Celestial Marriage is a doctrine particular to the Mormon religious movement. It is variously described as an "ordinance" and a "covenant". Whether it is plural or monogamous is not clearly agreed upon. Mormon fundamentalists cleave to the traditional interpretation that connects the two (i.e. plural and celestial marriage) while the LDS Church, well... that remains to be elicited from them by careful, precise questioning. While plural marriage is eschewed today, as it has been since The Manifesto (the 1890 Official Declaration by then LDS President Wilford Woodruff ending the sanction for plural marriage), it is suggested that it, Celestial Marriage as plural marriage, will be reinstated or recommence after the Second Coming.

External Links

• Celestial Marriage - Search results from Mormon scripture done on the Official LDS website.

• The Celestial Principle of Marriage - A British? Mormon fundamentist site expounding on the various concepts of marriage in Mormon tradition.

• Celestial Plural Marriage References - an American Mormon fundamentalist site with a long collection of references to Celestial Marriage and its connection or non-connection with Plural Marriage.

• Celestial Marriage - Two articles by Bill McKeever from an Christian evangelistic site. With allowances made for their "anti-Mormon" Christian POV, there are useful references for getting a handle on this subject.