American religious leader (1900–1984)
Mark E. Petersen Quorum of the Twelve Apostles April 20, 1944 (1944-04-20 ) – January 11, 1984 (1984-01-11 ) LDS Church Apostle April 20, 1944 (1944-04-20 ) – January 11, 1984 (1984-01-11 ) Reason Excommunication ofRichard R. Lyman Reorganizationat end of term Russell M. Nelson andDallin H. Oaks were ordained after the deaths of Petersen andLeGrand Richards Personal details Born Mark Edward Petersen (1900-11-07 ) November 7, 1900Salt Lake City, Utah , U.S.Died January 11, 1984(1984-01-11) (aged 83)Murray, Utah , U.S. Resting place Salt Lake City Cemetery 40°46′37.92″N 111°51′28.8″W / 40.7772000°N 111.858000°W /40.7772000; -111.858000 Spouse(s) Emma Marr McDonald[ 1] Children 2 daughters[ 2]
Mark Edward Petersen (November 7, 1900 – January 11, 1984) was an American news editor and religious leader. He was born inSalt Lake City, Utah . He served as a member of theQuorum of the Twelve Apostles ofthe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1944 until his death. He became managing editor of the church-ownedDeseret News excommunication ofRichard R. Lyman .
As a young boy, Petersen was a newspaper carrier, and he also helped in his father’s construction business. Later, he attended theUniversity of Utah and served amission for the LDS Church inNova Scotia . In pursuing a career, he became a reporter for theDeseret News and continued working for the paper for sixty years, advancing to the position of president and chairman of the board. Petersen wrote numerous editorials and published more than forty books and many pamphlets used in the church's missionary effort.[ 3]
In April 1944, while serving as general manager of theDeseret News , Petersen was called to be a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.[ 4] apostle , he directed the church’s public information programs and served on the Military Relations Committee. He was an adviser to the church'sRelief Society , Indian Affairs Committee, and Music Committee.[ 1] president of theWest European Mission [ 5] Boy Scouts of America and was a recipient of theSilver Antelope Award . In 1959, in response to a rash of arrests ofgay men inUtah andIdaho ,church president David O. McKay assigned apostlesSpencer W. Kimball and Petersen to work oncuring gays within the church .[ 6] [ 7]
Controversial teachings [ edit ] AtBrigham Young University on 27 August 1954, at the Convention of Teachers of Religion on the College Level, Petersen delivered the speech, "Race Problems—As They Affect the Church."[ 8] [ 9] racial segregation and supported its continued practice as it related tointermarriage between blacks and whites . Particularly, he reaffirmed the LDS Church's teaching at that time that those withdark skin had been less valiant in their lives before coming to earth .[ 10] [ 11] [ 12]
In spite of all he did in thepre-existent life , the Lord is willing, if the Negro accepts the gospel with real, sincere faith, and is really converted, to give him the blessings of baptism and thegift of the Holy Ghost . If that Negro is faithful all his days, he can and will enter thecelestial kingdom . He will go there as a servant, but he will get a celestial resurrection. He will get a place in the celestial glory.
In the 1940s, Petersen coined the term "Mormon fundamentalist " to describe people who had left the LDS Church to practiceplural marriage .[ 13]
Petersen died from longstanding complications ofcancer after entering Cottonwood Hospital inMurray, Utah , and undergoing surgery.[ 14] [ 5] Salt Lake City Cemetery .[ 15]
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—— (1953).Your Faith and You . Salt Lake City, Utah:Bookcraft . —— (1953).An apostle speaks to youth about... The Sacredness of Sex - Chastity in Its Holy Mission . Provo, Utah:Brigham Young University . —— (1954).For Time or Eternity . Salt Lake City, Utah:Bookcraft . —— (1959).A Faith to Live By . Salt Lake City, Utah:Bookcraft . —— (1959).Teen Dating and Marriage . Salt Lake City, Utah:Deseret Book —— (1960).Toward a Better Life . Salt Lake City, Utah:Deseret Book . —— (1962).Patterns for Living . Salt Lake City, Utah:Bookcraft . —— (1962).One Lord ... One Faith! . Salt Lake City, Utah:Deseret Book . —— (1963).Faith Works! . Salt Lake City, Utah:Bookcraft . —— (1964).Guide to a Happy Marriage . Englewood Cliffs, N.J.:Prentice-Hall . —— (1965).Our Moral Challenge . Salt Lake City, Utah:Deseret Book . —— (1966).Why the Religious Life . Salt Lake City, Utah:Deseret Book . —— (1966).As Translated Correctly . Salt Lake City, Utah:Deseret Book . —— (1969).The Way to Peace . Salt Lake City, Utah:Bookcraft . —— (1969).Drugs, Drinks & Morals . Salt Lake City, Utah:Deseret Book .LCCN 79-109605 .OCLC 123940 . —— (1971).Live it Up! . Salt Lake City, Utah:Deseret Book .ISBN 0-87747-450-8 —— (1972).Marriage