Comments on: Mormon Beliefs: God the Father https://thomasmonson.com/226/mormon-beliefs-god-the-father President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Wed, 03 Sep 2014 21:27:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: terrie https://thomasmonson.com/226/mormon-beliefs-god-the-father#comment-47 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:15:41 +0000 http://thomasmonson.com/?p=226#comment-47 Dave, the word oftimes is found at least three times in the Bible:
Matthew 17:15
Mark 9:22
John 18:2
These are in the King James Version, which is the traditional version of the Bible used by many religions. The word came into being around 1300 I believe, and has been shortened over time to become “often.”

It’s not commonly used in modern popular fiction or American English, but it is used in British literature, hymns, and scripture, and I still sometimes see it used by English speakers from England. Wordsworth used it, for instance, in his poetry. President Monson is very well read and this often shows in his vocabulary.

]]> By: Dave McGrath https://thomasmonson.com/226/mormon-beliefs-god-the-father#comment-46 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:27:07 +0000 http://thomasmonson.com/?p=226#comment-46 Thomas S. Monson is so holy and prophetic he knows about words that aren’t even English yet!

E.g. “oftimes”

Holy, holy, holy.

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