3 Aspects About the Title

It is important to know three aspects about the title.

1. The Subject
2. The Audience
3. Those who Proclaim

The title of the proclamation reads: "The Family: A Proclamation to the World--The First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints."

An address given at BYU on November 5, 1995 titled, The Family, President Henry B. Eyring states this concerning the title of the proclamation:

"Three things about the title are worth our careful reflection. First, the subject: the family.  Second, the audience, which is the whole world.  And third, those who proclaimed are those we sustain as prophets, seers and revelators.  That means that the family must be as important to us as anything we can consider, that what the proclamation says could help anyone in the world, and that the proclamation fits the Lord's promise when he said, "Whether by mine own voice or by the voice of my servants, it is the same" (D&C 1:38).

The world is losing it's sight on the family and what it means to be a family.  I hope you join with me in sharing the importance of this document to the world.