Accountability, Age of
Age eight, when children become responsible for sin and ready for baptism.
Also known as: Age of Accountability
10 documents · 5 libraries · 1977–2025
Emphasis over time
Peak: 2 documents in 2021
Documents tagged with this topic each year. Libraries cover different years (Liahona starts in 2021), so the rate compares eras more fairly than the count.
Where it lives
- General Conference5 documents
- Liahona Articles2 documents
- BYU Speeches1 document
- Gospel Topics and Questions1 document
- Religious Educator1 document
Latest
Religious Educator
Matthew L. Bowen and Aaron P. Schade · 2025
Liahona Articles
The Salvation of Little Children Who Die: What We Do and Don’t Know (opens in a new tab)
Mark A. Mathews · Jul 2021
Liahona Articles
God Told Us to Be Baptized (opens in a new tab)
Feb 2021
General Conference
Boyd K. Packer · Apr 2002
General Conference
The Special Status of Children (opens in a new tab)
Merlin R. Lybbert · Apr 1994
General Conference
“Bring Up Your Children in Light and Truth” (opens in a new tab)
H. Verlan Andersen · Oct 1991
BYU Speeches
The Responsibility of Parents (opens in a new tab)
Delbert L. Stapley · Feb 1977
Gospel Topics and Questions
Most frequent voices
- Boyd K. Packer2 documents
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