REL A 275 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026
Bruce R. McConkie - 3 pillars of eternity - Answers - creation
- fall
- atonement
- without any one, everything loses purpose
Joseph Smith - Plan of Happiness - Answers - we were all present at council in Heaven
- great principle of happiness consist in having a body
- Satan would rather have the body of a swine than no body
- beings with bodies have power over those who don't
- Satan only has power we allow him to have over us
Joseph F. Smith - Forbidden Fruit - Answers - God told Adam if he wanted to stay in the garden he
couldn't eat the fruit
- if he wanted to eat and partake of death, he was at liberty to do so
Robert J. Matthews - The Fall - Answers - God didn't just create man mortal because God only does
things for us we can't do for ourselves
- it was Adam's privilege to take the necessary steps to become mortal
Dallin H. Oaks - Sin vs. Transgression - Answers - sins are inherently wrong (like murder)
- transgressions are wrong only because they are prohibited (operating without a license)
Bruce R. McConkie - The Fall - Answers - tree of life figuratively refers to eternal life
- tree of knowledge of good and evil figuratively refers to how and why and in what manner mortality
cam into being
Russell M. Nelson - The Fall - Answers - creation was paradisiacal creation
- required change for Adam and Eve to have children
- bodies underwent changes like circulation of blood and "other modifications"
- also became subject to injury, disease, and death
Joseph F. Smith - The Fall - Answers - Adam did what he had to
- he opened the door to bring us in to the world
- if he hadn't, we would all be waiting in the heavens as spirits
Brigham Young - The Fall - Answers - Adam and eve didn't come out in direct oppostion to God
- they transgressed a command and sin came into the world
- God designed that they should do this
Satan's Plan to Save All - Answers the idea was to save us all in our sins, not from them, making our
agency worthless
Gordon B. Hinckley - Pornography - Answers - avoid it like a disease
- you don't need it
- it will hurt you, not help you
- it will eventually destroy you
David A. Bednar - Technology - Answers - technology can suppress our souls
- if Satan can't get us to misuse our bodies, then he will try to disconnect us from things as they really
are
- ask 2 questions
- does the use of this technology invite or impede the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost in
your life?
- does the time you spend using technology and media enlarge or restrict your capacity to live, love
and serve in meaningful ways?
History of the Church (Joseph Smith) - Foreordination - Answers every person who has a calling to
minister was ordained to that purpose in the Grand Council in heaven
Spencer W. Kimball - The Role of Women - Answers women received responsibilities in the premortal
existence as well and are accountable to them
Harold B. Lee - Christ's Birth - Answers - if teachers were wise they would just use what we know
from Luke about the manner of Christ's birth - that he was born from Mary and divine
- we don't need to question God's method
James E. Talmage - Christ's Birth - Answers wasn't in violation of natural law, but in accordance with a
higher manifestation thereof
C.S. Lewis - Temptation - Answers - only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is
- bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness
, - Christ is the only man who never yielded to temptation, therefore he is the only man who knows to
the full what temptation means
Book of Mormon Reference - Condescension of God - Answers condescension means someone of
superior status does something beneath its rank for the benefit of someone else
Bruce R. McConkie - Condescension of God - Answers - God steps down from throne to join one who
is finite and mortal in bringing forth the Mortal Messiah
- condescension of God (the Son) is that He created the earth and everything in it, but submitted to all
the trials of mortality
Russell M. Nelson - Atonement - Answers - in old testament the practice of atonement was finite
- Christ's atonement is infinite
- extends to infinite number of people and worlds
- it is beyond mortal comprehension
- Christ was the only one who could offer such an atonement because He had a mortal mother and
immortal Father
- He was an infinite Being
Brigham Young - Blood from every pore - Answers - Christ sweat blood because the Father had
withdrawn His power
- if He hadn't, Christ wouldn't have sweat blood
Jeffrey R. Holland - None were with Him - Answers - Christ had to endure suffering without the
Father's presence so we would never have to
- He had to understand what it felt like to have committed sin and have the Spirit withdrawn
Neal A. Maxwell - Sore Amazed - Answers - Jesus was sore amazed in Gethsemane because He knew
cognitively what He needed to do but not experientially
- when the agony came in its fullness, it was worse than He imagined
Jeffrey R. Holland - Succoring - Answers - succor is used to describe Christ's care for us
- means 'to run to'
- Christ calls us to come and follow Him, and He runs to help us
Merrill J. Bateman - Intimate Atonement - Answers atonement wasn't a mass of sin He experience,
but sins, wounds, and sufferings of an infinite stream of individuals
Joseph F. Smith - 12 disciples - Answers - Nephite 12 are described as disciples
- they acted as apostles in the Americas, but they are subject to the authority and jurisdiction of Peter
and the 12 chosen in Palestine
Joseph Smith - Church of Christ in Americas - Answers Christ set up the organization for the church in
the same way as on the eastern continent
Harold B. Lee - Beatitudes - Answers - embody constitution for a perfect life
- 'autobiography' of life of Christ
- blueprint for own lives
Bible Dictionary - Beatitudes - Answers - describe elements that form spiritual character
- interrelated and progressive in their arrangement
Harold B. Lee - Poor in Spirit - Answers each of us need to ask 'what lack I yet?'
