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Ads by Google      CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The High Priest Aaron and his sons were chosen by God to be priests, Aaron being the first high-priest and Eleazar his successor; so that, though the Scripture does not say so explicitly, the succession of the eldest son to the office of high-priest became a law. After the Exile anointing was not in use: both high-priests and priests were consecrated by simple investiture. It belonged to him also to manifest the Divine will made known to him by means of the urim and thummim, a method of consulting the Lord about which we have very little knowledge. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12407b.htm      Tithe, Tithing, and God's Law of Consecration, Sacrifice By Jesus -- Doctrines of the Father and Jesus Christ Discussion Forum The law of consecration is not an "LDS" doctrine, we did not create it, and being God's doctrine then it is ours since the LDS Church follows only God. >The law of consecration is not an "LDS" doctrine, we >did not create it, and being God's doctrine then it is >ours since the LDS Church follows only God. In the early days of this Church, God gave the prophet revelation about the Law of Consecration. http://www.voy.com/117911/200.html      Joseph_Smith_and_the_Law_of_Consecration_by_Lyndon_W_Cook.html Consecration was compulsory for any Mormon who desired to gather with the Saints in Missouri. Thus, it need not be imagined that the Latter-day Saints cannot truly live the law of consecration nor truly please God in their economic lives unless or until they reinstitute some particular aspect or phase of early Mormon consecration. The bishop was given the management and supervision of the finances of the Church as well as the law of consecration and stewardship. http://emp.byui.edu/OTTS/LDS_Church_References/Articles/Joseph_Smith_and_the_Law_of_Consecration_by_Lyndon_W_Cook.html      “The Law of Consecration” Accounts of the Lord’s people living the law of consecration are found in the Pearl of Great Price (Moses 7:18), the New Testament (Acts 4:32,34-35), and the Book of Mormon (4 Nephi 1:1-3,15). Bishop Victor L. Brown said that until we “feel in total harmony” that everything we have belongs to the Lord, “it will be difficult, if not impossible, for us to accept the law of consecration. Law of Consecration: The Lord’s way of having individuals consecrate their time, talents, and possessions to the building up of the kingdom and the service of His children. http://www.neumanninstitute.org/dc14.html      IN Consecration, Law of bishop to receive consecrations of the Lord’s house. CONSECRATION, LAW OF See also Common ; Devote ; Equal ; Inheritance ; Order ; Poor ; Property ; Substance ; United Order ; Zion consecrated properties not to be taken from church. http://scriptures.lds.org/inc/cnscrtnl      Utah History To Go - United Order Consecration and Stewardship ended as the Latter-day Saints were driven from Jackson County in 1833, and only sporadic attempts were made to put its principles into operation during the rest of Joseph Smith's lifetime. A precedent in Mormonism that seemed to offer a means of meeting these problems was Joseph Smith's Law of Consecration and Stewardship, which had been practiced in Missouri in 1831-33 as the Latter-day Saints began to settle the area they called "Zion," which was in Jackson County. In no instance was the specific form of Smith's earlier Law of Consecration and Stewardship followed. http://historytogo.utah.gov/united.html      Liturgy & Liturgical Law Forum: Words of Consecration There is absolutely no question what the words (prayer) of consecration are: they are as found in the Missal. Has the Church specifically stated what all the words of consecration are? Of course, ideally we would never need to worry about this, because it is gravely immoral to change a prayer approved for liturgical use. http://www.saint-mike.org/apologetics/qa/Answers/Apol_Liturgy/l010818Jensen.html      False Consecration It is what we might call a false consecration to the Law of God. And we also learned that life in Jesus Christ (or Christ living in us) doesn't have any need for the Law at all, no place for it, even though it honors and highly regards the Law. So then, I of myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin. http://www.pbc.org/dp/stedman/romans1/0016.html      mb-LofC.txt In their presence, the Prophet sought divine information and recorded most of what is today section 42 of the Doctrine and Covenants.5 Included in this revelation was a partial description of the law of consecration and stewardship. One of the closest applications of the law of consecration and stewardship in Ohio is found in the operations of two businesses, the Literary Firm and the United Firm (also known as the United Order). Meanwhile, members in Kirtland were striving to live another commandment, the law of consecration rather than the law of consecration and stewardship (as described in sections 42 and 51). http://www.cybcon.com/~kurtn/mb-LofC.txt      Liahona Learning Center - Law of Consecration Those who go to the temple now enter into a covenant to live the law of consecration, which concerns their time and talents. The prophet and the one who holds the keys to this law is Enoch, and in order for us to be sealed to Enoch we would have to become Involved In the law of consecration. Three of the temples have been noted to be the media through which the laws will go forth unto all the quarters of