<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (July 2007) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (July 2007) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Sealing is an ordinance (ritual) performed in Latter Day Saint temples by a person holding the sealing authority . The purpose of this ordinance is to seal familial relationships, making possible the existence of family relationships throughout eternity . LDS teachings place great importance on the specific authority required to perform these sealings . Church doctrine teaches that this authority, called the Priesthood, corresponds to that given to Saint Peter in Matthew 16: 19 . </P> <P> Sealings are typically performed as marriages or as sealing of children to parents . They were performed prior to the death of Joseph Smith (the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement), and are currently performed in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints . Although some denominations, such as the Community of Christ, view sealing as an artifact of Smith's practice of plural marriage, others do still perform them . </P>

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