these are my own thoughts, I believe that there was and is only one POWER and that is in God our Father and through His Son Jesus Christ and through the HOly Spirit can we have authority to do our callings on this earth. our callings have to do with being a wife and husband mother and father and callings in church. I have never had a problem with the man being at the head of the family. I grew up that way. I have never agreed with feminist ideas. I feel that we are all special in who we are being it man or woman. God's house is a house of order and having it the way we do with man and woman...it creates order and it is the way it is in Heaven as we have a Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother. I know that my Father and Mother in heaven love me and all their children. I never think about power I only think about the authority I have in my callings in the church and at home.
Dale G. MooreDecember 2, 2017
Brenden Taylor gave a very good explanation of the difference between power and authority in the Priesthood. Too often in the past we have used the words interchangeably, leading to confusion about their meaning.
The idea of the two births has been expressed by Sister Valerie Hudson, in her talks and writings about the Two Trees.
Mark JacobsenDecember 2, 2017
It is also interesting to note that in order for a man to receive exaltation he must have the High Priesthood conferred on him and ordained an Elder. Women, on the other hand, do not need this to be exalted in the Celestial Kingdom. Women are born with all the authority they need for that. Men are not, and so to become equal with women we require ordination to the Priesthood. After all of that it is up to us to come unto Christ and be perfected in Him through repentance and righteous living.
DanDecember 2, 2017
#3 could have, should have, added that when a couple receives their Second Anointing, an ordinance practiced since Joseph Smith's day and still is, the woman IS ordained to Priesthood office, as a Queen and Priestess, in exactly the same literal way the man is ordained to the corresponding office of King and a Priest at that time.
So, in the end there is perfect and complete equality between the genders, regardless of differences in roles in mortality.
Claire SmithDecember 2, 2017
So I read this to say that women who have particular callings (presidencies and specific temple callings) and married women have priesthood authority, but single women who do not have these callings are excluded. A nice article, but further emphasizes the exclusion of and disappointments and frustrations of those sisters who, for any number of reasons, have not married.
Further, it does not explain what priesthood authorities are given to those holding callings other than those performing temple ordinances.
I would like to understand more about where all the other women fall within the church.
Brenden TaylorDecember 1, 2017
Let us be clear, there is a difference between power and authority. Power, according to D&C 29:36, is synonymous with honor, and cannot be given by anyone to anyone else; rather, it is built by an individual over time through integrity in keeping covenants, by being quick to observe commandments, by serving faithfully and magnifying callings, through gratitude and personal sacrifice, etc. One can have authority to perform Priesthood ordinances but bring no power to them. I note that church handbooks which list ordinances and how to perform them always state in the opening of every ordinance that it is done by virtue of Priesthood authority, never power. That is incumbent upon the individual to bring to the performance, along with faith from all parties involved. So let us say rather that female (and male) temple workers are given Priesthood authority to perform certain ordinances in the temples, and all can bring power to that service by virtue of the lives they live.
Brenden TaylorDecember 1, 2017
There are two births, as explained by the Savior, both necessary for exaltation. Women are the primary means of the first, a physical birth, with assistance from men. Men are the primary means of the second, a spiritual birth, through Priesthood ordinances, with the assistance of women. Each need not supplant the place of the other in their respective roles for them to be equal, and neither can fully perform their duties without the assistance of the other. They complement each other in our development as dual beings of body and spirit.
Michael W. GrantNovember 30, 2017
Women Temple Ordinance Workers also have priesthood power to perform the ordinances in the Temple.
Douglas NNovember 29, 2017
Charlie Brown - wanted to ask you if you any recollection of being born, of passing through the birth canal, or any other factoid of your birth? If you are honest, your answer will be no, of course not. Your idea that a bond is established between mothers and children is a parent towards child bond. The bonds children feel is learned, and can be equally learned between proper fathers and children. It is absurd to say that men need to birth babies in order to bond.
Arden HansenNovember 29, 2017
An excellent antidote to the trumped up gender war going round the world these days.
CharlieBrown2292November 29, 2017
Very complete explanation, that is meant to prove that Women are indeed equal to men, and treated accordingly in the Church. But talking about different roles, another one with women, that gives them a relative advantage over men, is their partnership with God in bringing children to the world, and through the process of giving birth, establishing a bond with their children that can hardly match that of fathers. Should men descend in the Street and claim to be allowed the same privilege of bearing children and giving them birth, in order to be "equal" to women with respect to this aspect of their nature?
