D&C 128:6-18
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Verse 12
The wording of this verse can only be understood to suggest that "the ordinance of baptism for the dead" somehow existed before the "ordinance of baptism by water" for the living, since it claims that the latter was "instituted to form a relationship" with the--therefore--previously existing former. This rather simple, passing claim, however, if taken literally, suggests a radical revision of thinking concerning baptism, and especially concerning the temple: what is baptism, if this is true?
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