Talafaasolopito o le Ekalesia
Afiafi Faaleaiga


“Afiafi Faaleaiga,” O Autu o le Talafaasolopito o le Ekalesia (2022)

“Afiafi Faaleaiga,” O Autu o le Talafaasolopito o le Ekalesia

Afiafi Faaleaiga

I se konafesi a toeaina ia Novema 1831, sa maua ai e Iosefa Samita se faaaliga lea na tuuina atu ai “se tulafono i e o nonofo i Siona” e “aoao a latou fanau ia tatalo, ma savavali tonu i luma o le Alii” ma lapataia o fanau ua “tuputupu ae i le amioleaga” ma le faaloloto.1 I le taimi atoa o totoe o le seneturi lona 19, e toatele le Au Paia o Aso e Gata Ai na faamalosiauina aiga e aoao atu ma faataitai mataupu faavae o le talalelei i totonu o le aiga. Ae lei umi ae maliu Polika Iaga i le 1877, sa saunoa mai o ia, “Afai tatou te le tautiga e aoao a tatou fanau, e aoao ma faatonu i latou e uiga i nei upumoni faaalia, o le a i o tatou luga o ni matua le tausalaga, pe o se fuataga lava.”2 Na faavaeina e le Au Paia o Aso e Gata Ai ni faalapotopotoga eseese e lagolago ai aiga i le aoaoina ma le tausiaina o fanau, e aofia ai le Peraimeri, Aoga Sa, ma Asosi o le Alualu i Luma mo tamaitai talavou ma alii talavou.3

I le faaiuga o le seneturi lona 20, sa faaleoina ai e Frank Y. Taylor, o le peresitene o le Siteki a Granite i le Aai o Sate Leki, ni atugaluga e faapea, e toatele matua ua ua lafoai atu i faalapotopotoga e lagolagoina e le Ekalesia le aoaoina o mataupu faavae o le talalelei, ma uunaia ai taitai perisitua e fesoasoani i aiga e faafailele fanau i le talalelei ma “avea le aiga o le nofoaga sili e ona manaia e mafai e le tama po o le teine ona maua i lenei lalolagi atoa.”4 I le 1909, sa ia tofia ai se komiti e atiina ae se fuafuaga mo se gaoioiga masani faalesiteki—o se “afiafi faaleaiga i aiga o le Au Paia.”5 Sa tuuina atu e le komiti a latou fautuaga i se fonotaga faapitoa mo matua lea sa auai ai ma faamaonia e le Peresitene o le Ekalesia o Iosefa F. Samita. Na fautuaina mai e le fuafuaga ia manatua e matua le poloaiga o loo i le Mataupu Faavae ma Feagaiga 68 e ala i le faapaiaina o se afiafi se tasi i vaiaso taitasi i le faapotopotoina o o latou aiga i le fale ma fefaasoaai i tatalo, pesepesega, faitauga o tusitusiga paia, lesona pupuu o le talalelei, gaoioiga e taulai atu i tamaiti, ma meaai māmā. Sa fautuaina e le komiti ia matua ina ia aloese mai “faiga aloaia uma ma le faamalō” ma aloese mai le faia o isi fuafuaga i na afiafi.6

I le maitauina ai o le faamanuiaina o afiafi faaleaiga, sa faatonuina ai e Peresitene Samita ma ona fesoasoani i le Au Peresitene Sili ia peresitene uma o siteki ma epikopo i le 1915 e faataatia ese se afiafi faaleaiga se tasi i masina taitasi mo aiga ma fautuaina atu i matua ia gaoioiga lava e tasi e pei o le polokalama a le Siteki a Granite.7 O taitai o aiga ma faalapotopotoga na masani ona tuuina atu ni manatu mo afiafi faaleaiga i mekasini ma tusi lesona a le Ekalesia seia oo i le 1946, ina ua amatalia e le Au Peresitene Sili ma le Korama a Aposetolo e Toasefululua se “toefaafouga … o lenei galuega faatino na amataina i lalo o le taitaiga a Peresitene Iosefa F. Samita.”8 Sa tofia le Aualofa e vaavaaia le polokalama fou ua faaigoaina o le “itula o le aiga” i uarota ma paranesi ma ia saunia anomea lagolago mo matua.9 Sa fautuaina e Elder Ezra Taft Benson le polokalama o se “tiutetauave tele” ma se “faavae faaleagaga.” I le avea ai o se Aposetolo ma se failautusi a le kapeneta i le malo o le Iunaite Setete i le 1954, sa ia faia ai se afiafi faaleaiga tuusao ma lona aiga i le televise i le polokalama o le “Tagata i le Tagata”.10

