Church Discipline

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by creekster

The bishop does not have an intercessory role. That is a sepcific term and the bishop does not fill that role. He is a counselor and a common judge as Tex has said, but is not in an intercessory capacity.

Semantics, I think. If the Bishop proscribes when you are in God's good graces, as defined by the ability to be a member, participate in church, and go to the temple, as well as the ability to assign members to tasks with consequences as the result of following or not following, I call that an intercessory.

You can't come in to a Bishop and say "I have been forgiven by God, fully and completely, and I believe God wants to be go to the temple extremely soon."

Well you could say it, but it would be considered stepping on the Bishop's toes, who is expected to use his own spiritual revelation to determine when that person is "ready" and "worthy."