degree of glory

English

Noun

degree of glory (plural degrees of glory)

1. (Mormonism) One of the three eternal dwelling places for all resurrected beings except for the children of perdition; the celestial kingdom being the highest, the terrestrial kingdom being the middle, and the telestial kingdom being the lowest.
   • 2005 April, B. Renato Maldonado, “Messages from the Doctrine and Covenants: The Three Degrees of Glory”, in Ensign‎^[1], pages 62–65:

     The Lord has said that we will be blessed and will live in a degree of glory in the next life according to the eternal laws we obey in mortality.

Synonyms

• kingdom of glory

Translations

One of the three eternal dwelling places for most resurrected beings.

• Interlingua: grado de gloria, regno de gloria

See also

• degree of glory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

“Lesson 23: The Prophet Receives a Vision of the Three Degrees of Glory”, in Primary 5: Doctrine and Covenants: Church History, 1997, page 121