Baptism for the Dead

• Hermas, 9th Similitude, 150-159

"Now that seal is the water of baptism into which men go down under the obligation to death, but come up appointed to life. For that reason, to those also was this seal preached, and they made use of it so they might enter the kingdom of God."

• Tad R. Callister, "The Inevitable Apostasy", pp. 236-242

Discussion of the existence of this ordinance in the early church and it's loss via the apostasy.

• Boyd K. Packer, “Come to the Temple,” Ensign, Oct 2007, 18–22

Discusses why baptism for the dead is needed and how it solves an important problem for Christianity. In doing so, it is also a sign of the true church.

Cross-References

• Genealogy
• Redeeming the Dead
• Temple Ordinances