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Melvin Russell Ballard, Jr. (born October 8, 1928) has been a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 1985. As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, Ballard is accepted by church members as a prophet, seer, and revelator. Currently, he is the fourth most senior apostle among the ranks of the church.〔Apostolic seniority is generally understood to include all 15 ordained apostles (including the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles). Seniority is determined by date of ordination, not by age or other factors. If two apostles are ordained on the same day, the older of the two is typically ordained first. See Succession to the presidency and .〕 ==LDS Church service== Ballard was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Melvin Russell Ballard Sr. and his wife, Geraldine Smith.〔Richardson, Matthew O. "M. Russell Ballard" in Arnold K. Garr, Donald Q. Cannon and Richard O. Cowan, ed., ''Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History'' (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2000) p. 74, ISBN 978-1-57345-822-1 〕 As a young man, Ballard served as a missionary in England from 1948 to 1950. He met his wife while they were studying at the University of Utah. In 1974, Ballard was called as president of the church's Canada Toronto Mission. While serving as a mission president, he was called to the First Quorum of the Seventy in 1976; he completed his three-year term as mission president as a member of the Seventy.〔 Following the death of apostle Bruce R. McConkie, Ballard was sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on October 6, 1985, and ordained an apostle on October 10, 1985. Ballard is the grandson of apostles Melvin J. Ballard and Hyrum M. Smith. Through Smith, Ballard is a descendant of Hyrum Smith, brother of church founder Joseph Smith. In 2015, Ballard came under fire when it was revealed that he stated in a 2014 church meeting in Argentina: "Most people don't know where they came from. They don't know why they're here, and they don't know where they're going. And if they have a Catholic background, they don't know ''who'' God is. They don't know who the Saviour is; nor do they know who the Holy Ghost is."〔("Senior Mormon apostle says Catholics don’t know who God is" ), ''CathNews New Zealand, 27 October 2015.〕〔Jana Riess, ("Mormon apostle criticized for anti-Catholic remarks" ), Flunking Sainthood Blog, ''Religion News Service'', October 23, 2015.〕 Ballard has also been criticized for statements he has made regarding women in the church. He stated to the young single women of the church: "You beautiful girls: Don't wander around looking like men. Put on a little lipstick now and then and look a little charming. It's that simple. I don't know why we make this whole process so hard."〔Vyckie Garrison, ("Mormon elder's condescending remarks to single ladies shows how patriarchy leads to spiritual abuse" ), ''Raw Story'', 28 October 2015.〕 Ballard stated to women in the church. "Your voices need to be heard in your community, in your neighborhoods, and they need to be heard in the ward council or in the branch council, and don't talk so much in those councils."〔Jana Riess, ("Mormon apostle to women: 'Now, don’t talk too much in those meetings'" ), Flunking Sainthood Blog, ''Religion News Service'', September 11, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「M. Russell Ballard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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