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149 Cards in this Set
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Joseph Smith
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Restored Translator
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Brigham Young
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Colonizer
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John Taylor-fact
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Only foreign born president of church
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John Taylor theme
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defender of the faith
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Wilford Woodruff
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Missionary
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Lorenzo Snow
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Tithing
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Joseph F. Smith
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Doctrine
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Heber J. Grant
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Persistence
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George Albert Smith
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Unconditional Love
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David O. McKay
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Education
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Joseph Fielding Smith
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Church Historian
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Harold B. Lee
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Priesthood Correlation
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Spencer W. Kimball
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Lengthen Stride
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Ezra Taft Benson
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Book of Mormon
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Howard W. Hunter-theme
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Become Christ-like
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Howard W. Hunter-fact
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Shortest presidency of all the prophets
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Gordon B. Hinckley
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Temple Building
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Fell in love with girl on other side of the train tracks
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President Monson
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Work in Germany during communist era
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President Monson
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Conselor to 3 presidents
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President Monson
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great humanitarian, welfare advocate
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President Monson
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educator: stanford professor, president of Ricks College
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President Eyring
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Born in same year as Elders Holland and Cook
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President Uchtdorf
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Artist, painter, woodworker
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President Packer
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"Defender of the faith"
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President Packer
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Father of 10
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President Packer
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Educator: church education system
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President Packer
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Motivator, enthusiastic
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Elder L. Tom Perry
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Domestic businessman
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Elder L. Tom Perry
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1st wife Virginia, remarried Barbara Dayton
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Elder L. Tom Perry
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Oldest living apostle
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Elder L. Tom Perry
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9 daughters, 1 son
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Elder Nelson
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Operated on President Kimball
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Elder Nelson
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Dantzel died, remarried Wendy Watson
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Elder Nelson
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Father died when 7
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Elder Oaks
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Utah Supreme Court Justice
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Elder Oaks
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Threatened by a gun-wielding youth
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Elder Oaks
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Wife-June died, remarried Kristen McMain
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Elder Oaks
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Auto Dealer-Edsel
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Elder Ballard
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Descendant of Hyrum Smith
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Elder Ballard
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Expert on missionary work and Church councils
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Elder Ballard
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Key role in preach my gospel
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Elder Ballard
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Nuclear Physics Navy
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Elder Scott
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Soft-spoken, loving yet direct leader
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Elder Scott
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Wife Jeanene died, never remarried
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Elder Scott
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Exceptional language skills used in General Conference
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Elder Scott
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Harvard grad, international business leader
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Elder Hales
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Home teaching visit to sister ill with cancer
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Elder Hales
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Heart attack in 1991
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Elder Hales
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Coordinated Church Olympic 2002 events
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Elder Hales
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Yale grad
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Elder Holland
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Great orator
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Elder Holland
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President of BYU
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Elder Holland
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Only apostle called by President Hunter
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Elder Holland
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Born in California
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Elder Bednar
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Raised in a part member family
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Elder Bednar
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Taught at several universities
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Elder Bednar
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First president of BYU-I
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Elder Bednar
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Great great grandson of Heber C. Kimball
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Elder Cook
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Lawyer, president of healthcare corp
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Elder Cook
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Stanford and meeting with President Eyring
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Elder Cook
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Mission companion to Elder Holland
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Elder Cook
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Unusual experience with testimony
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Elder Christofferson
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His mission president was Elder Scott
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Elder Christofferson
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Duke Law School Graduate
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Elder Christofferson
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Involved in Watergate proceedings
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Elder Christofferson
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Harvard MBA
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Elder Andersen
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Health care industry expert
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Elder Andersen
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Presided over same mission he served in during his youth-Bordeaux France
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Elder Andersen
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Apostles called in April 1984
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Elders Nelson, Oaks
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Apostles called in October 2004
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Elders Uchtdorf, Bednar
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All 3 members of the 1st presidency
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served in the military
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1. One who under direction of the Lord, brings forth new or forgotten truth is by definition:
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a revelator and a prophet
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2. The most senior special witness today according to date of ordination is
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President Monson
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3. President Monson cared for about how many widows in his ward when he was bishop?
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85
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4. The keys of the priesthood are the right and power of the presidency and those who hold them are empowered to direct the manner in which others use their priesthood
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True
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5. As a quorum the 12 become equal in authority and the presiding quorum of the Church only when there is no First presidency
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True
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6. The leader who challenged a renowned British jurist to believe in modern prophets ahead of WWII was
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Hugh B. Brown
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7. When church leader was called, time interval between presidencies was reduced drastically and this pattern of brief breaks between presidencies has been followed ever since:
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a. President Lorenzo Snow
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8. Which section in D&C discusses authority of the Quorums of the first presidency, 12 and 70?
