Posted on 01/27/2008 7:41:34 PM PST by TFine80
replace the the Head of the Church
That should be the human head of the church acting by the power of Jesus.
Really dumb comment, LE.
It was the question on our local radio station this morning, and it was the question after the death of JPII. How do they pick the next guy? Seems a fairly reasonable question to me.
You are a bit weirded out here. Take a pill...chill out a bit.
You’re the weird one, the career Mormon-basher.
Shameful for a Christian pastor.
Some members of the LDS faith, particularly recent converts, would have the same question at this time.
The answer link is up above post #158
I suggest you visit old FR threads from immediately following the death of JPII. See if there were succession questions.
Not only is asking a succession question of Mormons appropriate, but it is being immediately addressed to the public by the Mormon Church itself, as evidenced here:
Succession in the Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
27 January 2008 The highest-ranking governing body in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the First Presidency,
Now, regain your composure and check the word “polite” in your dictionary.
LE has trouble with the Religion Forum (RF).
Believe it or not, posters on Free Republic’s RF disagree with one another and offer arguments on behalf of their positions.
Mind numbing, I know, but it’s true.
“Perfectly legitimate questions” are often asked by wolves in sheep’s clothing.
It looks like your patience with the Mormon-basher will now be rewarded while he pings others of his stripe. I rest my case. I have zero tolerance for religious bigotry.
Yea I see that. Oh well. More posts to get deleted I suppose.
Knock it off!
May I respectfully say I do not see where I am in the wrong...?
Ditto.
I am not a Mormon. I am not an active member of any organized faith, but I do suspect the Mr. Hinckley is now looking into the eyes of God.
Thoughts and prayers for his family and the members of the LDS church.
I am standing on the sea shore,
A ship sails in the morning breeze and starts for the ocean.
She is an object of beauty and I stand watching her
Till at last she fades on the horizon and someone at my side says:
“She is gone.”
Gone! Where?
Gone from my sight - that is all.
She is just as large in the masts, hull and spars as she was when I saw her
And just as able to bear her load of living freight to its destination.
The diminished size and total loss of sight is in me,
not in her.
And just at the moment when someone at my side says,
“She is gone”,
There are others who are watching her coming, and other voices take up a glad shout:
“There she comes”
- and that is dying. An horizon and just the limit of our sight.
Lift us up, Oh Lord, that we may see further.
Bishop Brent
1862 - 1926
You are truly a gentleman and a scholar for allowing us to mourn and share thoughts and condolences with each other. De Opresso Liber!
The top leadership of the Church consists of the First Presidency, which is the President and his councilors, and the Quorum of Twelve Apostles. When the President dies, the First Presidency is immediately dissolved and the councilors take their place in the Quorum by seniority. Seniority is according to time in the Quorum, not age. So, temporarily, the Quorum of Twelve Apostles actually will have 14 members.
When the First Presidency is reorganized, the most senior Apostle will be ordained and set apart by the laying on of hands in a private, formal ceremony to become the new President of the Church. He will select his councilors, and they will be set apart in similar fashion.
A new Apostle will be chosen to fill the vacancy in the Quorum soon as well.
The President and the Quorum of Twelve are all Apostles, and the President's councilors have nearly always been selected from the Quorum, so they are Apostles as well, but they don't necessarily have to be.
You know the MSM will run the headline tomorrow “LDS LEADER FORCED TO RESIGN”
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I'm sorry. I don't understand it. People can be cruel.
Ok, thanks.
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