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Orson Pratt, Sr. (September 19, 1811 – October 3, 1881) was an American mathematician and religious leader who was an original member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles of the Church of the Latter Day Saints. He became a member of the Quorum of the Twelve of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and was a leading Mormon theologian and writer until his death.

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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.

Born, Clearly, Father, Jesus, Spirit, Wife

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 themselves with any of the religious sects.

Faith, Parent, Parents, Religious

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 to baptize in his name

Man, Men, Names, Revelation, Sight, Sin

If a person trains his mind to walk in the spirit, and brings his whole mind to bear upon its operations, and upon the principles of faith which are calculated to put him in possession of the power of God, how much greater will be his faculties for obtaining knowledge. . . .

Bears, Brings, Faith, Mind, Possession, Walk

If we should take a million of worlds like this and number their particles, we should find that there are more Gods than there are particles of matter in those worlds.

Matter, Million, Numbers, World, Worlds

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 the hands of the Prophet

Confirmed, December, Hands, Lord

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 kingdom of God

Attempting, Law, Officers, People, Rebellion, Uprising

The system of idolatry, invented by modern christianity, far surpasses in absurdity anything that we have ever heard of

Absurdity, Christianity, Good Christian, Invented, Modern

God the Father and God the Son cannot be everywhere present; indeed they cannot be even in two places at the same instant: but God the Holy Spirit is omnipresent - it extends through all space, with all other matter.

Father, God, Instant, Matter, Same, Son

The true God He has extension, and form, and dimensions. He occupies space; has a body, parts, and passions; can go from place to place. He can eat, drink, and talk

Body, Parts, Passion, Passions, Place, Space

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 him to minister in his name

Men, Names, Voice, Authorized, Servants, Man

God is the King. In him exists all legal authority

Authority, God, King, Kings, Legal

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

Christian, Church, Churches, Gospel, Idolatrous, Modern

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.

Children, Jesus, Marriage, Wife, Wives

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 under which modern Christendom groans.

Character, Diseases, Evil, Foundation, Law, System

I was ordained one of the standing High Council in Zion, under the hands of President Joseph Smith

Hands, Joseph, President, Smith, Standing, Zion

Noah and his family were the only loyal and obedient subjects to the legal power: they alone were saved

Alone, Family, Loyal, Noah, Saved, Subjects

Each atom of the Holy Spirit is intelligent, and like all other matter has solidity, form, and size, and occupies space.

Atoms, Intelligent, Solidity, Space

Some of the nations of Europe who believe in the one wife system have actually forbidden a plurality of wives by their laws; and the consequences are that the whole country among them is overrun with the most abominable practices: adulteries and unlawful connections through all their villages, towns, cities, and country places to a most fearful extent.

Believe, Country, Europe, Fearful, Practices

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, happiness, and well-being of all his subjects

Happiness, Peace, Permanent, Powerful, Wise

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