the earth. http://www.liahona-homeschooling.com/articles/lawofconsecration.html      IS THERE ENOUGH? The Law of Scarcity vs The Law of Consecration While the view of the United Orders as isolated, communal societies seems irrelevant to the modern world, they did embody a set of principles that help describe the law of consecration and is relevant to any people who have a desire to live the law: These principles are: Consecration means recognizing the interests and wants of others as being equal in importance to our own, being able to recognize a surplus when it exists, and foregoing our lusts for ever-larger homes, cars, and toys. Consecration means seeing that all things in and on the earth belong to the Lord; they are not "ours" to use for our selfish interests. http://w3.byuh.edu/academics/ace/Speeches/Mckay/B_Kimzey.htm      Law of Consecration We need not go into detail to define the law of consecration (as contained in the Doctrine and Covenants) and its implementation. We are perfectly willing to put the law of consecration into practice just as soon as the rest of the world is ready to receive it--otherwise the world might not approve of our action. The law of consecration is that of a stable society; the law of the marketplace is that of an expansive, acquisitive, brittle, untrustworthy, predatory society. http://www.bofm.net/Law%20of%20Consecration.htm      project mayhem: December 2003 one of my pet peeves is the comment, often heard in sunday school, that "the lord has not asked us to live the law of consecration." those who have been to the temple should know better. in the temple, we covenant to live the law of consecration. explain that the fulness of the law of consecration has been lived only at certain times as commanded by the lord. http://loydo38.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_loydo38_archive.html      Bruce R. McConkie Accordingly, I shall now set forth some of the principles of sacrifice and consecration to which the true saints must conform if they are ever to go where God and Christ are and have an inheritance with the faithful saints of ages past. We are under covenant to live the law of consecration. The law of consecration is that we consecrate our time, our talents, and our money and property to the cause of the Church: such are to be available to the extent they are needed to further the Lord's interests on earth. http://www.dartmouth.edu/~paccpage/BruceRMcConkie.html      Annotated History of Joseph Smith Vol.1 Chapter 13 (Jan. 1831 - Feb. 1831) Consecration verses 30-34 are considerably expanded from the BC to clarify the procedures the bishop was to use in Zion. But verily, verily, I say unto you, that none else shall be appointed unto this gift except it be through him; for if it be taken from him he shall not have power except to appoint another in his stead. For it shall come to pass, that which I spake by the mouths of my prophets, shall be fulfilled; for I will consecrate of the riches of those who embrace my gospel among the Gentiles unto the poor of my people who are of the house of Israel. http://www.boap.org/LDS/History/HTMLHistory/v1c13history.html      Utah History To Go - United Order A precedent in Mormonism that seemed to offer a means of meeting these problems was Joseph Smith's Law of Consecration and Stewardship, which had been practiced in Missouri in 1831-33 as the Latter-day Saints began to settle the area they called "Zion," which was in Jackson County. Consecration and Stewardship ended as the Latter-day Saints were driven from Jackson County in 1833, and only sporadic attempts were made to put its principles into operation during the rest of Joseph Smith's lifetime. Mormons continued to call church assignments "stewardships" and to vow to consecrate all their energies and possessions to the church. http://historytogo.utah.gov/united.html      Mormonism: Legitimate Religion? Mormon Heirarchy: The Origins of Power by Michael D. Quinn is a scholarly history, unblushingly honest, though written by a faithful Mormon, of how Mormonism rose from a small, insignificant cult to one of the great religious cults of the world. This is pointed to with pride by Mormons as evidence of their claim that the church is divinely inspired and led. The Mormon church clearly defines its leaders as special, in the sense that they are supposedly divinely inspired, and are said to be the sole enfranchised church leaders on Earth. http://www.bidstrup.com/mormon.htm      Issues in Mormon Doctrine Mormonism as a religion is not a meme, let alone Mormon culture. There can also roughly be identified with the law of the Lord and the law of the land, religion and politics or church and state respectively. It would be entirely inappropriate for one tradition to impose their laws, which are not only impractical and counter-productive from a mortal perspective but counter-productive from an eternal perspective for some, on the rest of society. http://mormondoctrine.blogspot.com      Ceremonial law, but the consecration of the faithful Ceremonial law, but the consecration of the faithful From our knowledge, be indulged such apostles, imploring with the holy superstitions. They do well-convinced that those virtues which attests, the use of the tradition of Christ. http://www.brank.org/gibbon/eden/related/festivals/magnified/divine/that/      On Zion and Law Beyond the Mormon quest for immediate protection from legal harassment by enemies, Firmage and Mangrum also delve into how efforts to live the law of consecration fared before the bar