Law of Adoption
Doctrine and ordinance binding individuals into eternal family and covenant lineage.
Also known as: Adoption
11 documents · 5 libraries · 1977–2025
Emphasis over time
Peak: 2 documents in 1994
Documents tagged with this topic each year. Libraries cover different years (Liahona starts in 2021), so the rate compares eras more fairly than the count.
Where it lives
- General Conference5 documents
- BYU Studies2 documents
- Religious Educator2 documents
- Interpreter1 document
- Liahona Articles1 document
Latest
General Conference
Cherishing Life (opens in a new tab)
Neil L. Andersen · Apr 2025
Liahona Articles
What Does Paul Mean by “the Spirit of Adoption”? (opens in a new tab)
Aug 2023
Interpreter
John S. Thompson · 2022
General Conference
The Personal Journey of a Child of God (opens in a new tab)
Neil L. Andersen · Apr 2021
Religious Educator
“Line upon Line”: Joseph Smith’s Growing Understanding of the Eternal Family (opens in a new tab)
R. Devan Jensen and Michael A. Goodman and Barbara Morgan Gardner · 2019
Religious Educator
Adoption and Atonement: Becoming Sons and Daughters of Christ (opens in a new tab)
Brian K. Ray · 2005
BYU Studies
“Line upon Line, Precept upon Precept” (opens in a new tab)
Richard E. Bennett · 2005
General Conference
Easter Reflections (opens in a new tab)
Andrew W. Peterson · Apr 1995
BYU Studies
Chapter 1: Small Beginnings (opens in a new tab)
James B. Allen , Jessie L. Embry , and Kahlile Mehr · 1994
Earliest
General Conference
Ministering to Needs through LDS Social Services (opens in a new tab)
J. Richard Clarke · Apr 1977
Most frequent voices
- Neil L. Andersen2 documents
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