Meaning of milk before meat | Babel Free

Definitions

Ideas or doctrines that are simpler or easier to accept (should be taught) before more difficult ones.

Mormonism

Examples

“Under the pretext of giving the world “milk before meat,” the Utah Mormons have tried to justify themselves in the living of an open lie—they were actually practicing polygamy secretly and denying it publicly.”

“They are not to present lessons in calculus to students who must first learn arithmetic; they are not to reveal the mysteries of the kingdom until people believe the first principles: they are to give milk before meat.”

“Paul said we should give milk before meat; systematic teaching is effective as long as we are careful to give both the milk and the meat honestly and correctly.”

“So why is it that some people feel that they must know everything right away concerning religion, and yet in daily life they well understand and accept that it’s milk before meat?”

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