Dallin H. Oaks
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Dallin H. Oaks (1932 - present) is a General Authority of the Mormon religion. He is currently one of the Quorum of the Twelve, and so an Apostle, and has been since May, 1984. He was previously a justice of the Utah Supreme Court from 1980 - 1984, and had been President of BYU from 1971 - 1980.
Oaks was first married in 1952 to June Dixon with whom he had six children. June passed away July 21, 1998 and Oaks later married Kristen McMain on August 25, 2000.
Oaks is also a graduate of Brigham Young University (1954) and of The University of Chicago Law School (1957). [1]
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- "It is one thing to depreciate a person who exercises corporate power or even government power. It is quite another thing to criticize or depreciate a person for the performance of an office to which he or she has been called of God. It does not matter that the criticism is true. As Elder George F. Richards, President of the Council of the Twelve, said in a conference address in April 1947, 'when we say anything bad about the leaders of the Church, whether true or false, we tend to impair their influence and their usefulness and are thus working against the Lord and his cause.' ... The Holy Ghost will not guide or confirm criticism of the Lord's anointed, or of Church leaders, local or general. This reality should be part of the spiritual evaluation that LDS readers and viewers apply to those things written about our history and those who made it." -"Reading Church History," CES Doctrine and Covenants Symposium, Brigham Young University, 16 Aug. 1985, page 25. also see Dallin H. Oaks, "Elder Decries Criticism of LDS Leaders," quoted in The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday August 18, 1985, p. 2B
- "My duty as a member of the Council of the Twelve is to protect what is most unique about the LDS church, namely the authority of priesthood, testimony regarding the restoration of the gospel, and the divine mission of the Savior. Everything may be sacrificed in order to maintain the integrity of those essential facts. Thus, if Mormon Enigma reveals information that is detrimental to the reputation of Joseph Smith, then it is necessary to try to limit its influence and that of its authors." -Inside the Mind of Joseph Smith: Psychobiography and the Book of Mormon, Introduction p. xliii, Footnote 28
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- Dallin H. Oaks (wikipedia)
