Gordon A. Monson: “One of the great questions of modern Latter-day Saint life is this: Why are general authorities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints almost always identified with an initial in their names?”
Patrick Kearon of the Presidency of the Seventy speaks at General Conference on Saturday, April 2, 2022.
The early prophets and disciples, as far as anyone knows, used no extra initials. Moses was just Moses, not Moses A. Abraham was just Abraham, not Abraham C. Peter also went by Simon or Simon Peter, so I guess there was that. One of the Johns is known as John the Beloved, another as John the Baptist. Joseph Smith, left, and Brigham Young, the first two leaders of the Latter-day Saint faith.
There are guesses that, as mentioned, the reason for so much initial inflation is on account of the presumed boost of power and officialdom it provides. It sets the leaders, individually and collectively, apart from the rank and file. Church leaders don’t need, nor should they rely on the extra letter for an authoritative lift. They are who they are, represent what they represent, have the calling they have, regardless of their handle.
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