Wilford Woodruff urges caution in allowing baptisms for the dead.

Date
Sep 5, 1887
Type
Letter
Source
Wilford Woodruff
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reprint
Reference

Wilford Woodruff, Letter to Marriner W. Merrill, September 5, 1887, in Devery Anderson, The Development of LDS Temple Worship (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2011), 68

Scribe/Publisher
Signature Books
People
Wilford Woodruff, Marriner W. Merrill
Audience
Marriner W. Merrill
Transcription

People must not be permitted to follow their whims in being baptized for any and every body whom they may choose to officiate for; and persons should be questioned upon this subject of being baptized for those not of their kin. We are satisfied that no man has a right outside of his own kindred to attend to ordinances for the dead without consultation and permission from the Presiding Authority of the Church.

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