Common Consent
The principle that Church members sustain leaders and actions by uplifted-hand voting and approval.
17 documents · 3 libraries · 1972–2026
Emphasis over time
Peak: 2 documents in 1974
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 Conference13 documents
- BYU Speeches2 documents
- Liahona Articles2 documents
Latest
Liahona Articles
About His Business (opens in a new tab)
Patrick Kearon · May 2026
General Conference
About His Business (opens in a new tab)
Patrick Kearon · Apr 2026
Liahona Articles
What does “common consent” mean in the Church? (opens in a new tab)
Mar 2021
General Conference
The Power of Sustaining Faith (opens in a new tab)
Henry B. Eyring · Apr 2019
General Conference
Sustaining the Prophets (opens in a new tab)
Russell M. Nelson · Oct 2014
BYU Speeches
Yielding Our Hearts to God (opens in a new tab)
Spencer J. Condie · Aug 1995
BYU Speeches
A Testimony of Prophets (opens in a new tab)
Robert D. Hales · Jun 1994
Earliest
General Conference
We Are Called of God (opens in a new tab)
Loren C. Dunn · Apr 1972
Most frequent voices
- David B. Haight2 documents
- Patrick Kearon2 documents
- Robert D. Hales2 documents
- Russell M. Nelson2 documents
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