Comments on: I Have a Question, 1840

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:39:53 +0000

Re: “If a brother be in debt to another brother…”
It seems hard to me to take this course against a person one has called a brother.

By: Maurine Ward

Maurine Ward — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:13:29 +0000

I thought that these questions were a lot different from others we have seen. Maybe it is because, as Ardis says, the questions are earlier than the others.

By: The Other Clark

The Other Clark — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:24:13 +0000

The answer to the first question seems to imply that it’s improper to take legal action against a “brother in the Gospel,” so that the church court must come first, and if he’s obstinate, then he’s ex’ed off so relief can be sought in temporal courts.

By: Bookslinger

Bookslinger — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:54:48 +0000

The last Q/A answers questions I had about early members in Missouri having church courts, getting disfellowshipped and ex’d for things which are not cause for the same treatment today. Perhaps it explains some of the disaffections.

By: Bookslinger

Bookslinger — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:26:26 +0000

Matt, I thought he did answer. “administering the sacrament” = breaking the bread and pouring the wine.

By: Matt W.

Matt W. — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:38:12 +0000

Interesting that on the question of whether a teacher can break bread and pour wine, from my 2011 perspective, Pratt didn’t answer the question. Wonder if that is just me imposing my cultural norms…

By: The Other Clark

The Other Clark — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:26:33 +0000

Fantastic. I enjoyed this immensely.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:43:19 +0000

I’m glad, ji. This set especially appeals to me because it is so early — unlike some of the later sets, these questions hadn’t been asked before and I don’t have the reaction of rolling my eyes about the pickiness and pedantry of some later questions. It’s all new.

The one about missionary tracting and its mix of encouragement about the possibilities, as well as a seeming acknowledgement that there are more profitable ways of working, was fun for me.

By: ji

ji — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:21:45 +0000

I love reading this sort of thing — old questions and old answers. I love the vocabulary and the grammar. Here, I also much appreciate Elder Pratt’s wonderful answers. Very refreshing. I especially love the answer about baptism water covering the supplicant — the emphasis on both the spirit and the letter of the law and the insight into how the two work together.