I le 1964, sa mafaufau ai le Peresitene o le Ekalesia o Tavita O. MaKei ma Elder Harold B. Lee i nisi o faaleleiga i aoaoga o le talalelei e fitoitonu i le aiga. I le konafesi aoao, sa fofogaina mai ai e Elder Lee e faapea, o le taumafaiga faamaopoopo faifai pea a le perisitua o le a taitaia se polokalama fou o afiafi faaleaiga e ala i le taitaiga faaleperisitua a le siteki.11 Na tuuina mai e le Ekalesia le Tusi Lesona o Afiafi Faaleaiga o loo i ai faatonuga, fautuaga, ma lesona e fetuunai i vaitausaga uma. I totonu o ni nai tausaga, sa faaliliuina ai le tusi lesona i gagana e 17.12

O le naunautaiga mo le po masani faaleaiga na oo atu i tua atu o fale o le Au Paia o Aso e Gata Ai. I le 1973, o se tusiga i le New York Times na faamamafaina ai le polokalama o afiafi faaleaiga e aumaia ai le lotogatasi sili atu i aiga, lea na faaosofia ai fesili i ekalesia ma faalapotopotoga eseese e uiga i le Tusi Lesona o Afiafi Faaleaigaua faafouina.13 I lena tausaga, sa faaaoga ai e faifeautalai se mataupu aoaoina fou, o le Polokalama Laugatasia mo le Aoaoina o Aiga, lea na aofia ai afiafi faaleaiga o ni metotia faaopoopo mo le talaiga. Sa faalauiloa atu e faifeautalai i le salafa o le lalolagi le polokalama i mataupu tau i le va i fafo, tusiga lolomi, aoaoga i magaala, ma lesona i le aiga.14 O lena foi tausaga, na talanoaina ai e le Au Paia o Aso e Gata Ai le polokalama o le afiafi faaleaiga ma le kovana o Virginia, lea na folafolaina mulimuli ane o Me 1974 o le “Masina o le Lotogatasi Faaleaiga.” Na mulimulitaia e isi aai ma setete, faatasi ai ma pulenuu ma kovana i le salafa o le Iunaite Setete i le faia o gaoioiga o le lotogatasi faaleaiga ma fautuaina atu afiafi faaleaiga i o latou tagatanuu.15

O aufono a le siteki na masani ona atofaina se aso o le vaiaso mo afiafi faaleaiga seia oo i le 1970, ina ua uunaia e le Au Peresitene Sili ma le Korama a Aposetolo e Toasefululua ia siteki, misiona, uarota, ma paranesi e faaavanoa po o Aso Gafua mo aiga.16 Faatasi ai ma ana faatinoga muamua o se Peresitene fou o le Ekalesia i le 1994, sa faatonuina ai e Howard W. Hunter ia tapunia fale ma ofisa uma o le Ekalesia i po o Aso Gafua ma ia mautinoa e aufono a siteki ma uarota ua leai se faalavelave i afiafi faaleaiga.17 I le lima tausaga mulimuli ane, sa toe faamamafaina ai e Peresitene Gordon B. Hinckley ma ona fesoasoani i le Au Peresitene Sili le aiaiga faavae a Peresitene Hunter ma uunaia tagata o le Ekalesia e faamalosiau i o latou nuu ma a’oga ina ia aloese mai le faatulagaina o gaoioiga e mafai ona tosina ese ai fanau po o matua mai le aiga i afiafi o Aso Gafua.18 O se toe faafouga o le faasologa o sauniga o le Aso Sa na fofogaina i le 2018 na taofia ai se itula mo le suesueina o le talalelei i le aiga. I se taumafaiga e faaaofia ai ma lagolagoina le au matutua nofofua, sa suia ai e le Ekalesia le igoa i le “afiafi faaleaiga” i le Tusitaulima Aoao ma isi anomea. Sa fautuaina e le Au Peresitene Sili “tagata taitoatasi ma aiga ina ia faia afiafi faaleaiga ma ia suesue i le talalelei i le aiga i le Aso Sa,” e ui o afiafi o Aso Gafua na tumau pea le avanoa mai isi fonotaga po o le faaaogaina o falelotu.19 O le opo lautele o tu ma aga masani o afiafi faaleaiga sa faaauau pea ona iloagofie ai le Au Paia o Aso e Gata Ai, aemaise lava i le tuufaasolo o talatuu faalelotu. O faatasiga masani i le fale na faafaileleina mo le silia ma se seneturi, na maua ai e le Au Paia o Aso e Gata Ai se tasi o sootaga ua fuatia faaleatuaugatupulaga sili ona malosi o soo se vaega faalelotu i ona po nei.20

