In reading this I don’t quite understand how these things turn women into patriarchs. In my life, I know that the blessings and powers mentioned here have been available to me as a matriarch in my home and in church leadership and in my temple service. I received them as promised to me by the Lord and I've had access to these blessings through faith, prayer, revelation, obedience, and the gifts of the Holy Ghost. My husband, as a priesthood holder in our home, also has access to these gifts.
kathryn amesOctober 30, 2019
I like the comments; they answered the few misgivings about the article. How grateful I am that President Nelson is making such meaningful updates on these matters and that the Church is using that to interpret several of the things we are reading from Paul in our Come Follow Me NT studies. We women have waited a LONG Time for these clarifications and are singing silently or out LOUD the hymn that is based on Paul's words: "Rejoice, again I say, "REJOICE"
JoanOctober 28, 2019
Wouldn't it be better to say Matriarch? Women receive Revelation from God as needed through the Holy Ghost and by the power of the Priesthood. Women have their own divine roll.
So we are Matriarchs not Patriarchs.
D. Lynn JohnsonOctober 28, 2019
Many think patriarch means Daddy rules. Not so. The word patriarch derives from two Greek words, patria and archo. Patria is like the word for father, but it is a feminine noun. It appears three times in the Greek New Testament, translated as follows: family (Eph 3:15), kindred (Acts 3:25), lineage (Luke 2:4). Thus patriarch means family head. The temple usage of the term teaches us that it includes both father and mother.
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JanineNovember 10, 2019
In reading this I don’t quite understand how these things turn women into patriarchs. In my life, I know that the blessings and powers mentioned here have been available to me as a matriarch in my home and in church leadership and in my temple service. I received them as promised to me by the Lord and I've had access to these blessings through faith, prayer, revelation, obedience, and the gifts of the Holy Ghost. My husband, as a priesthood holder in our home, also has access to these gifts.
kathryn amesOctober 30, 2019
I like the comments; they answered the few misgivings about the article. How grateful I am that President Nelson is making such meaningful updates on these matters and that the Church is using that to interpret several of the things we are reading from Paul in our Come Follow Me NT studies. We women have waited a LONG Time for these clarifications and are singing silently or out LOUD the hymn that is based on Paul's words: "Rejoice, again I say, "REJOICE"
JoanOctober 28, 2019
Wouldn't it be better to say Matriarch? Women receive Revelation from God as needed through the Holy Ghost and by the power of the Priesthood. Women have their own divine roll. So we are Matriarchs not Patriarchs.
D. Lynn JohnsonOctober 28, 2019
Many think patriarch means Daddy rules. Not so. The word patriarch derives from two Greek words, patria and archo. Patria is like the word for father, but it is a feminine noun. It appears three times in the Greek New Testament, translated as follows: family (Eph 3:15), kindred (Acts 3:25), lineage (Luke 2:4). Thus patriarch means family head. The temple usage of the term teaches us that it includes both father and mother.
Debra MackOctober 28, 2019
Great article. Thank you
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