Casey Griffiths Rel C 200 Exam 1

GORDON B HINCKLEY 1995

"I am concerned about family life in the Church We have wonderful people but we have too many whose families are falling apart I think this is my most serious concern"

Context of the Family Proclamation

declaration and reaffirmation of standards doctrines and practices relative to the family which the prophets seers and revelators of this church have repeatedly stated throughout its history

Changes in society leading to the decline of the Family

Bruce R Hafen "In 1968 the first no-fault divorce law was passed in California and then spread rapidly throughout the United States In 1973 the United States Supreme Court granted individual women the right to choose to have an abortion"

President Eyering

"Three things about the title are worth our careful reflection First the subject the family Second the audience which is the whole world And third those proclaiming it are those we sustain as prophets seers and revelators"

Malachis prophecy

"Behold I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children and the heart of the children to their fathers lest I come and smite the earth with a curse We can avoid this by righteousness"

D Todd Christofferson Where does our doctrine come from

"We value scholarship that enhances understanding but in the Church today just as anciently establishing the doctrine of Christ or correcting doctrinal deviations is a matter of divine revelation to those the Lord endows with apostolic authority"

Reliable sources of doctrine

"1 Current correlated publications gospel library 2 Cumulative teachings of current General Authorities and officers of the church 3 The united voice of the First Presidency and the Twelve Apostles 4 Harmonized doctrine in the Scriptural Canon 5 The doctrine of Christ"

CRITERIA FOR MEASURING DOCTRINE

"1 Is it an eternal principle 2 Does it represent the united voice of the First Presidency and the Twelve Apostles 3 Is it essential to our salvation"

Core doctrine example

The Atonement of Jesus Christ 1 2 and 3

Supporting Doctrine example

He bled from every pore 1 and 2

Policy example

Baptisms being witnessed

Esoteric example

Heavenly mother we dont know much about her but is true

Core Eternal Doctrine

Salvation and eternal

Supporting teachings

Testimony strengthener

Policy Teachings

How we implement the doctrine

Esoteric Teachings

Dont know much

what Elder Bednar taught about Eternal Core Doctrine

"THEY ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN"

what President Packer taught about Eternal Core Doctrine

"INSTRUCTION VITAL TO OUR SALVATION IS NOT HIDDEN IN AN OBSCURE VERSE OR PHRASE IN THE SCRIPTURES "

what Elder Harold B LEE taught about Eternal Core Doctrine

"TO SINGLE OUT A PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE TO PROVE A POINT UNLESS IT IS SO CONFIRMED IS ALWAYS A HAZARDOUS THING

Fallibility Infallibility of Church leaders Joseph Fielding Smith

"It is doubtful that man will ever be permitted to make any instrument or ship to travel through space and visit the moon or any distant planet 1957 Well I was wrong wasnt I 1970"

Joseph Smiths teachings about faith in God What is required to have faith unto salvation

"First the idea that he actually exists Secondly a correct idea of his character perfections and attributes Thirdly an actual knowledge that the course of life which he is pursuing is according to his will -Joseph Smith The lectures of Faith"

A correct idea of his character perfections and attributes

The Father the Son and the Holy Ghost

The father and the son Joseph Smith

"two glorious personages who exactly resembled each other in features and likeness surrounded with a brilliant light which eclipsed the sun at noon day - Joseph Smith"

Elder Bruce R McConkie THE SON AS A REVELATION OF THE FATHER

"The four Gospels contain the most comprehensive revelation of God the Father of any scriptures because they show forth what kind of a being the Son is and men knowing the Son thereby know the Father"

STATEMENTS ABOUT HEAVENLY MOTHER

"1 All men and women are in the similitude of the universal Father and Mother and are literally the sons and daughters of Diety 1909 First Presidency Statement 2 All human beings male and female are created in the image of God Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents and as such each has a divine nature and destiny Family Proclamation 1995 3 Logic and reason would certainly suggest that if we have a Father in Heaven we have a Mother in Heaven That doctrine rests well with me Gordon B Hinckley 1991 4 In the heavns are parents single No the thought makes reason stare Truth is reason truth eternal tells me Ive a mother there Eliza R Snow"

PRESIDENT DALLIN H OAKS Heavenly Mother

"Our theology begins with heavenly parents Our highest aspiration is to be like them"