of secular courts. The territorial law that gave the church its legal existence was revoked, and all church property in excess of $50,000 was to be confiscated by the government (201). However, the secular law was wedded to a more traditional concept of property and once again refused to uphold the church’s position (61-63). http://www.aliveonline.com/ldspapers/ZionInTheCourts.htm      Why Mormonism is a Cult To Mormons, Faith in god is the key, to build that in people is their purpose, and everywhere you look, they express that obedience is a key to gain faith. The parallels between this UFO cult and the Mormon church are striking. Elohim is the name of god to Mormons. http://www.cc.utah.edu/~njb4/mormoncult.html      LawofCon2.htm This alleged citation defines the "fulness of the gospel" as being polygamy and the law of consecration. There is not a consecration of all with `inheritances' given back, but there is a retention of individual possessions, with a duty of `stewardship' reaching out to the tithe, and the fast and the sundry contributions for the building up of the Church, sustaining its missionary system, its temples, houses of worship and the like. We await the re-establishment of the Law of Consecration through God's Prophet, the President of the Church. http://www.mormonfundamentalism.com/LawofCon2.htm      MORMONISM AND BLOOD ATONEMENT We swear blood oaths to obedience, and consecration and sacrifice, and obedience to the law of the priesthood. This is the whole essence of the difference between the Jesus Christ of Mormonism and the Jesus Christ of Christianity. We found out what Mormonism teaches regarding the temple, as that being the heart of the gospel, but I think that what you've got in Mormonism is a warped understanding of the true doctrine of blood atonement. http://www.saintsalive.com/mormonism/bloodatonement.htm      gdm.9704 The law of tithing, while considered by some commentators in the past as in "inferior" law to the law of consecration, seems to have been merely a new phase of consecration. According to his law, members were to consecrate their properties to the Lord for the support of the poor "with a covenant and a deed which cannot be broken" (see D&C 42:30). Instead, members were commanded to consecrate or dedicate their lives for the building of the kingdom of God on earth. http://www.xmission.com/pub/lists/gdm/archive/gdm.9704      4nephi.html We should prepare ourselves to live the law of consecration by being prayerful, humble, generous, loving, and totally unselfish in all of our actions. The Book of Nephi, who is the son of Nephi—one of the disciples of Jesus Christ.   Rather, a higher spiritual law of Christ was observed by the people. http://www.neumanninstitute.org/4nephi.html      Mormon Fundamentalism and Violence: A Historical Analysis The Mormon Church began with a personal visit from God and Jesus Christ, and visitations from heavenly personages were common occurrences in the early church. Their claim that the laws of God are more important that the laws of the state gives them a religious basis for breaking laws they feel are unjust. Not only were their ancestors persecuted for their beliefs, they are persecuted by mainstream Mormons and gentiles alike for maintaining their stance with the teachings of early church leaders. http://www.exmormon.org/violence.htm      Mailgate: soc.religion.mormon: Law of Consecration Does anyone know anyone who is living the law of consecration as outlined in the Doctrine and Covenants...inside the LDS church? Is the LDS church organized to accept the property and income of its members and distribute it back out sufficiently to provide a reasonable standard of living for someone for that person's lifetime. http://mailgate.supereva.it/soc/soc.religion.mormon/msg25368.html      project mayhem: December 2003 in the temple, we covenant to live the law of consecration. one of the big myth's in the church is that in order to live the law of consecration, a large group of individual must live it by some sort of social contract. this is a little confusing, but the manual seems to be suggesting that the united order was an attempt to live the "fulness of the law of consecration." the implication is that some "lesser" law of consecration might still be in effect. http://loydo38.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_loydo38_archive.html      The_Law_of_Consecration_by_Bruce_A_Van_Orden.html it need not be imagined that the Latter-day Saints cannot truly live the law of consecration nor truly please God in their economic lives unless or until they reinstitute some particular aspect or phase of early Mormon Consecration. Bruce A. Van Orden, "The Law of Consecration," The Capstone of our Religion: Insights into the Doctrine and Covenants, Edited by Robert L. Millet and Larry E. Dahl (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1989) The law of tithing, while considered by some commentators in the past as in "inferior" law to the law of consecration, seems to have been merely a new phase of consecration. http://emp.byui.edu/OTTS/LDS_Church_References/Articles/The_Law_of_Consecration_by_Bruce_A_Van_Orden.html      The Kirtland Temple, Kirtland Ohio. Mormons and Jews Early Mormon Theologies of Israel. Barlow, Philip L. Mormons and the Bible the Place of the Latter-day Saints in American Religion. "The Growth of the Mormon Church in Kirtland, Ohio." Ph.D. Dissertation, Indiana University, 1957. http://www.kirtlandtemple.org/biblio.htm

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