Spencer J. Condie - Those that Mourn - Answers - step in celestial direction is to mourn for our sins
- godly sorrow leads to repentance
Spencer W. Kimball - The Meek - Answers humble and meek suggest virtues, not weaknesses
S. Michael Wilcox - Meekness - Answers - story about hydraulic crusher and watch
- meekness is great power under complete control
Sheri L. Dew - Hunger and Thirst After Righteousness - Answers - ability to hear spiritually linked to
willingness to work at it
- get on your knees and pray for help, then get on your feet and go to work
Gordon B. Hinckley - Merciful - Answers - be nicer
- our example will make others be more merciful
- we'll have more claim on the mercy of God and His love will be more generous toward us
Joseph B. Wirthlin - Pure in Heart - Answers to be without guile is to be pure in heart
Bruce R. McConkie - Peacemakers - Answers those who believe and spread the fullness of the gospel
are peacemakers according to Beatitude
The Silversmith - Persecuted For My Name's Sake - Answers - lady went to refinery
- he said he burns out the impurities
- he has to watch the whole time so it's not in too long
Bruce R. McConkie - 3 pillars of eternity - Answers - creation
- fall
- atonement
- without any one, everything loses purpose
Joseph Smith - Plan of Happiness - Answers - we were all present at council in Heaven
- great principle of happiness consist in having a body
- Satan would rather have the body of a swine than no body
- beings with bodies have power over those who don't
- Satan only has power we allow him to have over us
Joseph F. Smith - Forbidden Fruit - Answers - God told Adam if he wanted to stay in the garden he
couldn't eat the fruit
- if he wanted to eat and partake of death, he was at liberty to do so
Robert J. Matthews - The Fall - Answers - God didn't just create man mortal because God only does
things for us we can't do for ourselves
- it was Adam's privilege to take the necessary steps to become mortal
Dallin H. Oaks - Sin vs. Transgression - Answers - sins are inherently wrong (like murder)
- transgressions are wrong only because they are prohibited (operating without a license)
Bruce R. McConkie - The Fall - Answers - tree of life figuratively refers to eternal life
- tree of knowledge of good and evil figuratively refers to how and why and in what manner mortality
cam into being
Russell M. Nelson - The Fall - Answers - creation was paradisiacal creation
- required change for Adam and Eve to have children
- bodies underwent changes like circulation of blood and "other modifications"
- also became subject to injury, disease, and death
Joseph F. Smith - The Fall - Answers - Adam did what he had to
- he opened the door to bring us in to the world
- if he hadn't, we would all be waiting in the heavens as spirits
Brigham Young - The Fall - Answers - Adam and eve didn't come out in direct oppostion to God
- they transgressed a command and sin came into the world
- God designed that they should do this
Satan's Plan to Save All - Answers the idea was to save us all in our sins, not from them, making our
agency worthless
Gordon B. Hinckley - Pornography - Answers - avoid it like a disease
- you don't need it
- it will hurt you, not help you
- it will eventually destroy you
David A. Bednar - Technology - Answers - technology can suppress our souls
- if Satan can't get us to misuse our bodies, then he will try to disconnect us from things as they really
are
- ask 2 questions
- does the use of this technology invite or impede the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost in
your life?
