Hello again, everyone! Yesterday or the day before (I'm honestly not sure which), I had posted a few thoughts about how assignments given or approved by a prophet who subsequently passes away prior to such events occurring are generally honored by his successor in the Church presidency. And it appears that is the case with the assignment given to the Uchtdorfs to speak during the Worldwide Devotional for Young Adults.
There is an interesting anomaly about that assignment, along with a unique invitation associated with it that I thought was worth mentioning. In regards to the unique invitation, the Uchtdorfs have invited many young adults in Utah to be with them in the Conference Center as the devotional is held. But they have also announced that the devotional will include activities for their involvement, the encouragement to use social media during the course of that devotional, and refreshments and an informal get-together after the devotional.
Now that I have discussed the unique invitation, here is the anomaly: This Church News article uses the honorific title for President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, but this article from the Church's official website is virtually a verbatim copy of that article, with one exception: it refers to him as "Elder Uchtdorf".
In an earlier comment in which I offered my response to a question about the use of the honorific title, I mentioned that it is generally customary for counselors of a deceased Church president to retain the use of their honorific titles at least through the funeral services, if they do not go on to be retained in the First Presidency under the new Church president.
So I thought it was interesting that two almost identical sources about this devotional have different designations for President Monson's Second Counselor. With that said, that does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until my next post, I wish each one of you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.
Friday, January 5, 2018
An Interesting Anomaly Regarding Upcoming Worldwide Devotional for Young Adults
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This article has been updated as well to say Elder Uchtdorf: https://www.lds.org/church/events/january-2018-worldwide-devotional-for-young-adults?cid=HP_WE_3-1-2018_dSI_fCNWS_xLIDyL1-C_&lang=eng.
ReplyDeleteGiven the First Presidency will presumably be reorganized that morning, it will be interesting to watch how he is introduced.
Hello, Michael. Thanks for stopping by to comment. Any source about the devotional published on the Church's website (lds.org) has referred to him as Elder Uchtdorf, but as mentioned in my post above, the Church News article refers to him by his honorific title. Here's the interesting thing about the timing of that devotional: While President Uchtdorf could (and likely will) be retained in the First Presidency, since he would not want to spoil what might be termed the "official reveal" on Monday morning about how the First Presidency was reorganized the previous day, it seems more likely that they will either introduce him by the honorific title he has held during President Monson's presidency, and will highlight his service with President Monson and not mention anything else, or else he will be referred to as "Elder Uchtdorf" in view of the fact that it will not have been officially confirmed whether or not he has been retained. If he has been retained, President Nelson may authorize him to make that public for the devotional, although it seems unlikely that will occur. But those are just my thoughts on that, which may or may not prove to be accurate. Thanks, Michael!
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