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a. 107
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9. Keys of the priesthood
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Are held in their fullness by the president of the church only, are power of directing labors of the priesthood for the entire church
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10. Supreme governing power of the church vested in
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The first presidency
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11. A seer is
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A distinct class of prophets, one who sees or one who looks, a predictor or foreteller
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12. 14 fundamentals given by
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Ezra Taft Benson
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13. Surely the Lord God will do nothing but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets
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Amos 3:7
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14. Who do we sustain as prophets, seers and revelators
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The president of the church and his counselors, all members of the quorum of the 12
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15. The president of the church is the prophet to the whole world not just the church
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True
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16. All faithful members can act as revelators in a general sense
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False
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List of 12 in order
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Packer
Perry Nelson Oaks Ballard Scott Hales Holland Bednar Cook Christofferson Andersen |
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Whatever god requires is right, no matter what it is, although we may not see the reason thereof until long after the events transpire
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Joseph Smith
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Testifies of the importance of prophets
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D&C 1:37-38
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Difference between blind obedience and faith obedience
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knowing for oneself that the instruction is from God
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Need for the world to know that prophets walk the earth today
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harkening or having a listening ear
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Many are prone to garnish the sepulchers of yesterday's prophets and mentally stone the living ones
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President Kimball
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Prophet
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testator, teacher, pro-claimer, forth-teller
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Seer
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one who looks, fore-teller, urim and thummin
Also prophets |
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Revelator
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one who brings forth new or forgotten truths
Also prophets |
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President of the church
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presides over whole church, has a calling to the world
holds all keys in their fullness can delegate |
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Keys vs. authority
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Can have keys to something, but don't have the authority to use them-don't have them in their fulness
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Speaks for the church
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President only
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Divine guarantee
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specific to the president
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credentials for prophet?
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no! other than he is called of God
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Apostles at time of Church?
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Yes Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery
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dates of organization for first presidency
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1832
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dates of organization for 12
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1835
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12 Act under...
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1st presidency
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dates of organization for 70
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1835
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How long before organization of a new presidency?
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a few days
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solemn assembly-
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special sustaining at the next general conference of the president
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Succession periods longer for
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first 3 successions
Brigham Young, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff |
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No supposing principle
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Senior apostle automatically becomes the presiding officer of the Church
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First use of common consent
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1860
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Common consent found in
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D&C 26:12
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Blessings of common consent
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individual, institutional, safety mechanism
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is it ever permissible to withhold a sustaining vote?
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yes if there is a good reason
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sustaining means
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to follow
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measure of our conversion
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our follower ship
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Samuel principle
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Hearken unto the voice of the
people in all that they say unto thee nomination is right with the Lord |
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Scripture
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the sacred writings of a religion
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standard to measure
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standard works
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process of canonization
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unanimous recommendation from presidency, 12
members ratify |
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LDS canon
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BOM, Pearl of Great Price, Bible, D&C, current teachings of the prophets
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Are hymnal, general conference talks scripture?
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Yes they are scripture in a general way
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Are proclamation of the family, living christ scripture?
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not in standard works, unsure if it will be
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LDS scripture def
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any message written or spoken from God to man by the Holy Ghost is scripture
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value of canonized vs. non canonized scripture
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canonized scripture is the norm or standard against which all other teachings are to be measured
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3 part test for recognizing when speakers are inspired
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is it in harmony with the standard works?
is it in harmony with the teachings of the living prophet is it in harmony with the witness of the holy ghost |
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role of church president in modifying canon
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is the only one that has authority to proclaim new scripture
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most vital scripture is
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current scripture
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general conferences through time
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Adam-ondi-Ahman, Adam
Christ and Sermon on the mount King Benjamin Joseph Smith and the organizational meeting of the church |
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Key purposes of General Conference
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to transact church business
to receive reports and church statistics and commend true merit to approve or disapprove names proposed to receive revelation, inspired instruction and counsel to proclaim the gospel to the world to bring a spiritual revival and personal re-dedication |
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how to gain the most out of general conference
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make personal spiritual preparation
listen carefully to the speakers and the spirit diligently study the conference issue of the ensign hearken to the words of the prophets |
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Haun's Mill shows
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consequences of disregarding the prophets counsel
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Ephriam Hanks stories:
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house, beard, handcart
obeying prophets counsel |
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patterns of apostasy
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murmuring, criticism, and rebellion
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Reasons people reject prophets
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obscurity of prophets' background
lack of academic credentials or professional training familiarity with their failings slow of speech |
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inappropriate intellectualism
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saying that the doctrine does not support science, and denying it for that reason
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steadying the ark
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people feel need to counsel the prophets and seek to shape the church and its practices after their own pattern
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agency gift of
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atonement
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Keys of the mysteries of the kingdom
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the man who rises to condemn others, finds fault with the church, is on the high road to apostasy, and if he doesn't repent will apostatize
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"the man who rises to condemn others, finds fault with the church, is on the high road to apostasy, and if he doesn't repent will apostatize "
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Joseph Smith
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Thomas Marsh
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Took offense, criticized the prophet, caused the spiritual wound to fester until he was infected, left the church
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Arabella, Stanford Smith
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Hole in the Rock
sacrifice of everything they had, their family, personal safety in order to be true to their covenants-sustaining the prophet |
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Hardly escaping the world
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Hard to see past the physical, perspective of life but you must to see the Lord's perspective
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Topics most concerned with
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addressed by current general authorities
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current issues
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doctrines don't change but application of them can
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President Hinckley died
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January 2008
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Elder Wirthlin died
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December 2008
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Elder Andersen called
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April 2009
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