What Does Being Married for "Time" in the Temple Mean?

[kaydell]

I was married to my wife, in an LDS Church building, in a ceremony performed by a bishop "for all mortality".

My wife is married to her first husband who was tragically killed in an accident and is thought of as an angel by the people who knew him best, so my wife and I cannot be married for time and eternity on earth unless my wife asked for a cancellation of sealing, which I wouldn't ask her to do.

I understand that my wife and I can also be married in the Salt Lake Temple but only "for time" and not "for eternity".

What would be the benefits of being married for "time" in the temple in addition to being married "for all mortality" in my mom's church building? And what's the difference in the definition of "for time" and "for all mortality" in Mormon Doctrine.

[Lakumi]

I think for time, means this life, since this life would be shorter then the afterlife, so it seems like just "for time"

[skippy740]

What would be the benefits of being married for "time" in the temple in addition to being married "for all mortality" in my mom's church building?

I can't think of any material difference, except that you would be married in the temple, in The House of the Lord. That alone would make it more special than just the meetinghouse.

I am uncertain if you can get married "again" in the temple after having been married elsewhere. It would seem to be a duplication, or a "renewal of vows" kind of thing.

The other benefit: You can still have pictures and teach your children to also get married in the temple, because you did it... even if it's just "for time".

And what's the difference in the definition of "for time" and "for all mortality" in Mormon Doctrine.

I know of no difference. It is essentially "til death do us part".

[ditd]

I am uncertain if you can get married "again" in the temple after having been married elsewhere. It would seem to be a duplication, or a "renewal of vows" kind of thing.

What Skippy said here rings true for me, I believe you can have the ceremony in the Temple for cases where the wife is sealed to her deceased husband and that the ceremony is just for time.

I believe this however is in lieu of having a ceremony in the chapel as opposed to in addition. Ask your bishop to confirm it :) I'm sure he would love to talk to you about it and it's significance!

[Roseslipper]

I didnt think they did marriages for time in the temples any longer....For time means means for this earth life only, like to death due u part.

[skippy740]

Oh yeah, they still do them. No problem there.

[classylady]

I was married to my wife, in an LDS Church building, in a ceremony performed by a bishop "for all mortality".

My wife is married to her first husband who was tragically killed in an accident and is thought of as an angel by the people who knew him best, so my wife and I cannot be married for time and eternity on earth unless my wife asked for a cancellation of sealing, which I wouldn't ask her to do.

I understand that my wife and I can also be married in the Salt Lake Temple but only "for time" and not "for eternity".

What would be the benefits of being married for "time" in the temple in addition to being married "for all mortality" in my mom's church building? And what's the difference in the definition of "for time" and "for all mortality" in Mormon Doctrine.

You are already married for time. That's the same thing as "for all mortality". There is no difference. The temple is not the place to renew vows, because that is basically what you would be requesting.

When a marriage is performed in the temple for "time", there is no eternal sealing. A sealing is eternal. There are no additional blessings given a "time" marriage in the temple, vs. a marriage performed outside the temple. All it does is show that the couple is temple worthy. And, especially here in Utah, it can be a cultural thing/image. A wedding performed for "time" in the temple is no more valid than a marriage performed outside the temple.

I have attended a "time" marriage in a temple, but, it was many years ago. The wife was a widow previously sealed to her first husband, the husband had never been married. It's my understanding that it is now discouraged to do marriages for "time" in the temple. And, in your circumstances where you are already married, it wouldn't even be considered.

[pam]

I have a friend that got married for time in the temple. She was already sealed to someone but she and her new husband wanted their marriage to start off by being married in the temple. So even though they weren't sealed, they enjoyed the temple marriage experience.

[classylady]

I have a friend that got married for time in the temple. She was already sealed to someone but she and her new husband wanted their marriage to start off by being married in the temple. So even though they weren't sealed, they enjoyed the temple marriage experience.

That's the same reason for the marriage for time in the temple that I attended. They wanted to start it off by being married in the temple.

[mordorbund]

If you are endowed, go to the temple and either talk to a member of the temple presidency or to one of the sealers (you can perform proxy sealings if you are endowed, even if you haven't been sealed yourself).

Find out from someone that regularly performs the ordinances what the difference is between marriage sealings "for time' and those "for time and all eternity". (as a bonus, ask about the difference between the those performed for the living and the dead :)).

[onethatislazy]

I was married to my wife, in an LDS Church building, in a ceremony performed by a bishop "for all mortality".

My wife is married to her first husband who was tragically killed in an accident and is thought of as an angel by the people who knew him best, so my wife and I cannot be married for time and eternity on earth unless my wife asked for a cancellation of sealing, which I wouldn't ask her to do.

I understand that my wife and I can also be married in the Salt Lake Temple but only "for time" and not "for eternity".

What would be the benefits of being married for "time" in the temple in addition to being married "for all mortality" in my mom's church building? And what's the difference in the definition of "for time" and "for all mortality" in Mormon Doctrine.

Nothing. Get married civilly publicly or privately in the temple its all the same. (unless you meant "sealings")

Joseph Smith and the early saints got married outside the temple.

This was part of hte doctrine and covenants until removed during Brigham Young presidency.

“All marriages in this church of Christ of Latter Day Saints ... should be solemnized in a public meeting, or feast, prepared for this purpose..."

Read it here.

Times and Seasons Vol 3 :: Nineteenth Century Mormon Publications

[skippy740]

There IS a difference. And that difference is cultural and in being an example to your children.

Take two widowers who decide to marry one another. Why wouldn't they be married 'for time' in the temple? Wouldn't they have a hard time explaining why they didn't to their children? Teach your children to prepare for marriage in the temple... but you don't do it yourself... even if it is "for time"?

I would still be thinking of the example you want to set for your posterity in where you want to be married.