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FDREL 333 Midterm Questions
Which of the following is not an item specifically administered by the First Presidency? -Correct Answer โ โ Assignments of missionaries/where missionaries will serve
The First Presidency meets with ALL of the General Authorities -Correct Answer โ โ The first Thursday of every month
Which day of the week does the First Presidency meet with the Church Board of Education (usually just once a month)? -Correct Answer โ โ Wednesday
Which members of the Church have the right to interpret doctrine? -Correct Answer โ โ Only the First Presidency
The teachings of the First Presidency are considered scripture. -Correct Answer โ โ True
If we follow the leadership and teachings of the First Presidency, we will never go astray nor apostatize; we will gain peace in this life and inherit eternal glory. -Correct Answer โ โ True
Apostles and prophets are -Correct Answer โ โ The foundation of the household of God
Which of the following is not one of the two questions that President Harold B. Lee proposed that the missionaries ask of a Methodist minister who did not believe in the reality of modern-day apostles? -Correct Answer โ โ Do you believe in modern-day revelation?
In order for apostles to be witnesses of Jesus Christ, President Joseph F. Smith taught: -Correct Answer โ โ They must know and gain a knowledge for themselves that Jesus is the Christ.
If an apostle has personally seen Jesus Christ, the experience would be so sacred that he would not share that experience when asked but when prompted to on sacred occasions. -Correct Answer โ โ True
Who can fully exercise the apostolic priesthood keys? -Correct Answer โ โ Only the senior apostle
The mission of an apostle is to bring about unity of the faith and to proclaim knowledge of the Master. -Correct Answer โ โ True
President Gordon B. Hinckley taught that when there are decisions to be made concerning the Church, there is never a difference of opinion. -Correct Answer โ โ False
No decision emanates from the deliberations of the First Presidency and the Twelve without total unanimity among all concerned. -Correct Answer โ โ True
What you gain from the messages of general conference depends not so much on _______, but on ________. -Correct Answer โ โ The preparation of the messages, but on your preparation to receive the messages
What three things did President Kimball invite us to do as we listen to general conference? -Correct Answer โ โ Write down, remember, and act on the thoughts we receive
The real test of general conference comes -Correct Answer โ โ In how listeners apply the teachings of the conference
At the conclusion of one general conference, President Kimball explained that we should assume the counsel from general conference -Correct Answer โ โ Applies to us, and that our eternal life depends upon it
Which of the following is not a responsibility of, or does not pertain to, the President of the Church? -Correct Answer โ โ He is the head of the Church and chief cornerstone.
On a visit to Denmark, President Spencer W. Kimball instructed those present about the roles of apostles and prophets. Which of the following is not something he stated? -Correct Answer โ โ John the Baptist held all the keys of the kingdom, and I hold them now.
There is only one man on earth at a time who can both hold and exercise the keys of the kingdom in their fullness. -Correct Answer โ โ True
The Prophet of the Church holds all the priesthood keys necessary to perform all the ordinances of the restored gospel -Correct Answer โ โ True
Through the keys that the Prophet of the Church holds, salvation is made available to people of his day. -Correct Answer โ โ True
Which of the following is not something that President Ezra Taft Benson taught in regards to the living prophet? -Correct Answer โ โ We should regard the words of Joseph Smith as preeminent among prophets in the latter days because he came first.
Which two prophets were quoted in the manual explaining that the Lord would never allow the current prophet to lead the Church astray? -Correct Answer โ โ Wilford Woodruff and Harold B. Lee
The two groups that have the "greatest difficulty in following the prophet" are the proud who are rich and the proud who are learned. -Correct Answer โ โ True
President Ezra Taft Benson explained, "If there is ever a conflict between earthly knowledge and the word of the prophet, you stand with _______." -Correct Answer โ โ The Prophet
There is no reason for speculation or controversy over who will become the next prophet because the Church is never without inspired leadership. -Correct Answer โ โ True
Only two men in the restored Church have held the office of Assistant President. Who were they? -Correct Answer โ โ Oliver Cowdery and Hyrum Smith
If Hyrum had outlived Joseph, he would have been the next President of the Church. -Correct Answer โ โ True
Why was it necessary to have an Assistant President of the Church with the Prophet Joseph Smith? -Correct Answer โ โ God required it during the Restoration because that peculiar condition required two witnesses.
