Baptisms for the Dead
A young man/man needs to hold this priesthood office in order to perform baptisms for the dead in the temple.
What is the office of Priest (Aaronic Priesthood)?
Before being called as an apostle and retiring, President Oaks worked as this.
What is a lawyer? And later on... what is a judge?
This tool on FamilySearch shows how you’re related to friends or Church leaders by comparing your family trees.
What is "Relatives Around Me"?
The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees this freedom related to belief and worship.
What is the Freedom of Religion?
A person accused of committing a crime is called this.
Who is the defendant?
When Joseph Smith introduced baptisms for the dead, early Saints first performed the ordinances in this natural setting before temples were available.
What is a river (Mississippi River)?
From 1971 to 1980, President Oaks served as president of this university.
What is BYU?
This popular Church website and app lets you build your family tree and find names to take to the temple.
What is FamilySearch?
In 1943, the Supreme Court protected a Jehovah’s Witness child from being forced to do this in school.
What is salute the flag or say the Pledge of Allegiance?
In the United States, this phrase means a person is considered innocent until proven guilty.
What is the presumption of innocence?
This person's death caused Joseph to ponder on the issue of people who die before they are baptized. Joseph often worried about this person's salvation since the person died before being baptized.
Who is Alvin (Joseph's brother)?
This event shaped President Oaks' life when he was only 8 years old and he has spoken of it often.
What is President Oaks' father dying of tuberculosis?
According to the scriptures, the spirit of this ancient prophet will turn the hearts of the father to the children and the children to their fathers.
Who is Elijah?
This Article of Faith addresses the issue of religious liberty?
What is the 11th Article of Faith?
“We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.”
These government lawyers represent the public and try to prove that the defendant committed the crime.
Who are prosecutors?
This Apostle from the New Testament taught about baptisms for the dead (1 Corinthians 15:29).
Who is Paul?
Who is the President of the United States?
President Oaks was considered for the U.S. Supreme Court by President Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan.
Dedicated in 1836 in Ohio, this was the first temple built in the latter days and the site where Elijah restored the sealing power.
What is the Kirtland Temple?
Early Latter-day Saints faced violence and expulsion in this state, where they built a large settlement called Nauvoo.
What is Illinois?
There are two types of crimes - misdemeanor, and this more serious type.
What is a felony?
The baptismal font in temples rests upon the backs of twelve oxen, which represent this.
Who are the Twelve Tribes of Israel?
President Oaks' middle name is Harris, which comes from this connection in his family.
Who is Martin Harris?
President Oaks is related to Martin Harris through his mother. Martin Harris, one of the Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon, is an important early figure in Church history, and this family connection is often mentioned in biographical notes about President Oaks to highlight his deep-rooted ties to early Latter-day Saint heritage.
Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles recommends referring to the temple as this.
What is the House of the Lord?
In 1838, this Missouri governor issued the “Extermination Order,” declaring that Latter-day Saints must be driven from the state or face violence.
Who is Governor Lilburn W. Boggs?
Missouri formally repealed the “Extermination Order” in 1976—nearly 138 years after it was originally issued in 1838 by Governor Lilburn W. Boggs.!
This constitutional right protects people from being tried twice for the same crime.
What is double jeopardy?