Talk:Degrees of glory

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[edit] Swedenborg

I was shocked when I read this that mention of Swedenborg had been left out. As this is a stub, I went ahead and added a few paragraphs.~~

Two paragraghs is definatelt WP:UNDUE. Please reduce it to 2-3 sentences, or I will take it out. Sethie 17:32, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
I made a few reductions Sethie - down to 3 sentences, how does that look? Descartes1979 17:53, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, looks much better. If there are more sources, Swedenbord and LDS could certainly be it's own article. Sethie 19:32, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merger proposal

The following discussion is archived. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.
The result was merge excluding the article Outer darkness. -- Descartes1979 (talk) 01:22, 13 December 2007 (UTC)


I propose that we merge Celestial kingdom, Terrestrial kingdom, Telestial kingdom, and Outer Darkness into this page. Combined, the article wouldn't be that long, and there seems to be a duplication of ideas across all five of the articles.Descartes1979 (talk) 05:05, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

  • Oppose (part). Specifically, I would not support merging Outer Darkness, as about half the article relates to interpretations in a Christian but non-Latter Day Saint context. Further, Outer Darkness is not a "degree of glory", and it also has an alternate non-permanent meaning, as outlined in the article, so it's not a great fit for merging with this article. Snocrates 05:07, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
    • I can see your point about Outer Darkness, but what about Celestial kingdom, Terrestrial kingdom and Telestial kingdom? Descartes1979 (talk) 15:16, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
    • Also, we could just merge the one section of Outer Darkness that deals with the Latter-Day Saint interpretation. Descartes1979 (talk) 15:24, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
      • I would think that all the Outer Darkness information should remain together in one article, although certainly the LDS aspects should be mentioned if the merge goes forward. I'm neutral on the merger of the "kingdom" articles and would be happy with either merging or keeping separate, whatever the consensus is. Snocrates 21:47, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Neutral I am open either way, with a slight lean towards merge given how redundant the articles are. Sethie (talk) 17:30, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Support - I think the merger makes sense; however, I agree with Snocrates that the Outer Darkness article should remain separate. In LDS doctrine it is not a degree of glory, but something wholly different; it is the absense of all glory or light. --Storm Rider (talk) 23:07, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Support merging of all but Outer Darkness. There is significant redundancy between the other four articles, but further discussion needs to take place before merging Outer Darkness. — Val42 (talk) 19:16, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

It looks like we are getting unilateral support for merging all except Outer Darkness. I will start the process later this week when I get some time. Descartes1979 (talk) 19:59, 12 December 2007 (UTC)


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[edit] Merge Complete, I could use a little help cleaning up

I got some time, and completed the merge. There were a lot more redundancies than I originally thought, so I am even more convinced this was a good idea. The article needs some proofreading though, I think with some final tweaking and references, this could be a really great article. Descartes1979 (talk) 01:16, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Separate Swedenborgism article

I like the combined article, but I'm not entirely satisfied with how the only Wikipedia reference to the celestial kingdom of Swedenborgism is in a Mormon article. I think Swedenborg's kindgom probably deserves its own article. Plus, while the combined article is great, I see nothing wrong with continuing to have less-ambitious sub-articles for each of the three degrees. They will be short "definition"-type articles that relate only information specific to that particular degree. All the deeper discussion and historical context can remain in Degrees of glory. COGDEN 18:58, 5 March 2008 (UTC)