Autu Fesootai: Peraimeri, Faalapotopotoga a Tamaitai Talavou, Faalapotopotoga a Alii Talavou, Aoga Sa

  1. Tagai Mataupu Faavae ma Feagaiga 68:25–32; Iosefa Samita, “Revelation, 1 November 1831–A [D&C 68],” i le Revelation Book 1, 113–14, josephsmithpapers.org; tagai foi i le Smith, “Revelation, 1 November 1831–A [D&C 68]: Historical Introduction,” josephsmithpapers.org.

  2. Aoaoga a Peresitene o le Ekalesia: Polika Iaga (1997), 172; tagai foi i le Brigham Young, i le Journal of Discourses, 19:92.

  3. Tagai i Autu: Peraimeri, Aoga Sa, Faaitiitia o le Faaalu Tupe, Faalapotopotoga a Alii Talavou, Faalapotopotoga a Tamaitai Talavou, Aoga a le Ekalesia, Seminare ma Inisitituti.

  4. Frank Y. Taylor, i le Conference Report, Oct. 1902, 59.

  5. Afiafi Faaleaiga: Faatasi ma Gaoioiga ma Faamatalaga Faafautuaga, Faapea foi se Saunoaga i le Pulega o Aiga saunia e Peresitene Iosefa F. Samita (Aai o Sate Leki: Siteki a Siona a Granite, 1909), 3. O lenei komiti sa aofia ai Edward H. Anderson, Joseph W. Musser, William Bradford, Thomas J. Yates, Joseph S. Tingey, ma Jesse T. Badger.

  6. Tagai i le Afiafi Faaleaiga, 5–9, 50.

  7. Joseph F. Smith, Anthon H. Lund, and Charles W. Penrose, Letter to Presidents of Stakes, Bishops and Parents in Zion, 27 Apr. 1915, in “Editors’ Table: Home Evening,” Improvement Era, vol. 18, no. 8 (June 1915), 733–34.

  8. Rex A. Skidmore, “Do You Need the Family Hour?,” The Improvement Era, vol. 57, no. 9 (Sept. 1954), 626–27, 657–58; Ezra Taft Benson, in Conference Report, Oct. 1947, 27; see also “Announcement,” Improvement Era, vol. 18, no. 12 (Oct. 1915), front matter; Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations Manual for Junior Classes, 1916–1917: The Development of Character (Salt Lake City: General Board of YMMIA, 1916); Syllabus for Stake Institutes in Teacher Training, Social and Recreational Leadership, Charities and Relief Work: Manual for Stake and Ward Social Committees (Salt Lake City: Social Advisory Committee, 1920), 30; Claude Richards, Home Evening Handbook for Use of Parents and Older Children: Adopted as Official Guide by the Highland Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1936); Joseph F. Merrill, “Home Evening,” Improvement Era, vol. 21, no. 3 (Jan. 1918), 203–7; J. C. Hogensen, “The Home Evening,” Improvement Era, vol. 32, no. 7 (May 1929), 567–69. I le va o le 1956 ma le 1970, sa faamamaluina ai e le pepa o talafou o le Instructor ia gaoioiga ma mataupu talanoaina a aiga taitasi.

