Sealing

• D&C 2

..."the hearts of the children shall turn to their fathers."

"If it were not so, the whole earth would be utterly wasted at his coming."

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

"The sealing ordinance is that ordinance which binds families eternally. Temple marriage is a sealing ordinance. Children born to couples sealed in the temple are born in the covenant. When a couple has been married in a civil ceremony and then sealed in the temple a year or more later, children not born in the covenant are sealed to the couple in a brief and sacred ordinance."

• James A. Cullimore, "What happens when a couple gets a temple divorce? What happens to the children in the next life?", New Era, Dec 1975

When a temple sealing is canceled, sealed children remain sealed to their parents.

• "If my parents were sealed in the temple and then got divorced, which one am I sealed to?", New Era, Aug 2015

When a temple sealing is canceled, sealed children remain sealed to their parents.

Cross-References

• Genealogy
• Marriage
• Ordinances