Orson Pratt Quotes about Jesus

I discover that some of the Eastern papers represent me as a great blasphemer, because I said, in my lecture on Marriage, at our last Conference, that Jesus Christ was married at Cana of Galilee, that Mary, Martha, and

I discover that some of the Eastern papers represent me as a great blasphemer, because I said, in my lecture on Marriage, at our last Conference, that Jesus Christ was married at Cana of Galilee, that Mary, Martha, and others were his wives, and that he begat children.

Orson Pratt

Jesus, Children, Wife

"Journal of discourses. By B. Young [and others]. Reported by G.D. Watt [and others]". Book edited by George D. Watt, 1855.

God has told us Latter-day Saints that we shall be condemned if we do not enter into that principle of polygamy; and yet I have heard now and then (I am very glad to say that only a low such instances have come under my notice) a brother or a sister say, 'I am a Latter-day Saint, but I do not believe in polygamy.' Oh, what an absurd expression! What an absurd idea! A person might as well say, 'I am a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, but I do not believe in him.'

Orson Pratt

Brother, Jesus, Believe

Jesus appeared unto the ancient Nephites, in the northern part of what we call South America.

Orson Pratt

Jesus, America, Ancient

"The Seer", Volume 1, Number 2, (p. 26-27), 1853.

We have now clearly shown that God the Father had a plurality of wives, one or more being in eternity, by whom He begat our spirits as well as the Spirit of Jesus His first Born.

Orson Pratt

Jesus, Father, Wife