and totally foreign to the "get sealed in this life or else..." thinking of the 1800's.

But to answer the original post, here are the specific gradations of the Celestial Kingdom:

1800's

Lower - Single people

Middle - Monogamous marriages

Higher - Polygamous marriages

Can you quote a source on this here in the thread? Thanks.

I should add, interestingly, perhaps if this interpretation was true, why would they have to represent gradations of best to worst, rather than a linear equality, different position? Interesting stuff.

I can't wait to see the sources and read up on it, thanks!