Hello, everyone! In the wake of Elder Hales' passing, I wanted to use a blog post to share some facts about our apostles that some might find interesting. First, Elder Hales was the last apostle appointed during President Benson's presidency, and he was the last of those appointees to pass away (as Elder Wirthlin did in 2008 and Elder Scott did in 2015).
With the passing of Elder Hales, we have President Monson, appointed by David O. McKay, President Nelson and Elders Oaks and Ballard, appointed during the presidency of Spencer W. Kimball, Elder Holland, the only apostle appointed during Howard W. Hunter's brief administration, Presidents Eyring and Uchtdorf, and Elders Bednar and Cook, appointed by Gordon B. Hinckley. The other five apostles (Elders Christofferson, Andersen, Rasband, Stevenson, and Renlund) have been appointed in the 9 years of President Monson's administration, making the apostle that will be appointed to fill the vacancy in the Quorum as a result of Elder Hales' death President Monson's sixth apostolic appointment.
As of today, the First Presidency has a total 251.35 years of life experience, which works out to an average of 83.78 years. The 11 members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles have a total of 818.88 years of life experience, which averages out to 74.44 years. And the 14 apostles together have a total of 1,070.23 years of life experience, which averages out to 76.45 years.
I am grateful that each of these Brethren has had their lives preserved up to this point. How wonderful it is to know that we do have prophets, seers, and revelators to guide us in these latter-days.
That does it for this post. Any comments are always welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until my next post, I wish each of you all the best.
Sunday, October 1, 2017
Apostolic Facts Which Some Might Find Interesting
I have had a lifelong love for Church history, which has extended to ongoing reports of the ministry of our apostles and prophets, General Conference, and all temple developments. This blog enables me to share that love with all who read my thoughts on these developments, which are sometimes reported multiple times per day as needed.
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