Benjamin Keogh

BENJAMIN KEOGH {[email protected]} lives with his wife and two small toddlers in Lochwinnoch, Scotland. He currently teaches religious, moral, and philosophical studies at a local high school whilst trying to further his education.

The Holy Priesthood, the Holy Ghost, and the Holy Community

Articles/Essays – Volume 49, No. 4

In response to the question “How can a spirit be a member of the godhead?” Joseph Fielding Smith wrote, “we should have no time to enter into speculation in relation to the Holy Ghost,” suggesting that we “leave a matter which in no way concerns us alone.”Perhaps because of this, the Holy Ghost has become one of the “most taboo and hence least studied”subjects in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nevertheless, here I will explore the Holy Ghost’s purview, in its particular relation to priesthood. It may prove most useful to begin the conversation with four statements from Joseph Smith that directly relate, unify, or explicitly link “the Holy Priesthood & the Holy Ghost.”