Article IV, Baptism for the Dead LDS Apostle James Talmage discussed baptism for the dead in the Articles of Faith (A. of F.) on p. 145, by saying, “The universality of the law of baptism has been already dwelt upon. Compliance with the ordinance has been shown to be essential to salvation, and this condition applies to all mankind. Nowhere in scripture is a distinction made in this regard between the living and the dead. The dead are those who have lived in mortality upon