080 What If All the Apostles Died At Once? Succession Q&R with Dr. Daniel C. Peterson

Church History Matters

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Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In the unlikely event that the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve all died simultaneously, how would that affect succession? In this hypothetical worst-case scenario, would the keys of the kingdom be lost? And, if an apostle came down with a debilitating health problem, is there any precedent for making him an emeritus apostle? And speaking of apostles, is there a set procedure in calling them, or does the method vary from Church president to president? Also, sometimes in the Church people speak of a special requirement for a man to become an apostle—the phrase “sure” or “special” witness of Christ comes up a lot. What’s true? Must a man have personally seen Jesus Christ in order to be fully considered an apostle? On this episode of Church History Matters Casey and I are joined by a special guest, Dr. Daniel C. Peterson, to help us answer these and other great questions related to succession. For show notes and transcript for this and other episodes go to https://doctrineandcovenantscentral.org/church-history-matters-podcast/

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0:00.0	In the unlikely event that the first presidency in Quorum of the 12 all died simultaneously,
0:12.0	how would that affect succession? In this hypothetical worst-case
0:16.6	scenario, would the keys of the kingdom be lost or would members of the 70 be
0:21.7	able to carry on the leadership of the church?
0:25.0	And if an apostle came down with a debilitating health problem,
0:29.0	is there any precedent for making him an emeritus apostle?
0:33.7	And speaking of apostles, is there a set procedure
0:36.8	in calling them, or does the method vary
0:39.2	from church president to president.
0:42.0	Also, sometimes in the church people speak of a special requirement for a man to become an
0:47.6	apostle.
0:48.6	The phrase, sure or special witness of Christ comes up a lot.
0:54.0	What's true?
0:55.0	Must a man have personally seen Jesus Christ
0:58.0	in order to be fully considered an apostle?
1:01.0	Today on Church History Matters, Casey and I are joined by a special
1:05.9	guest Dr. Daniel C. Peterson to help us answer these and other great questions related
1:11.8	to succession.
1:13.5	I'm Scott Woodward and my co-host is Casey Griffiths.
1:16.6	And today Casey and I and Dr. Peterson dive into our eighth episode in this series
1:21.6	dealing with succession in the presidency. Now let's get into it. Hello Scott.
1:37.0	Hello Casey, how are you?
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