Comments on: If excommunicated, can one still hold a patriarchal priesthood? https://askgramps.org/if-excommunicated-can-one-still-hold-a-patriarchal-priesthood/ Moral answers to everyday concerns, curiosities, and uncertainties. Gramps considers all questions on all topics from all sources. Wed, 29 Sep 2021 03:15:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: Cassandove https://askgramps.org/if-excommunicated-can-one-still-hold-a-patriarchal-priesthood/#comment-34593 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 18:26:00 +0000 http://en.elds.org/askgramps-org/?p=34519#comment-34593 If he’s excommunicated, nothing he does while claiming to hold the Priesthood is valid; he’d have to be re-baptized and confirmed as a member and have his offices restored to him for it to be valid. But considering the opening sentence of the question, I doubt that will happen.

]]> By: Shawn Murphy https://askgramps.org/if-excommunicated-can-one-still-hold-a-patriarchal-priesthood/#comment-34592 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 03:13:00 +0000 http://en.elds.org/askgramps-org/?p=34519#comment-34592 Dearest Bri,
If at all possible, please do your best to join with your fellow Saints in your local ward family & come join in the blessings that flow from participating in The Kingdom Of God On Earth. All of your fellow ward members have a duty & a responsibility to love & care for one another. Reach out to your Stake President, your Bishop, your Relief Society President, & pour out the deepest feelings of your heart to your Heavenly Father, for his love is perfect & He knows you & loves you perfectly! Your Heavenly Father wants you to be happy, & he wants your family to be happy. We are all sinners & we all need the atoning sacrifice of our Saviour Jesus Christ, we all need the sacrament weekly authorized by the local Priesthood Keys Holder, who is your Bishop, only He can authorize administrating the sacrament at home.

In fact when the youth go on outings outside the physical boundaries of the ward He presides over he must find & get permission from the Presiding Authority of the physical area where the sacrament will be administered.

When my chronically ill wife desires to partake of the sacrament, because she cannot physically attend church, save it be rarely, I must get permission from our ward bishop & the branch president of the boundaries we live in. Why our Stake President approved our request to attend a different church unit, other than the branch we live in, is not germane to my commentary. Other than to emphasize that everything in The Kingdom Of God On The Earth is done in wisdom & order by way of Priesthood Keys which are held by the Presiding local authorities, Branch Presidents, Bishops, Stake Presidents, Mission Presidents, etc…

I will pray for you & your family & would hope that many others will join me in praying for you & your family. Above all, know you are greatly loved & you are precious in the eyes of your loving Heavenly Father :-)

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