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vickieDecember 2, 2017
these are my own thoughts, I believe that there was and is only one POWER and that is in God our Father and through His Son Jesus Christ and through the HOly Spirit can we have authority to do our callings on this earth. our callings have to do with being a wife and husband mother and father and callings in church. I have never had a problem with the man being at the head of the family. I grew up that way. I have never agreed with feminist ideas. I feel that we are all special in who we are being it man or woman. God's house is a house of order and having it the way we do with man and woman...it creates order and it is the way it is in Heaven as we have a Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother. I know that my Father and Mother in heaven love me and all their children. I never think about power I only think about the authority I have in my callings in the church and at home.
Dale G. MooreDecember 2, 2017
Brenden Taylor gave a very good explanation of the difference between power and authority in the Priesthood. Too often in the past we have used the words interchangeably, leading to confusion about their meaning. The idea of the two births has been expressed by Sister Valerie Hudson, in her talks and writings about the Two Trees.
Mark JacobsenDecember 2, 2017
It is also interesting to note that in order for a man to receive exaltation he must have the High Priesthood conferred on him and ordained an Elder. Women, on the other hand, do not need this to be exalted in the Celestial Kingdom. Women are born with all the authority they need for that. Men are not, and so to become equal with women we require ordination to the Priesthood. After all of that it is up to us to come unto Christ and be perfected in Him through repentance and righteous living.
DanDecember 2, 2017
#3 could have, should have, added that when a couple receives their Second Anointing, an ordinance practiced since Joseph Smith's day and still is, the woman IS ordained to Priesthood office, as a Queen and Priestess, in exactly the same literal way the man is ordained to the corresponding office of King and a Priest at that time. So, in the end there is perfect and complete equality between the genders, regardless of differences in roles in mortality.
Claire SmithDecember 2, 2017
So I read this to say that women who have particular callings (presidencies and specific temple callings) and married women have priesthood authority, but single women who do not have these callings are excluded. A nice article, but further emphasizes the exclusion of and disappointments and frustrations of those sisters who, for any number of reasons, have not married. Further, it does not explain what priesthood authorities are given to those holding callings other than those performing temple ordinances. I would like to understand more about where all the other women fall within the church.
Brenden TaylorDecember 1, 2017
Let us be clear, there is a difference between power and authority. Power, according to D&C 29:36, is synonymous with honor, and cannot be given by anyone to anyone else; rather, it is built by an individual over time through integrity in keeping covenants, by being quick to observe commandments, by serving faithfully and magnifying callings, through gratitude and personal sacrifice, etc. One can have authority to perform Priesthood ordinances but bring no power to them. I note that church handbooks which list ordinances and how to perform them always state in the opening of every ordinance that it is done by virtue of Priesthood authority, never power. That is incumbent upon the individual to bring to the performance, along with faith from all parties involved. So let us say rather that female (and male) temple workers are given Priesthood authority to perform certain ordinances in the temples, and all can bring power to that service by virtue of the lives they live.
Brenden TaylorDecember 1, 2017
There are two births, as explained by the Savior, both necessary for exaltation. Women are the primary means of the first, a physical birth, with assistance from men. Men are the primary means of the second, a spiritual birth, through Priesthood ordinances, with the assistance of women. Each need not supplant the place of the other in their respective roles for them to be equal, and neither can fully perform their duties without the assistance of the other. They complement each other in our development as dual beings of body and spirit.
Michael W. GrantNovember 30, 2017
Women Temple Ordinance Workers also have priesthood power to perform the ordinances in the Temple.
Douglas NNovember 29, 2017
Charlie Brown - wanted to ask you if you any recollection of being born, of passing through the birth canal, or any other factoid of your birth? If you are honest, your answer will be no, of course not. Your idea that a bond is established between mothers and children is a parent towards child bond. The bonds children feel is learned, and can be equally learned between proper fathers and children. It is absurd to say that men need to birth babies in order to bond.
Arden HansenNovember 29, 2017
An excellent antidote to the trumped up gender war going round the world these days.
CharlieBrown2292November 29, 2017
Very complete explanation, that is meant to prove that Women are indeed equal to men, and treated accordingly in the Church. But talking about different roles, another one with women, that gives them a relative advantage over men, is their partnership with God in bringing children to the world, and through the process of giving birth, establishing a bond with their children that can hardly match that of fathers. Should men descend in the Street and claim to be allowed the same privilege of bearing children and giving them birth, in order to be "equal" to women with respect to this aspect of their nature?
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