Show ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS WP WE are in receipt of the follo following followill wili communication november 1884 editor deseret wems news if a counselor to a bishop is away tempora temporary temporarily auga anga rl attending to his private affairs anda case occurs that has to be tried immediately and there is not time to get notice to the absent counselor can ein a high priest be culled called in lil to act in lil the place of the absent counsel r nr r ci c n i i high priest be set apart to the tho place of either counselor in case eitner are away at any time also aiso is it necessary in order to have a valid mid decision in a bishops court lor the bishop and his two counselors to be unanimous elease please answer through the NEWS and oblige INQUIRER la in answer to the first question we say yes a high priest may be called and appointed to act as temporary counselor in a bishops court when necessity requires to the second question we reply that it is not absolutely necessary to the validity of a bishops decision that both hoth his counselors shall agree with it but unanimity is desirable in all the courts and quorums of the church as declared in section evil p 28 of the doctrine and covenants as follows and every decision made by br these quorums must be by the unanimous consent of the same that is every member in each quorum must be agreed to its decisions in order to make their decisions of the same power or validity one with the other this has reference to the quorums of the first presidency twelve apostles and seventy but the spirit of it ai plies piles in some degree to all the coun conn councils ali and courts of the church in order to obtain oe the blessings which flow from unity of course tiley united and the spirit of the gospel causes men to see eye to eye but the bishops court is not a final tribu the quotation given givena above bov as will be seen from the context does doe not directly apply to a church court an appeal may be taken from a bishops decision to the high council connell of the stake la in which it was made but if the decision is not appealed from although it was not sustained by bosq both Ms bis counselors or acting cobus counselors ors it will stand and aud prevail questions of this character in our opinion should be asked and decided in the various stakes by the loc local al authorities thor thorn ties ides and if satisfaction is not thus obtained the matter in dispute can be taken up to the presiding authorities thorl ties of the church and thus all controversy may be settled we answer these questions now because of the special request to do so but have to decline noticing many such interrogations gat ions because in our view they should be answered by the local authorities ties 40 |