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Midterm Exam Flashcards

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What year was the “Family Proclamation” given?

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1995

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What year was “The Living Christ” published?

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2000

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Roles of the Prophet (4)

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  • Proclaims the gospel
  • Expounder of truth
  • God’s messenger
  • A “forth teller” rather than a foreteller
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Roles of a Seer (7)

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  • “One who sees” or “one who looks”
  • A revelator and prophet also
  • Sees with spiritual eyes
  • Interpreter and clarifier of eternal truth
  • Knows of things which are past and which are to come
  • Uses the Urim and Thummim to translate records as one of its roles
  • A foreteller who sees things which are hidden from the world
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Roles of a Revelator (2)

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  • A bearer of truth
  • Makes known with the Lord’s help things unknown
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Joseph Smith Quote 1

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“Whatever God commands is right no matter what it is, although we may not see the reason thereof until long after the events transpire.” (Joseph Smith, Scrapbook of Mormon Literature, vol. 2, 173)

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Jeffery R. Holland Quote

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“The apostolic and prophetic foundation of the Church was to bless in all times, but especially in times of adversity or danger, times when we might feel like children, confused or disoriented, perhaps a little fearful, times in which the devious hand of men or the maliciousness of the devil would attempt to unsettle or mislead.” (Jeffery R. Holland, General Conference October 2006)

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Spencer W. Kimball Quote

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“Even in the Church, many are prone to garnish the sepulchers of yesterday’s prophets and mentally stone the living ones.” (Spencer W. Kimball, Instructor, August 1960, 257)

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President Russell M. Nelson (6)

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  • World-renowned heart surgeon
  • 9 daughters and 1 son
  • Operated on Pres. Kimball
  • First wife (Dantzel) passed in 2005
  • Remarried Wendy Watson in 2006
  • Sustained as Pres. of Church in 2018
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President Dallin H. Oaks (6)

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  • Father died when he was 7 (difficult youth)
  • Threatened by gun-wielding youth
  • President of BYU
  • Utah Supreme Court Justice
  • First wife, June, passed in 1998
  • Remarried Kristen McMain in 2000
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President Henry B. Eyring (5)

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  • Son of famous scientist father
  • Harvard graduate
  • Educator: Stanford professor, President of Ricks College, CES Commissioner twice
  • Served in Air Force
  • Presiding Bishopric
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President M. Russell Ballard (5)

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  • Direct descendant of Hyrum Smith
  • Both Grandfathers were Apostles
  • Auto business - story of selling the Edsel
  • Preach My Gospel
  • Acting President of the Twelve
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Elder Jeffrey R. Holland (4)

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  • Yale Graduate
  • President of BYU
  • Only apostle called by President Hunter
  • Helped found the Jerusalem Center
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Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf (5)

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  • Comes from an all convert family
  • Aviation career
  • First apostle from Eastern Europe
  • Hijacking of a plane story
  • Served as Counselor to President Monson
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Elder David A. Bednar (4)

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  • Born in California
  • Raised in a part-member family
  • Presided over Ricks College/BYU Idaho
  • When called as an apostle he was an area 70 (not a general authority)
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Elder Quentin L. Cook (4)

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  • Mission companion to Elder Holland
  • Lawyer, president of healthcare corp.
  • Stanford graduate
  • Descendent of Heber C. Kimball
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Apostles called together (3 pairs, 1 triplet):

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  • Nelson and Oaks (April 1984)
  • Uchtdorf and Bednar (October 2004)
  • Rasband, Stevenson, and Renlund (October 2015)
  • Gong and Soares (April 2018)
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What is the importance of and the principles found in D&C 107:22-28; 33-35?

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  • Organization of priesthood quorums (1P, Q12, Q70)
    • unanimity required to make decisions
  • Roles of the quorums
    • Twelve:
      • traveling councilors, build up the Church, regulate affairs
      • hold keys to open the door by the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ
      • presiding high council to officiate in Lord’s name under 1P
      • special witnesses of Christ in all the world
    • Seventy:
      • preach the gospel, build up the Church, regulate affairs
      • especial witnesses unto the Gentiles and in all the world
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What is the doctrinal importance of Hugh B. Brown’s “Profile of a Prophet” talk?

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  • interview w/ member of the House of Commons (God still speaks to His prophets; beginning with JS in this dispensation)
  • contains an 11-point “profile of a prophet”; characteristics distinguishing a man as a prophet
  • Joseph Smith fits the “profile of a prophet”
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Have counselors to the First Presidency always come from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles?