  9. Skidmore, “Do You Need the Family Hour?,” 626–27; Benson, in Conference Report, Oct. 1947, 27.

  10. Benson, in Conference Report, Oct. 1947, 27; Edward R. Murrow’s “Person to Person” Program on CBS Television, 1954 September 24, Ezra Taft Benson File Footage, circa 1984–1994, AV 1797, Church History Library, Salt Lake City.

  11. Tagai Harold B. Lee, i le Conference Report, Oke. 1964, 80–87; tagai Autu: Correlation..

  12. Tagai Lee, i le Conference Report, Oke. 1964, 80–87; tagai Boyd K. Packer, i le Conference Report, Oke. 1970, 118–22.

  13. Judy Klemesrud, “Strengthening Family Solidarity with a Home Evening Program,” New York Times, Iuni 4, 1973, 47; tagai James A. Cullimore, i le Conference Report, Oke. 1975, 38–41.

  14. “Family Home Evenings,” in The Uniform System for Teaching Families (Salt Lake City: Corporation of the President, 1973), B1–B13; see also Dennis A. Wright and Janine Gallagher Doot, “Missionary Materials and Methods: A Preliminary Study,” in Reid L. Neilson and Fred E. Woods, Go Ye into All the World: The Growth and Development of Mormon Missionary Work (Provo: Religious Studies Center, 2012), 91–116; Germany Munich Mission Manuscript History and Historical Reports, Feb. 19–July 4, 1972, Church History Library, Salt Lake City; Kenneth Harold Golding, Missionary Journal, 13–27 Dec. 1972, 20–27, https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/135507982; Germany South Mission Family Home Evening Program Scrapbook, 1972, Church History Library, Salt Lake City; Roy Remund, “Strengthen the Home,” Bayanihan [Philippines Manila Mission, LR 6887 20] (July 1973), 7; Australia East Mission News, vol. 4, no. 12 (Oct. 17, 1973), 1, Australia Sydney Mission Records, 1918–1920; 1941–1991, LR 10871 39, Church History Library, Salt Lake City.

  15. Tagai Cullimore, i le Conference Report, Oke. 1975, 39–41; “It’s Family Unity Month in Virginia,” Ensign, Iuni 1974, https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1974/06/news-of-the-church/its-family-unity-month-in-virginia; Robert A. Walsh, “State Observes Program; Urges Unity in Family,” Church News, Me 4, 1974, 15; Whit Wirsing, “Family Unity Is Stressed in Virginia,” Church News, Iuni 8, 1974, 15; “Dateline,” Church News, Oke. 26, 1974, 11; “Dateline,” Church News, Nov. 15, 1975, 11; M. C. O’Bryant, “Golfer Johnny Miller Urges Family Unity,” Church News, Nov. 29, 1975, 7; “Citizens Strive for Family Unity,” Church News, Oke. 30, 1976, 11.

  16. Rex W. Allred, “I Have a Question,” Ensign, Ian. 1987, 52–53.

  17. Tusi a le Au Peresitene Sili, i le “The First Presidency Reaffirms Importance of Family Home Evening,” Church News, Oct. 1, 1994, 7.

  18. First Presidency Letter, Oct. 4, 1999, i le Ensign, Mati 2003, https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2003/03/family-home-evening.

  19. First Presidency Letter, Oct. 6, 2018, https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/bc/content/ldsorg/general-conference/16435_890_First-Presidency-Letter.pdf; tagai foi “Church Announces New Balance between Gospel Instruction in the Home and Church,” Newsroom, Oke. 6, 2018, https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/church-announces-new-balance-between-gospel-instruction-home-church. Na fautuaina mai e le Tusitaulima Aoao : “E fetuutuunai afiafi faaleaiga e tusa ai ma tulaga o tagata o le Ekalesia. E mafai ona faia i le Sapati po o isi aso ma taimi”; tagai “Afiafi Faaleaiga ma Isi Gaoioiga,” Tusitaulima Aoao: Auauna Atu i Le Ekalesia a Iesu Keriso o le Au Paia o Aso e Gata Ai, 2.2.4, https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/general-handbook/2-supporting-individuals-and-families#title_number10.

  20. Vern L. Bengtson, Families and Faith: How Religion Is Passed Down across Generations (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013), 202–3.