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In the Church today, faithful women and men all over the world continue to serve in the temple and find strength in the blessings that can be received only through temple ordinances.

Relief Society helps sisters strengthen homes and families, thus helping to accomplish one of the fundamental purposes of the priesthood. The priesthood is the power and the priesthood line is the means provided by the Lord to support the family. Elder Dallin H. Only this relationship culminates in exaltation. The sealing ordinance binds husband and wife to each other, to their children, and to their Father in Heaven.

Adam and Eve had a unified covenant relationship. When a husband and wife are blessed with the opportunity to be parents, they share a solemn responsibility to help their children understand and receive priesthood ordinances and covenants.

Elder Bruce R. McConkie of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles taught:. She heard all that Adam said. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners.

Disability, death, or other circumstances may necessitate individual adaptation. Extended families should lend support when needed. Latter-day Saints all over the world follow this counsel in simple but powerful ways. Husbands and wives gather their children to pray and read the scriptures.

In many homes, parents establish a special place—perhaps a simple shelf—where they keep scriptures and other Church resources. They teach the gospel through their words and their examples. They help their children prepare to receive the blessings of the temple, serve full-time missions, establish homes of their own, and continue serving in the Church.

Like Adam and Eve, they share the responsibilities to teach, to pray, to serve, and to worship the Lord. In some cases, a husband or wife may feel alone in these responsibilities because their spouse has not made covenants or has strayed from covenants that have been made. Even in these situations, faithful family members need not feel alone. They are blessed and strengthened through the priesthood ordinances they have received and the covenants they keep.

They can also call upon the support of extended family members and other Latter-day Saints. Relief Society supports women as they nurture their children. Many Latter-day Saints have never been married. Others are single because of the death of a spouse, abandonment, or divorce. Like all members of the Church, these members will be blessed as they remain faithful to their covenants and do all they can to strive for the ideal of living in an eternal family.

They can enjoy the blessings, strength, and influence of the priesthood in their lives and homes through the ordinances they have received and the covenants they keep. Oaks told of the faithfulness of his mother, who was widowed at a young age. Having been sealed to her husband in the temple, she did not consider herself single; nevertheless, she had to rear her three children alone.

Elder Oaks recalled:. I was the oldest of three small children our widowed mother struggled to raise. When I was ordained a deacon, she said how pleased she was to have a priesthood holder in the home. But Mother continued to direct the family, including calling on which one of us would pray when we knelt together each morning. She had no priesthood office, but as the surviving parent in her marriage she had become the governing officer in her family. At the same time, she was always totally respectful of the priesthood authority of our bishop and other Church leaders.

She presided over her family, but they presided over the Church. She always honored the position of our deceased father. She made him a presence in our home. She spoke of the eternal duration of their temple marriage. Under these circumstances, it was difficult for me to leave home for two years, but I went.

She needed and appreciated the special attention she received from men who held the priesthood—her father and brothers, her home teachers, other men in the ward.

However, her greatest strength came from the Lord Himself. She did not have to wait for a visit in order to have the blessings of the priesthood in her home, and when visitors left, those blessings did not leave with them.

Because she was faithful to the covenants she had made in the waters of baptism and in the temple, she always had the blessings of the priesthood in her life. The Lord gave her inspiration and strength beyond her own capacity, and she raised children who now keep the same covenants that have sustained her. Second edition issued Electronic version of 2nd ed.

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Comments in Avraham Biran ed. What exactly were the effects of their captivity? Groll ed. Gerald Bradford, ed. Review of Brent L. Posted on the Meridian Magazine web site, Subsequently posted on the Meridian Magazine web site, A revised version appeared as chapter 19 in my book The Most Correct Book. Ludlow et al. Presented at the 30th annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. A briefer version was published in Provo Sun , 9 April Jan Wilson. Originally presented as paper at the 30th annual Symposium on the Archaeology of the Scriptures and Allied Fields, 26 September Posted on the Ancient American Foundation web site.

Can you give me some background on this statement? Simultaneously published in John F. Hall and John W. Reprinted in Orem Daily Journal , 16 May Parry, Daniel C. Peterson, and Stephen D. Ricks, eds. I wrote the commentaries of the biblical Johannine literature gospel of John, Revelation, and the epistles attributed to John , in Kevin L. Barney, ed. Chapters and Appendix: Foreword Introduction. Chapters and Appendices: Introduction by H. Curtis Wright.

Bokovoy Salt Lake City: Heritage, Mormon organization begins with and remains anchored to the visionary experiences and directives of Joseph Smith and his successors. John W. Welch with Erick B. See also John A. Other studies which are useful for understanding the foundational structures are Neil K. James B. Allen and Glen M. Leonard, The Story of the Latter-day Saints , 2nd ed.

Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, , the best one-volume history of the Church, devotes adequate space to the unfolding story of the Church administration. A useful guide to the published work on Mormon ecclesiastical history can be found through various topics in James B. Allen, Ronald W. Walker, and David J.

A detailed account of the earliest years is Larry C. The development of Mormon leadership from a loose, somewhat informal grouping to a more formal hierarchy is detailed in D. See also Wesley P. Reid L. Neilson and Terryl L. Larry C. See also the study by Gregory A. Backman Jr.

Lyndon W. Early economic organizations growing out of the doctrines of consecration and stewardship and showing the close connection between temporal and spiritual matters in the Church are described in Leonard J. Arrington, Dean L.

The later nineteenth-century developments and their interweaving into all aspects of temporal Mormonism are analyzed in Leonard J. The Kirtland Bank as a Church organizational entity is detailed in D. Hill, C. Keith Rooker, and Larry T. A larger view of the Kirtland conflict is presented in Marvin S. Early Mormon city planning as evidenced in the Mormon village is detailed in Richard H. While the ward replaced the village ideal in the twentieth century, the goals have remained the same.

See Wilburn D. The so-called Danite Band in the late Missouri period is considered from an apologetic perspective in Leland H. John M. Lundquist and Stephen D. Clark, A study focusing on the Philadelphia area and its leader is David J. The succession crisis. While recent study shows that the most immediately viable leadership mode was by the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, their position at the time was not publicly obvious to everyone.

This public administrative uncertainty helps explain other leadership claims after Essays specifically addressing the special blessing motif are D.

Both essays were written with the assumption that a recently found account of the blessing was authentic, but the item turned out to be a Mark Hofmann forgery. These are included here because there were special blessings or rumors of such when Joseph Smith was alive, and these, no doubt, will be the topic of future research.

The semisecret Council of Fifty, organized by Joseph Smith in and for years thought to be the real administrative and political power behind the scenes, has been the subject of a number of studies.

The first were James R. In the most scholarly study appeared: Klaus J. All these presented a monolithic model of a religio-political machine actively seeking for world domination. See also Marvin S. All of this must remain speculative until the original minute book of the Council of Fifty, owned by the Church, is made available for research.

Andrew F. For more information on those Joseph Smith invited into this initial select group, see Devery S. Devery S. Ronald K. Allen, Ronald K. Esplin, and David J.

Other studies of apostolic-prophetic succession include Reed C. Durham Jr. Roberts, Succession in the Presidency of the Church , 2nd ed. Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon and Sons, ; Hoyt W. Brewster Jr.

Top and Lawrence R. Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and Kent P. For accounts of the August conference and the key role of Brigham Young, see the essay by Ronald W. Walker in this volume. A useful introduction to those individuals and groups who did not follow the Church west with Brigham Young is Steven L. Shields, Divergent Paths of the Restoration , 3rd ed. Newell G. Bringhurst and John C. Most of the dissenters were unable to sustain a viable organization, and thus few of the new churches survived the death of their founders.

The complex history of modern fundamentalism, dating from the era when the practice of plural marriage was abandoned by the Church, is detailed in Brian C. No complete study exists that deals with Brigham Young as an administrator. Susan Easton Black and Larry C. The first appearance of catechisms for teaching the children of Mormon families first appeared during this time. They were published by John Jaques, Catechism for Children.

Liverpool: Franklin D. Richards, They were printed in large editions into the s. Madsen , ed. Donald W. Perry, Daniel C. Peterson, and Stephen D. For a useful introduction of administrative structures in England, see William G. Richard L. Jensen and Malcolm R. Arrington and Ronald K. Leonard J. From personal observation, non-Mormon Elizabeth W. Greater detail is given in Leonard J. See also Ronald K. Don E.

Norton and Shirley S. Aaronic Priesthood callings, held mostly by adult males during this period, are detailed in William G. Also valuable are the essays on Bishop Edward Hunter by William Hartley and on Elijah Sheets, the longest-serving bishop in Mormon history forty-eight years! Cannon and David J. Whittaker, eds. The influence of Thomas L. Kane, a non-Mormon adviser to Brigham Young, on such areas as education and finances is suggested in David J.

William G. Specialized studies which illuminate changes and tensions in LDS administrative history during this period include Thomas G. Jorgensen and B. See also B. Church financial and administrative challenges during this period are surveyed in Leonard J. Smith are detailed in David J. Charles L. Cohen and Paul S. Some of the basic information is presented in Richard O.

