It is an article of faith to Mormons today that there is a living prophet standing at the head of the church to receive revelations from the Lord himself. The words of the First Presidency and Twelve Apostles given at general conference every six months are promoted as being the word of th...
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its absence as 0. The start year is the year of the introduction of semi-presidentialism in the constitution if the date is on or before 30 June. If the start date is 1 July or later, then the following year is recorded as the first full year of semi-presidentialism. The end date is...
Monson was ordained an LDS apostle at age 36, served in the First Presidency under three church presidents, and was the President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles from March 12, 1995, until he became President of the Church on February 3, 2008. He succeeded Gordon B. Hinckley as ...
the same time some two or three million of our people are held as slaves for life, because the spirit in them is covered with a darker skin than ours. Government officers, who are nothing more nor less than the servants of the people, ought to be directed to ameliorate the condition of...
Jesus taught in parables both to reveal and conceal truths. There is more in even apparently simple statements than immediately meets the eye in what Jesus taught. What for instance does it mean, “Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the k
At Christmas the First Presidency gives a beautifully-bound book honoring words of the prophets to those, like my husband Dan, who are part of the BYU faculty and staff. This year, as we return to a study of the Book of Mormon for our Sunday School course, it seemed appropriate that th...
These are clearly set forth in a document entitled, “The Father and the Son: A Doctrinal Exposition by the First Presidency and the Twelve.” (Articles of Faith, pp. 465-473; Man: His Origin and Destiny, pp. 117-129) “1. Christ is the Father in the sense that he is the Creator...
As the first African-American woman to win the Miss America title, she broke down racial barriers in 1983, a significant accomplishment that was only the tip of the iceberg for her remarkable journey. However, this early success was not without its trials; a scandal over unauthorized nude ...
then the following year is recorded as the first full year of semi-presidentialism. The end date is recorded for the year that the constitution ceased to be semi-presidential at whatever point in the year it ended. The end of semi-presidentialism is marked by a constitutional change. This ca...