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No; …

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Key Scripture: Amos 3:7

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“Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.”

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Key Scripture: D&C 1:37-38

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37 Search these commandments, for they are true and faithful, and the prophecies and promises which are in them shall all be fulfilled.

38 What I the Lord have spoken, I have spoken, and I excuse not myself; and though the heavens and the earth pass away, my word shall not pass away, but shall all be fulfilled, whether by mine own voice or by the voice of my servants, it is the same.

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Key Scripture: D&C 26:2

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“And all things shall be done by common consent in the church, by much prayer and faith, for all things you shall receive by faith. Amen.”

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Key Scripture: D&C 107

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Revelation on the priesthood (AP and MP); offices of the priesthood; organization and duties of 1P, Q12, Q70

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Joseph Smith Quote 2

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“I will give you one of the Keys of the mysteries of the kingdom…That man who rises up to condemn others, finding fault with the Church, saying that they are out of the way while he himself is righteous, then know assuredly, that that man is on the high road to apostasy;” (Joseph Smith, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 156–57)

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Neal A. Maxwell Quote

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“Now we are entering times wherein there will be for all of us as Church members, in my judgment, some special challenges which will require of us that we follow the Brethren. All the easy things that the Church has had to do have been done. From now on, it’s high adventure, and followership is going to be tested in some interesting ways.” (Elder Neal A. Maxwell, CES Symposium, 1979

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Brigham Young Quote

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“I believe the Latter-day Saints are the best people on the earth of whom we have any knowledge. Still, I believe that we are, in many things, very negligent, slothful and slow to obey the words of the Lord.” (Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, 12:240

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The Lord’s Church is built on the foundation of…

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…the apostles and prophets.

29
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Who is the great seer of the latter-days?

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Joseph Smith

30
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What does the Naaman story teach us?

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Pride can keep us from the blessings of following the prophets.

31
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Who gave the talk: “Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the Prophet?”

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Ezra Taft Benson

32
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Where does the pattern for the First Presidency come from?

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The New Testament Church organization.

33
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Who was in the first First Presidency?

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Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Frederick Williams

34
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How many of our current Presidency members served in the military?

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Each of them.

35
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When did the full organization of the Twelve occur?

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1835

36
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Purposes of general conference (5)

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  1. reporting on Church progress
  2. sustaining
  3. teaching doctrine
  4. proclaiming doctrine
  5. helping us commit to greater gospel living5
37
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Elder D. Todd Christofferson (4)

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  1. experience of mother’s cancer and dad’s concern
  2. testimony effort as youth in Palmyra
  3. Duke graduate in law (banking law)
  4. Watergate experience
38
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Elder Neil L. Andersen (4)

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  1. real estate as profession
  2. BYU student body VP
  3. Harvard graduate
  4. Missionary and mission president in France
39
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Elder Ronald A. Rasband (4)

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  1. son of second marriage parents
  2. missionary and mission president in NY
  3. Former president of Huntsman Corp.
  4. Executive director of temple dept.
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Elder Gary E. Stevenson (3)

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  1. former Presiding Bishop
  2. Co-founder of Icon exercise company
  3. missionary and mission president in Japan
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Elder Dale G. Renlund (4)

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  1. served a mission in Sweden
  2. Wife’s bout with cancer
  3. former cardiologist (Johns Hopkins for residency)
  4. 100th apostle of the restoration
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Elder Gerrit W. Gong (4)

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  1. raised in California
  2. both he and his wife served missions in Taiwan (met each other there)
  3. special assistant to the Sec. of State
  4. BYU Assistant to the President
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Elder Ulisses Soares (5)

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  1. native of Brazil (first apostle from S. America)
  2. family members are converts to the church
  3. served mission in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
  4. MBA from university in Brazil
  5. accountant by profession
44
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What is the “divine guarantee” and who taught about it?

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The Lord will never allow the prophet to lead the Church astray. (Wilford Woodruff)

45
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When were solemn assemblies first put into practice?

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Joseph Smith’s time.

46
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How was seniority first determined in the Church and how is it determined now?

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Then: age

Now: date/order of ordination

47
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Functions of the Twelve (3)

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  1. special witnesses of Christ
  2. regulating the Church in the world
  3. opening nations for preaching of the gospel

Other functions found in D&C 107

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