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How to Become a Reader

September 18, 2018 Filed under: Leave a Comment

Question: "How does one become a Reader, and what does a Reader do?" We learn a great deal about what it means to be a Reader from the admonition that the bishop gives to a Reader after he is tonsured (i.e., made a Reader): "My son, the first degree in the Priesthood is that of Reader. It … [Read more...]

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