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General Conference 2010

The 180th semi-annual general conference was held on October 2-3, 2010.

Themes, Topics, Scriptures Referenced, Speakers and Word Occurrences

Five temples announced

SPEAKERS:

Saturday Morning:
President Thomas S. Monson
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
Rosemary M. Wixom
Elder Claudio R. M. Costa
David M. McConkie
Elder D. Todd Christofferson
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Saturday Afternoon:
President Henry B. Eyring
Elder Robert D. Hales
Elder Quentin L. Cook
Bishop Richard C. Edgley
Elder Kevin R. Duncan
Elder Gerrit W. Gong
Elder Neil L. Andersen
Elder Richard G. Scott

Priesthood Session:
Elder Russell M. Nelson
Elder Patrick Kearon
Elder Juan Uceda
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
President Henry B. Eyring
President Thomas S. Monson

Sunday Morning:
President Henry B. Eyring
President Boyd K. Packer
Elder Jay E. Jensen
Mary N. Cook
Elder Dallin H. Oaks
President Thomas S. Monson

Sunday Afternoon:
Elder L. Tom Perry
Elder David A. Bednar
Elder Larry R. Lawrence
Elder Per G. Malm
Elder Jairo Mazzagardi
Elder Mervyn B. Arnold
Elder M. Russell Ballard
President Thomas S. Monson

Five Temples Announced

Five new temples were announced at the October 2010 General Conference:

Hartford, Connecticut
Indianapolis, Indiana
Tijuana, Mexico
Urdaneta, Philippines
Lisbon, Portugal

Burning Koran

Below is the official statement from the LDS Church on Koran burning:

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, through a spokesman, issued the following statement today in response to news media inquiries:

“A key tenet of our faith is to accord everyone the freedom to worship as they choose. It is regrettable that anyone would regard the burning of any scriptural text as a legitimate form of protest or disagreement.”

Patriarchs of Dispensations

Adam
Enoch
Noah
Abraham
Jesus
Joseph Smith

Presiding Bishopric

Presiding Bishopric:

Bishop: H. David Burton
1st Counselor: Richard C. Edgley
2nd Counselor: Keith B. McMullin

Presidency of the Seventy

Presidency of the Seventy:

Ronald A. Rasband
Claudio R. M. Costa
Steven E. Snow
Walter F. Gonzalez
L. Whitney Clayton
Jay E. Jensen
Donald L. Hallstrom

List of General Authorities

First Presidency
Quorum of the Twelve

Urim and Thummim

The Urim and Thummim is mentioned in the Bible and, with added details about its use and significance, in latter-day scriptures. It is an instrument prepared by God through which revelation may be received. Abraham learned about the universe through the Urim and Thummim (Abr. 3:1-4). The Prophet Joseph Smith "through the medium of the Urim and Thummim…translated the [Book of Mormon] by the gift and power of God" (HC 4:537; D&C 10:1; JS-H 1:62). Servants of God who are allowed to use the Urim and Thummim have been known as seers (Mosiah 8:13), among whom were Abraham, Moses, the brother of Jared, Mosiah 2, Alma 1, Helaman 1, Moroni 2, and Joseph Smith.

In Antiquity at least two different Urim and Thummim existed, and possibly three. Chronologically, the brother of Jared received the first known one (D&C 17:1). This same set came into the hands of Mosiah 2 and other Book of Mormon prophets, subsequently being deposited with the gold plates (JS-H 1:35). The fate of the second set, given to Abraham (Abr. 3:1), remains unknown. Unless Abraham's Urim and Thummim had been passed down, Moses received a third set mentioned first in Exodus 28:30. The Urim noted in 1 Samuel 28:6,probably an abbreviated form of Urim and Thummim, was most likely the one possessed by Moses (cf. Num. 27:18-21). What happened to this one is also unknown, though certainly by postexilic times the Urim and Thummim were no longer extant (Ezra 2:63; Neh. 7:65).

Joseph Smith described the Urim and Thummim as "two transparent stones set in the rim of a [silver] bow fastened to a breast plate" (HC 4:537; JS-H 1:35). Biblical evidence allows no conclusive description, except that it was placed in a breastplate over the heart (Ex. 28:30; Lev. 8:8).

Urim and Thummim is the transliteration of two Hebrew words meaning, respectively, "light(s)" and "wholeness(es)" or "perfection(s)." While it is usually assumed that the -im ending on both words represents the Hebrew masculine plural suffix, other explanations are possible.

The Urim and Thummim to be used during and after the Millennium will have a functional similarity to the Urim and Thummim mentioned above. God's dwelling place is called a Urim and Thummim; and the white stone of Revelation 2:17is to become a Urim and Thummim for inheritors of the Celestial Kingdom (D&C 130:8-10).

Source: Encyclopedia of Mormonism