Sep 7, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Policy, Priesthood
I am a High Priest Group Leader and among my group I have older members who are from the Elders Quorum.They have been told that if they feel more comfortable meeting with the High Priests instead of with the younger Elders Quorum because of their age, they can do. ...
Jun 30, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Church History, Priesthood
I was asked the question of why didn’t all blacks get the priesthood. They said some did and referenced blacklds.org as their source. I reseached their site and yours as to verifiable sources. I found a talk by Marvin Perkins which references ordination dates...
Jun 14, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Mormon Policy, Priesthood, Sexual Issues
A woman asked to be removed from the records of the church. She then had a sex change operation and is living as a man, attending church. This person expects to be rebaptised and given the priesthood. I can see rebaptism, maybe, but do you agree with my supposition...
Jun 7, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Family Roots, Priesthood
Question Gramps, What does it mean to be of the seed of Joseph and specifically of Ephraim? Is this the same lineage as Lehi and Joseph Smith. Denise Answer Dear Denise, In the Book of Mormon Lehi is said to be of Manasseh (Alma 10:3) and it says...
May 5, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Doctrine & Covenants, Jesus Christ, Priesthood
Many years ago, missionaries were given the priesthood office of “seventy”. Ward and Stake Missionaries were also called as “seventy”. Do we know any more of the seventy called by Christ in Luke 10:1 and did they hold the Melchizedek...
Feb 27, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Jesus Christ, Priesthood
Dear Gramps, I sometimes wonder, how come in the time of Christ were there more than one set of apostles called and why there is only THE twelve today. What I mean is that Jesus called his apostles, those who ministered with him and then when he was resurrected and...
Feb 19, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Priesthood, Worthiness
Dear Gramps, If a priesthood holder is living unrighteously and is performing blessings and baptisms and attending the temple does the things he is performing have any meaning? Thanks. Jody, from New York Dear Jody, There are two aspects of the priesthood that must be...
Feb 16, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Mormon Policy, Priesthood
Gramps, I understand that when a man in the church is called to serve in a bishopric he is ordained as a high priest. As a result, the high priest group in my ward consists of many members of past bishoprics. However, there are others in the group that I know have not...
Feb 11, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Afterlife, Priesthood
Dear Gramps, I have a query from a friend who has recently lost her son, aged 33 from cancer. He was an active member of the Church but had not reached the stage of being ordained a High Priest. She would like to know, will he be made a High Priest in the Spirit...
Jan 7, 2011 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Current issues, Family, Priesthood
Hi Gramps, A little while ago in High Priests lesson time, we spoke about families. It was mentioned in general terms about the “patriarch of the home” and I mentioned that this title was something that could only be used when a man had been sealed to his...
