[…] learned and the proud who are rich. Twelfth: The prophet will not necessarily be popular with the world or the worldly. Thirteenth: The prophet and his counselors make up the First Presidency — the […]
[…] purpose of the conference was to help bridge the distance between the two faiths in the present world. Mormons and Muslims is a compilation of papers given by seventeen participants including Spencer J. Palmer, […]
[…] be society’s unnamed norm—unnamed because unobjectivized—that it becomes the object of fear and repulsion from the pluralist world of the Enlightenment. The French philosopher used the term systematically to condemn superstition, various forms of […]
Several years ago an unsigned Church News editorial on “Two Great I Women” praised Emma Hale and her mother-in-law, Lucy Mack Smith, for their loyalty to Joseph Smith: “They never hesitated to valiantly defend […]
[…] is given new life and understanding, inspired by the life and witness of the Redeemer of the world. (D&C 156:5) Our interest here, however, is with the ordination of women in the priesthood of […]
We were inside the world. The children were sleeping. Light fell through the window. One of us wore red.
[…] builds bombs, but almost everyone does. Our new ward chapel may be the only church in the world from which members can see five nuclear reactors and two nuclear fuel fabrication plants. No one […]
[…] the Iron Curtain. Many have relatives in the German Democratic Republic. The experiences of Nazi fascism and World War II left still-deep scars. Many older members who survived these years are convinced that any […]
[…] her baptize me and call me forth To receive the Spirit, let her Teach me of the world, let her Ordain me to womanhood, let her (She does wash, anoint and clothe) Be my […]
[…] to labor.” Wrote Young, Thatcher “throws away the Priesthood and hugs poli tics, rendering fealty to the world at the same time inconstant to his former vows.” Lorenzo Snow would agree a year later […]