Tuesday, 24 June 2014

Five-Patch Shoo-Fly



The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on very rare occasions convenes disciplinary councils. Their purpose is three-fold: to save the soul of someone who has seriously transgressed, to protect the innocent, and to safeguard the Church’s purity, integrity, and good name. Excommunication is the most severe judgment a disciplinary council can take. Excommunicated persons are no longer members of the church. Their participation in church activities is limited, but they are encouraged to continue attending church meetings and to prayerfully study the scriptures. Church disciplinary action is not intended to be the end of the process. Instead it is designed to be the beginning of an opportunity to repent and to return to full fellowship and to the full blessings of the church. “Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more.” - Doctrine and Covenants 58:42

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