#preisthood

[mikewootang]

#preisthoodsession #preisthood #lds

[mormontreasures]

It is clear that priests used their power as custodians of knowledge and history to employ older traditions to influence and to make sense of the social changes underway in monarchic and post-monarchic Israel. There is also strong evidence, discussed below, of the deliberate manipulation of texts by their later custodians to remove and downplay priestly agency in narratives about women

Cory Crawford

[mormontreasures]

Scriptural Justification for Healing by Elders

In the new testament, James Chapter 5 verses 14-15 instruct individuals who are sick to call upon the elders. The elders and the afflicted then offer a “prayer of faith” which allows the Lord to heal.

James 5:

14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

[mormontreasures]

By 1837, patriarchal blessings specifically instructed women to administer to the sick by the laying on hands, the common form of administration among Mormon men. Notably, early Mormons did not use consecrated oil or invoke priesthood authority to heal; the earliest healings in the Church frequently involved laying hands on specific areas of the body

Stapley, Jonathan A. and Wright, Kristine, Female Ritual Healing in Mormonism (January 1, 2011). Journal of Mormon History, Vol. 37, pp. 1-85, Winter 2011. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1754069

[mormontreasures]

Hugh B. Brown, counselor to President McKay from 1961 to 1970, appears to have been the leader most open to change. He urged that the priesthood restriction could be dropped as a matter of Church administrative policy without requiring a specific revelation. He reasoned that if the restriction had not come by revelation,33 it could be vacated without revelation. But despite his strongly held views and powerful influence, President Brown’s position did not then prevail

https://ojs.lib.byu.edu/spc/index.php/BYUStudies/article/viewFile/7325/6974

[mormontreasures]

Bruce R. McConkie on the Priesthood Ban

“Forget everything that I have said, or what President Brigham Young or President George Q. Cannon or whomsoever has said in days past that is contrary to the present revelation. We spoke with a limited understanding and without the light and knowledge that now has come into the world.... We get our truth and our light line upon line and precept upon precept. We have now had added a new flood of intelligence and light on this particular subject, and it erases all the darkness and all the views and all the thoughts of the past. “

[devotionalsinspirations]

February 25th 2007 - morning service (notes)

The church doesn't mean this building, it's the people who are the church We are the chosen generation of Christ We all are to be of God -spokesmen -royal preisthood -preacher Those who can come along side others and speak of Christ No levels, we are all the same Satan can change you on a dime God can change you on a penny We need to pick up our cross for God has a ministry for each of us Don't kill yourself, be with Christ and become dead to the world When you pray, Jesus may pick on you

[sai-mami]

My thoughts regarding Kate Kelly.

She wasn't excommunicated because she thought women should hold the priesthood, or because she asked a question.  She was excommunicated because she was teaching false doctrine.  The LDS are encouraged to ask questions, but Kate Kelly was demanding a revelation from the church.  That's pretty much saying "Hey I know God said something, but can you say this instead?"  Now I know Kate thought she was doing the right thing, and I know she's probably a good person.  But preaching false doctrine and holding public protests isn't the way to go about it.  It's just shedding bad light on the church and fanning the flames of the people who already didn't like us. 

I think this issue is a bit hard for non-mormons to understand this situation.  But the LDS church believes that people have a reason for having the gender they are born with.  That's not to say that men are women aren't equal, just different.