Who was assigned to search out the original Quorum of the Twelve in the latter days? -Correct Answer โ โ Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, Martin Harris
Each member of the Quorum of the Twelve receives keys of apostleship _____________. -Correct Answer โ โ At the time of his ordination as an apostle
Members of the Quorum of the Twelve hold all the keys that the President of the Church holds. -Correct Answer โ โ True
Elder Hales assures us that we can avoid something if we follow prophetic counsel. What is it that we can avoid? -Correct Answer โ โ Unnecessary pain
We should do what the prophet says unless -Correct Answer โ โ None of the above
What is an image President Spencer w. Kimball uses to describe the "flow of revelation"? -Correct Answer โ โ A continuous melody
President John Taylor taught us that religion without true revelation is -Correct Answer โ โ A mockery and a farce
According to President Boyd K. Packer, which of the following remains "fixed" and "eternal"? -Correct Answer โ โ Doctrines
According to the Prophet Joseph Smith, why do we need continuing divine revelation through living prophets? -Correct Answer โ โ Our unique situation requires unique revelation.
In the story related by President Hugh B. Brown, what did the British gentleman identify as the greatest message to come to the earth since the announcement of the birth of Christ? -Correct Answer โ โ That God speaks to prophets today
Which of the following is not required for a period of time to be considered a gospel dispensation? (Also reference the Bible Dictionary under "Dispensations," pp. 657-58.) -Correct Answer โ โ A restoration preceded by an apostasy
All of the following are purposes of general conferences except -Correct Answer โ โ To inform membership of the specific day to day affairs of the Church
In the manual, "scripture" is defined as and encompasses -Correct Answer โ โ The mind and will of God revealed through His servants
In the manual we learn that general conferences become -Correct Answer โ
โ A supplement or extension of the Doctrine and Covenants
President J. Reuben Clark Jr. taught that we know a speaker is moved upon by the Holy Ghost when -Correct Answer โ โ We ourselves are moved upon by the Holy Ghost
President Harold B. Lee taught that conference proceedings should -Correct Answer โ โ Be the guide to our walk and talk during the next six months
Sustaining Church leaders is an expression of -Correct Answer โ โ Our willingness and desire to uphold, sustain, and follow their counsel
President Gordon B. Hinckley stated that each member of the Quorum of the Twelve holds the keys of this dispensation -Correct Answer โ โ In latent reserve
Solemn assembles are used for all of the following EXCEPT -Correct Answer โ โ Mission conferences or multi-stake conferences
The counselors in the First Presidency must always be selected from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. -Correct Answer โ โ False
Joseph Smith was sustained and ordained as the President of the High Priesthood on -Correct Answer โ โ January 25, 1832
Joseph's original counselors, Sidney Rigdon and Frederick G. Williams, were ordained and given keys on -Correct Answer โ โ March 18, 1833
Which of the following falls under the First Presidency's authority? -Correct Answer โ โ All of the above
What are the counselors in the First Presidency authorized to do when the Prophet dies? -Correct Answer โ โ When the President dies, there is no First Presidency, and the counselors have no power to act.
The First Presidency can delegate to whomever they choose the authority to represent the First Presidency. -Correct Answer โ โ True
President Hinckley explained that when the members of the First Presidency were in town, he met with his counselors -Correct Answer โ โ Every day except Mondays
Concerning presidencies, Joseph F. Smith counseled that -Correct Answer โ โ Presidencies discuss an item together, and they don't move forward until everyone has reached the same conclusion.
When the President of the Church is ill and unable to carry out his duties, the counselors of the first presidency may do the following: -Correct Answer โ โ Carry on with the day to day work of the presidency
