Episode 110: The Divine Origin of the Family Proclamation (Byran B. Korth)

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🗓️ 15 August 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Since its release on September 23, 1995, The Family: A Proclamation to the World has become a needed doctrinal anchor during a time of confusion and opposition regarding the centrality of the family. In this episode Dr. Byran B. Korth, professor and associate department chair of Church history and doctrine, discusses his article on the divine origin and inception of the family proclamation and details its inextricable connection to seership and revelation. “But a seer can know of things which are past, and also of things which are to come, and by them shall all things be revealed . . . ” (Mosiah 8:17). Dr. Korth discusses the revelatory process used by prophets and seers to craft the proclamation precept upon precept during the nearly year-long process. Additionally, he explains two profound truths about the proclamation: first, that it serves as a response to the rise of the antifamily movement at world conferences of the United Nations in the latter quarter of the twenty-first century, and second, that it was divinely designed by the Lord’s watchmen to declare to the world the role of the family in God’s plan.

Publications:

“Seership and World Conferences: The Divine Origin and Inception of the Family Proclamation” (in Religious Educator, Vol. 24, No. 2, 2023)
“Staying by the Tree of Life” (in Book of Mormon Insights: Letting God Prevail in Your Life, Religious Studies Center, 2024)
“Becoming as Little Children: Participating in the Household of God” (in The Household of God: Families and Belonging in the Social World of the New Testament, Religious Studies Center, 2022)
“The How and What of Modern Religious Transmission and Its Implications for Families” (Journal of Family Psychology, 35.4, 2021)
“Parents Teaching Children to Believe in Christ: ‘An Echo of a Celestial Pattern’” (in Give Ear to My Words: Text and Context of Alma 36 – 42, Religious Studies Center, 2019)
“Joseph Smith’s 1839 – 40 Visit to Washington” (in Latter-day Saints in Washington, D.C.: History, People, and Places, Religious Studies Center, 2021)

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0:00.0	Hello why religion friends John Hilton here if you went to be why you 10 or more years ago you might remember that there were four religion classes required to graduate
0:09.9	two semesters of Book of Mormon one one semester of New Testament, and one semester of the doctrine and covenants.
0:16.0	That changed several years ago, and we now have four cornerstone classes. These are the Eternal Family, Foundations of the Restoration, Jesus Christ
0:27.4	and the Everlasting Gospel, and teachings and doctrine of the Book of Mormon.
0:33.0	I was especially intrigued with the new class called the Eternal Family.
0:37.6	This seems like an important topic for our time.
0:41.1	In fact, I did some digging. This is a little bit of nerdy religion professor, word counting, and I found
0:47.5	out that when you compare the last 50 years with the 50 years before that, the word family has been mentioned in general conference more than
0:57.3	300% more frequently in the past 50 years than the 50 years before that.
1:05.2	In recent years, one statement on the family stands out as being particularly significant.
1:10.6	The family, a proclamationclamation to the World.
1:13.0	In fact, this document is the foundation for the Eternal Family Course.
1:18.0	Dr. Byron Korth, a religion professor at BYU, starts out his class on the Eternal Family with two questions.
1:24.6	I'm going to pose these questions to you. Think about how you would answer them.
1:29.4	Question number one, do you believe that the family proclamation is the Word of God?
1:35.9	Question 2. Do you see the family proclamation as merely a changeable statement of policy.
1:44.0	How do your answers compared to those of BYU students?
1:47.0	I'm starting to see a mixture of responses where there are some that are wondering if it is a changeable statement of policy
1:55.6	given the overwhelming philosophies of the world that are surrounding around
2:00.3	them. So that helps me and helps them see that they're at a very susceptible time at their lives.
2:07.3	They believe in the truths, but the world doesn't necessarily align with those truths.
2:12.9	And they're starting to wonder, well,
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