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Joseph Fielding Smith (sixth prophet):
The principle of baptism for the redemption of the dead, with the ordinances appertaining thereto, for the complete salvation and exaltation of those who have died without the gospel, as revealed through Joseph Smith, is alone worth more than all the dogmas of the so-called Christian world combined.
Source: John A. Widtsoe, ed. Gospel Doctrine. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1919. 485.
This doctrine of baptism for the dead is a great doctrine, one of the most glorious doctrines that was revealed to the human family; and there are light, power, glory, honor and immortality in it.
Source: John A. Widtsoe. ed. Discourses of Brigham Young, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1978. 399.
When the origin of this doctrine was introduced, many members performed baptisms that would be invalid today.