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| | #REDIRECT [[Question: Is a Mormon disciplinary council really called a "court of love?"]] |
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| =Is a Mormon disciplinary council really called a "court of love?"=
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| The term "court of love" was used in a general conference talk by Elder Elder Robert L. Simpson in 1972. {{ref|simpson1}} At that time, disciplinary councils were referred to as "priesthood courts." The purpose of these courts was not to convict someone of a crime, but rather to help the person on the road to repentance and bring them back into full fellowship in the Church. Elder Simpson noted:
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| Priesthood courts of the Church are not courts of retribution. They are courts of love. Oh, that members of the Church could understand this fact.
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| The phrase "court of love" has become a favorite phrase of ex-Mormon critics as a way to mockingly describe any Church disciplinary council. The term is rarely used among active Latter-day Saints. The term has even made it into popular media: One example is a reference made by a character in an HBO series to a pending disciplinary proceeding that she (quite seriously) referred to as a "love court."
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