Episode 39: What’s the Church Up To?

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In recent years, it seems the phrases priesthood power and priesthood authority are being used more often in reference to women. But what do those words really mean? Has anything changed, or is this just a new way of describing old ideas? Cynthia and Susan talk about these phrases and the questions and feelings they evoke in a discussion of Pres. Jean B. Bingham’s article, Women and Covenant Power.

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Notes & Quotes:

Women and Covenant Power, by Pres. Jean B. Bingham, January 2021
Men and Women and Priesthood Power, by M. Russell Ballard, September 2014
The Keys and Authority of the Priesthood, by Dallin H. Oaks, April 2014
Joseph Smith’s Teachings about Priesthood, Temple, and Women

Use of the phrases priesthood keys and priesthood power from 1950—present. Image by Quentin Spencer

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