Orson Pratt Quotes

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• If, after a rigid examination, it be found an imposition, it should be extensively published to the world as such; the evidences and arguments on…
• Convince us of our errors of doctrine, if we have any, by reason, by logical arguments, or by the Word of God, and we will…
• This law of monogamy, or the monogamic system, laid the foundation for prostitution and the evils and diseases of the most revolting nature and character…
• Baptism is just as essential to salvation, as Faith and Repentance. Without being immersed in water no man can enter into the fullness of Celestial…
• It was seldom that I attended any religious meetings, as my parents had not much faith in and were never so unfortunate as to unite…
• The Godhead consists of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Father is a material being.
• The kingdom of God is an order of government established by divine authority. It is the only legal government that can exist in any part…
• Each atom of the Holy Spirit is intelligent, and like all other matter has solidity, form, and size, and occupies space.
• All the modern christian churches have no more authority to preach, baptize, or administer any other ordinance of the gospel than the idolatrous Hindoos have
• An order of government, established by such an all-wise, powerful being, must be good and perfect, and must be calculated to promote the permanent peace,…
• Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the…
• At various times during the last four thousand years God has asserted his rights and endeavoured to establish his own authority, his own laws, and…
• God is a spirit. A spirit is as much matter as oxygen or hydrogen
• Do not suffer any man to baptize or minister unto you, unless God has spoken unto him by the voice of his servants, and authorized…
• God is the King. In him exists all legal authority
• I was ordained one of the standing High Council in Zion, under the hands of President Joseph Smith
• If God had sufficient wisdom and power to construct such a beautiful world as this, then we must admit that his wisdom and power are…
• It is a grievous sin in the sight of God for any man to presume to baptize, unless God has authorized him by new revelation…
• Noah and his family were the only loyal and obedient subjects to the legal power: they alone were saved
• On the 1st day of December, 1830, I was confirmed, and in accordance with the word of the Lord I was ordained an Elder under…

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