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Church’s Doctrine on Chastity Will Never Change


ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS

  • The Church’s doctrine regarding chastity and marriage is unchanged and won’t change.
  • “Tolerance does not mean forcing someone to condone what they in good conscience cannot condone.”
  • The Church is committed to treating all with respect and rejects any form of persecution.
“We have urged our bishops and stake presidents and our members generally—and continue to urge them—to show love, to treat people with respect, to try to do all in their power to keep them close to the Church, to pray with them, to weep with them, to seek the way forward,” he said. “And not just individuals, but family members and even extended family. Over time the Lord can guide each individual and their loved ones into a path where they make a positive contribution and feel fulfillment and spiritual development in their own lives.”

All worthy members can “have the companionship of the Holy Ghost and reap the benefits of spiritual gifts that are possible here and now, recognizing that no blessing in the end is withheld from any faithful individual.”

However, he said, when someone chooses to lay aside the basic standards and commandments of the gospel, transgressions and sins must be addressed. “It is not love to ignore disobedience to the Lord’s law and gospel principles.”

Read entire article at: https://www.lds.org/church/news/churchs-doctrine-on-chastity-will-never-change-says-elder-christofferson?cid=HPTH020515638&lang=eng