THE FAMILY AND THE PLAN President Boyd K Packer

"Over the years I have frequently taught an important principle the end of all activity in the Church is to see that a man and a woman with their children are happy at home sealed together for time and all eternity"

Three pillars of eternity

Creation Fall Atonement Foundation of our doctrine

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT Lucifers plan

Not much only that we had no agency

THE EARTH

"1 The earth fulfills the measure of its creation doesnt transgress and will be baptized DandC 2 Created that families might be President Nelson 3 Taught by Elder D Todd Christofferson the creation was not accidental was directed by God the Father"

CREATION AND THE CREATOR President Russel M Nelson

"The Creation did not happen by chance It did not come ex nihilo out of nothing"

EVOLUTION and CREATION OF PEOPLE

The church has no official position on evolution but we believe that all life is of divine origin

INGREDIENTS FOR AGENCY

"1 Eternal Law 2 Opposition 3 Knowledge of good and evil 4 The power to choose"

UNDERSTANDING THE FALL Elder Jeffery R Holland

"there is no way to truly celebrate Christmas or Easter without understanding that there was an actual Adam and Eve who fell from an actual Eden with all the consequences that fall carried with it"

TWO COMMANDMENTS -PRESIDENT DALLIN H OAKS

"This commandment to be fruitful and multiply was first in sequence and first in importance It was essential that Gods spirit children have mortal birth and an opportunity to progress toward eternal life"

President Dallin H Oaks

"It was Eve who first transgressed the limits of Eden in order to initiate the conditions of mortality Her act whatever its nature was formally a transgression but eternally a glorious necessity to open the doorway toward eternal life Adam showed his wisdom by doing the same And thus Eve and Adam fell that men might be 2 Nephi 2 25"

WHAT IS THE ATONEMENT

"1 The Garden of Gethsemane 2 The Cross of Calvary 3 The Ministry in the Spirit World 4 The Resurrection"

President Russell M Nelson

"Jesus Christs Atonement is infinite without an end It was also infinite in that all humankind would be saved from never-ending death It was infinite in terms of His immense suffering It was infinite in scope it was to be done once for all And the mercy of the Atonement extends not only to an infinite number of people but also to an infinite number of worlds created by Him It was infinite beyond any human scale of measurement or mortal comprehension"

IMPORTANCE OF THE ATONEMENT Joseph Smith

"The fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets concerning Jesus Christ that He died was buried and rose again the third day and ascended into heaven and all other things which pertain to our religion are only appendages to it"

LDS BIBLE DICTIONARY

"Grace is an enabling power that allows men and women to lay hold on eternal life and exaltation after they have expended their own best efforts"

WHY WAS CHRIST CHOSEN Elder Holland

"1 He was the only sinless man ever to live on this earth and therefore was not subject to the spiritual death resulting from sin 2 He was the Only Begotten of the Father and therefore possessed the attributes of godhood that gave Him power over physical death and 3 He was apparently the only one sufficiently humble and willing in the premortal council to be foreordained to that service"

UNIVERSAL GIFTS Elder Holland

"Some gifts coming from the Atonement are universal infinite and unconditional These include His ransom for Adams original transgression so that no member of the human family is held responsible for that sin Another universal gift is the Resurrection from the dead of every man woman and child who lives has ever lived or ever will live on earth"

THE ATONEMENT AND JESUS CHRIST President Nelson

"There is no amorphous entity called the Atonement upon which we may call for succor healing forgiveness or power Jesus Christ is the source"

THE PRACTICAL EFFECTS OF THE ATONEMENT Linda K Burton

"1 All that is unfair about life can be made right through the Atonement of Jesus Christ 2 There is power in the Atonement to enable us to overcome the natural man or woman and become true disciples of Jesus Christ 3 The Atonement is the greatest evidence we have of the Fathers love for His children"

1909 first presidency

All men and women are in the similitude of the universal Father and Mother and are literally the sons and daughters of Diety

family proclamation

All human beings male and female are created in the image of God Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents and as such each has a divine nature and destiny

gordon b hinckley

3 Logic and reason would certainly suggest that if we have a Father in Heaven we have a Mother in Heaven That doctrine rests well with me

Eliza R Snow

In the heavns are parents single No the thought makes reason stare Truth is reason truth eternal tells me Ive a mother there