and Common Sense . Salt Lake City, Utah:Bookcraft . —— Petersen, Emma Marr (1973).Virtue Makes Sense! Deseret Book .ISBN 0-87747-500-8 —— (1974).The Way of the Master Bookcraft .ISBN 0-88494-271-6 —— (1975).The Great Prologue Deseret Book .ISBN 0-87747-557-1 —— (1976).Adam, Who is He? Deseret Book .ISBN 0-87747-592-X —— (1976).The Salt and the Savor Bookcraft .ISBN 0-88494-306-2 —— (1977).Moses: Man of Miracles Deseret Book .ISBN 0-87747-651-9 —— (1977).Marriage: Covenants and Conflicts . Salt Lake City, Utah:Bookcraft . —— (1978).Joshua, Man of Faith Deseret Book .ISBN 0-87747-720-5 —— (1978).The Unknown God . Salt Lake City, Utah:Bookcraft .ISBN 0-88494-337-2 —— (1979).Those Gold Plates! Bookcraft .ISBN 0-88494-364-X —— (1979).Abraham, Friend of God Deseret Book .ISBN 0-87747-780-9 —— (1979).The Forerunners . Salt Lake City, Utah:Bookcraft .ISBN 0-88494-376-3 —— (1980).Three Kings of Israel . Salt Lake City, Utah:Bookcraft .ISBN 0-87747-829-5 —— (1981).Isaiah for Today . Salt Lake City, Utah:Deseret Book .ISBN 0-87747-882-1 —— (1981).Children of Promise: The Lamanites: Yesterday & Today . Salt Lake City, Utah:Bookcraft .ISBN 0-88494-431-X —— (1981).Family Power! . Salt Lake City, Utah:Bookcraft . —— (1981).Joseph of Egypt Deseret Book .ISBN 0-87747-861-9 —— (1982).Noah and the Flood . Salt Lake City, Utah:Deseret Book .ISBN 0-87747-935-6 —— (1982).This Is Life Eternal . Salt Lake City, Utah:Bookcraft .ISBN 0-88494-474-3 —— (1983).Malachi and the Great and Dreadful Day . Salt Lake City, Utah:Deseret Book .ISBN 0-87747-962-3 —— (1983).Alma and Abinadi . Salt Lake City, Utah:Deseret Book .ISBN 0-87747-959-3 —— (1984).The Jaredites . Salt Lake City, Utah:Deseret Book .ISBN 0-87747-998-4 —— (1984).The Teachings of Paul . Salt Lake City, Utah:Deseret Book .ISBN 0-87747-843-0 —— (1984).The Sons of Mosiah . Salt Lake City, Utah:Deseret Book .ISBN 0-87747-297-1 ^a b "Tabernacle Funeral Services Planned For LDS Church Elder Mark Petersen" .The Salt Lake Tribune . Salt Lake City, Utah. 1984-01-13. p. 22. Retrieved2022-03-17 – via Newspapers.com.^ Monson, Thomas S. (March 1984)."In Memoriam:By His Words—Elder Mark E. Petersen - new-era" .New Era . Retrieved16 May 2018 . ^ "Mark E. Petersen Named Visiting Authority" .Washington County News . Saint George, Utah. 1962-02-01. p. 1. Retrieved2022-03-17 – via Newspapers.com.^ Press, A. (13 Jan 1984)."Mark Petersen, One of Mormons' Apostles Council" .Boston Globe .ProQuest 294232213 . Retrieved19 March 2022 . ^a b "This week in Church History" .Church News Deseret News . 3 January 2009. Retrieved7 May 2018 .^ O'Donovan, Rocky (1994).Multiply and Replenish: Mormon Essays on Sex and Family ISBN 1-56085-050-7 . Retrieved27 November 2016 . ^ Kimball, Edward L.; Kimball, Andrew E. (1977).Spencer W. Kimball: Twelfth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ISBN 9780884943303 ^ Petersen, Elder Mark E. (27 August 1954)."Race Problems— As They Affect The Church" .archive.org . Retrieved7 May 2018 . ^ Tanner, Jerald and Sandra (2004)."Appendix B: Race Problems—As They Affect The Church" .Curse of Cain?: Racism in the Mormon Church Utah Lighthouse Ministry .^ McNamara, Mary Lou (24 January 2001).Contemporary Mormonism: Social Science Perspectives Champaign, IL :University of Illinois Press . p. 318.ISBN 0252069595 . Retrieved7 May 2018 . ^ Bush, Lester E. Jr. ;Mauss, Armand L. , eds. (1984)."Appendix: Authoritative Statements on the Status of Blacks" .Neither White nor Black: Mormon Scholars Confront the Race Issue in a Universal Church Midvale, Utah :Signature Books .ISBN 0-941214-22-2 ^ Embry, Jessie L. (1994)."Chapter 3: Impact of the LDS "Negro Policy" .Black Saints in a White Church : Contemporary African American MormonsSignature Books . pp. 40–41 .ISBN 1560850442 Sourced from theGeorge A. Smith family papers, 1731-1969' (box 78, folder 7) on the 'Quorum of the Twelve Apostles— Excerpts from the weekly council meetings dealing with the rights of African Americans in the church (1849-1940') {{cite book }}:External link in|quote=help ) ^ Driggs, Ken (2001). "Journal of Church and State 43 (1):49– 80.doi :10.1093/jcs/43.1.49 .JSTOR 23920013 .^ "LDS Apostle Mark Petersen Dies of Cancer" .The Daily Herald . Provo, Utah. 1984-01-12. p. 1. Retrieved2022-03-18 – via Newspapers.com.^ "Religious Leaders Euglogize Elder Mark E. Peterson" .The Salt Lake Tribune . Salt Lake City, Utah. 1984-01-13. p. 22. Retrieved2022-03-18 – via Newspapers.com.
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^a b c d e f g h i j Never a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. ^a b c d e f g h i j k l m Term ended by excommunication. ^ Term ended by resignation. ^ Term ended by removal of apostleship; was later excommunicated. ^ Term ended by suspension of priesthood.
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