- does the time you spend using technology and media enlarge or restrict your capacity to live, love
and serve in meaningful ways?
History of the Church (Joseph Smith) - Foreordination - Answers every person who has a calling to
minister was ordained to that purpose in the Grand Council in heaven
Spencer W. Kimball - The Role of Women - Answers women received responsibilities in the premortal
existence as well and are accountable to them
Harold B. Lee - Christ's Birth - Answers - if teachers were wise they would just use what we know
from Luke about the manner of Christ's birth - that he was born from Mary and divine
- we don't need to question God's method
James E. Talmage - Christ's Birth - Answers wasn't in violation of natural law, but in accordance with a
higher manifestation thereof
C.S. Lewis - Temptation - Answers - only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is
- bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness
, - Christ is the only man who never yielded to temptation, therefore he is the only man who knows to
the full what temptation means
Book of Mormon Reference - Condescension of God - Answers condescension means someone of
superior status does something beneath its rank for the benefit of someone else
Bruce R. McConkie - Condescension of God - Answers - God steps down from throne to join one who
is finite and mortal in bringing forth the Mortal Messiah
- condescension of God (the Son) is that He created the earth and everything in it, but submitted to all
the trials of mortality
Russell M. Nelson - Atonement - Answers - in old testament the practice of atonement was finite
- Christ's atonement is infinite
- extends to infinite number of people and worlds
- it is beyond mortal comprehension
- Christ was the only one who could offer such an atonement because He had a mortal mother and
immortal Father
- He was an infinite Being
Brigham Young - Blood from every pore - Answers - Christ sweat blood because the Father had
withdrawn His power
- if He hadn't, Christ wouldn't have sweat blood
Jeffrey R. Holland - None were with Him - Answers - Christ had to endure suffering without the
Father's presence so we would never have to
- He had to understand what it felt like to have committed sin and have the Spirit withdrawn
Neal A. Maxwell - Sore Amazed - Answers - Jesus was sore amazed in Gethsemane because He knew
cognitively what He needed to do but not experientially
- when the agony came in its fullness, it was worse than He imagined
Jeffrey R. Holland - Succoring - Answers - succor is used to describe Christ's care for us
- means 'to run to'
- Christ calls us to come and follow Him, and He runs to help us
Merrill J. Bateman - Intimate Atonement - Answers atonement wasn't a mass of sin He experience,
but sins, wounds, and sufferings of an infinite stream of individuals
Joseph F. Smith - 12 disciples - Answers - Nephite 12 are described as disciples
- they acted as apostles in the Americas, but they are subject to the authority and jurisdiction of Peter
and the 12 chosen in Palestine
Joseph Smith - Church of Christ in Americas - Answers Christ set up the organization for the church in
the same way as on the eastern continent
Harold B. Lee - Beatitudes - Answers - embody constitution for a perfect life
- 'autobiography' of life of Christ
- blueprint for own lives
Bible Dictionary - Beatitudes - Answers - describe elements that form spiritual character
- interrelated and progressive in their arrangement
Harold B. Lee - Poor in Spirit - Answers each of us need to ask 'what lack I yet?'
Spencer J. Condie - Those that Mourn - Answers - step in celestial direction is to mourn for our sins
- godly sorrow leads to repentance
Spencer W. Kimball - The Meek - Answers humble and meek suggest virtues, not weaknesses
S. Michael Wilcox - Meekness - Answers - story about hydraulic crusher and watch
- meekness is great power under complete control
Sheri L. Dew - Hunger and Thirst After Righteousness - Answers - ability to hear spiritually linked to
willingness to work at it
- get on your knees and pray for help, then get on your feet and go to work
Gordon B. Hinckley - Merciful - Answers - be nicer
- our example will make others be more merciful
- we'll have more claim on the mercy of God and His love will be more generous toward us
Joseph B. Wirthlin - Pure in Heart - Answers to be without guile is to be pure in heart
Bruce R. McConkie - Peacemakers - Answers those who believe and spread the fullness of the gospel
are peacemakers according to Beatitude
The Silversmith - Persecuted For My Name's Sake - Answers - lady went to refinery
- he said he burns out the impurities
- he has to watch the whole time so it's not in too long