Another useful volume of information is Richard O. Cowan and Wilson K. For example, the Methodist Sunday School program was brought into the Church by British converts and remains an important program today. Another study of the impact of non-Mormon programs on the Church is found in Thomas G.

Richard O. Cowan looks at important developments under Heber J. The leadership of the eighth President of the Church is studied in Glen R. See also F. The best place to begin to study the developments from the s on is with Arrington, Fox, and May, Building the City of God , — Roosevelt rather than as alternative to them.

See also Albert L. Arrington and Wayne K. Recent activities of the Church in such areas as international relief for victims of earthquakes or floods, or in the work of the recently established Perpetual Education Fund are clearly building on earlier examples and divine directives.

An early examination of the modern temporal affairs of the Church was E. Recent overviews are Leonard J. See further D. Some of the background is described in Jerry J. A more millennial interpretation is given in Dale C. Other studies include John P. Fugal, comp. An especially valuable study is Bruce D. See also Carol H. Cannon, comp.

Armand L. Mauss has studied the background and consequences some intentional, some not of the correlation program on all levels of Church administration and membership in The Angel and the Beehive: The Mormon Struggle with Assimilation Urbana: University of Illinois Press, Marvin S.

Hill and James B. Allen New York: Harper and Row, , — The extending of the priesthood to all worthy males June is treated historically and sociologically in a volume of collected essays: Lester E. Bush Jr.

Mauss, eds. The larger story is presented in Armand L. Reflections on the recent developments to simplify Church programs are James B. Lynn England and Marie Cornwall in the same issue. See also John P. While there are important reasons for the simplifying of Church meetings and activities to a three-hour block on Sunday, Armand Mauss has argued that the reduction in Church meetings, which in the past could require almost daily Church meetings and activities has significantly challenged and thereby weakened the Mormon historic sense of community.

Walker, David J. Whittaker, and James B. The earliest material can be found in the revelations and addresses of Joseph Smith. These include several key sections of the Doctrine and Covenants: 13, 20, 84, , —, , , —29, Several unpublished revelations of Joseph Smith are also important, including those dated March in Newel K.

Whitney Collection, L. Woodford, and Steven C. Harper, eds. Dean C. Jessee, Ronald K. Many can be found in Andrew F. Ehat and Lyndon W. Cook, comps. There are also his more private addresses to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, many of which are contained in the journals and notebooks of Willard Richards and Wilford Woodruff, manuscripts in the Church History Library.

One of the earliest and perhaps the most influential was Parley P. Liverpool: R. Richard S. Van Wagoner, 5 vols. Administrative record books, financial records, and extensive correspondence will provide some future historian all the material needed to tell the full story.

Writers and editors of Church publications had tried at various times to address various questions relating to Church governance. More lengthy works which addressed administrative questions included John Jaques, Catechism for Children. James, — Clark, ed. Addresses of Church leaders after about were printed as Conference Reports, at first irregularly, but generally twice a year after to the present.

In more recent years, the May and November issues of the Ensign are devoted to the April and October conferences respectively. Reports were also published for the Area Conferences held throughout the world in the s. Important studies include Jay R. One of the key factors in the vitality of the Church is the notion of living prophets, leaders that hold the keys of authority and revelation.

General conference has been one of the major channels of the institutional glue for the Mormon community, a biannual meeting of all members where counsel, direction, new programs, and spiritual food are offered to the membership.

See also D. Members regularly sustain their leaders by voting in Church meetings and conferences. But the notion of giving approval to the decisions always implies the option to not give it. For the larger picture, see Wilson K. The topics of discipleship and dissent are also treated in Robert A.

Thus the first Church handbooks began to appear at this time. The important work of Joseph B. Keeler must be seen in this light. Several of these works went through many editions and were even adopted as manuals for the Aaronic Priesthood by the Church.

Widtsoe, comp. Priesthood quorums of the Church at first selected their own course of study. Since the s, the Church has issued manuals for study in the priesthood quorums. Most recently, they have focused on the teachings of the presidents of the Church. McConkie Jr. Lee Library. A detailed index to the ten volumes of the Priesthood Bulletin prepared by Thomas G.

Alexander is available in the L. Manuals remain important guidelines for leaders throughout the Church, but they are never to take the place of the scriptures or the critical role of continuing revelation in the Church.

There are principles of the gospel underlying every phase of Church administration. General Authorities. In addition to the thesis and dissertation by D. Thus most of the biographies written of General Authorities have lacked detailed information on administrative history.

The exceptions are worth noting: D. Michael Quinn, J. Homer Durham, N. Prince and Wm. Robert Wright, David O. Kimball and Andrew E.