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| | In April 1944, while serving as general manager of the ''Deseret News'', Petersen was called to be a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. In his calling he directed the Church’s public information programs and served on the Military Relations Committee. He was an adviser to the [[Relief Society]], the Indian Affairs Committee, and the Music Committee. He served as [[Mission president|president]] of the [[Western Europe Mission|West European]] [[Mission]]<ref name=thisweek>{{cite news | title=This week in Church history | date=January 3, 2009 | work=[[Church News]] | publisher=[[Deseret News]] | location=Salt Lake City, Utah | url=http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/56392/This-week-in-Church-history.html | accessdate=2009-01-27}}</ref> and for more than six years he supervised Church activities there. Elder Petersen was also involved in many community affairs. He was closely associated with the [[Boy Scouts of America]], and he was awarded the Silver Antelope citation. | | In April 1944, while serving as general manager of the ''Deseret News'', Petersen was called to be a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. In his calling he directed the Church’s public information programs and served on the Military Relations Committee. He was an adviser to the [[Relief Society]], the Indian Affairs Committee, and the Music Committee. He served as [[Mission president|president]] of the [[Western Europe Mission|West European]] [[Mission]]<ref name=thisweek>{{cite news | title=This week in Church history | date=January 3, 2009 | work=[[Church News]] | publisher=[[Deseret News]] | location=Salt Lake City, Utah | url=http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/56392/This-week-in-Church-history.html | accessdate=2009-01-27}}</ref> and for more than six years he supervised Church activities there. Elder Petersen was also involved in many community affairs. He was closely associated with the [[Boy Scouts of America]], and he was awarded the Silver Antelope citation. |
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| − | In the 1940s, Petersen coined the term "[[Mormon fundamentalist]]" to describe people who had left the Church to practice [[plural marriage]].<ref>Ken Driggs, "'This Will Someday Be the Head and Not the Tail of the Church': A History of the Mormon Fundamentalists at Short Creek", ''Journal of Church and State'' '''43''':49 (2001) at p. 51.</ref>
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| | Petersen died in 1984 from longstanding complications of cancer after entering [[Cottonwood Hospital]] and undergoing surgery.<ref name=thisweek/> | | Petersen died in 1984 from longstanding complications of cancer after entering [[Cottonwood Hospital]] and undergoing surgery.<ref name=thisweek/> |
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| − | [[Image:MarkEPetersenGrave.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Grave marker of Mark E. Petersen. [[Image:MarkEPetersenGrave2.jpg|left|100px]]]]
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| − | == Publications ==
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| − | | title = Your Faith and You
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| − | | publisher = [[Bookcraft]]
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| − | | year = 1953
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| − | | location = Salt Lake City, Utah
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| − | | title = For Time or Eternity
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| − | | publisher = [[Bookcraft]]
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| − | | year = 1954
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| − | | location = Salt Lake City, Utah
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| − | *{{cite book
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| − | | title = A Faith to Live By
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| − | | publisher = [[Bookcraft]]
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| − | | year = 1959
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| − | | title = Toward a Better Life
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| − | | year = 1960
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| − | | title = Patterns for Living
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| − | | title = One Lord ... One Faith!
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| − | | title = Faith Works!
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| − | | publisher = [[Bookcraft]]
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| − | | title = Guide to a Happy Marriage
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| − | | location = Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
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| − | | title = Our Moral Challenge
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| − | | year = 1965
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| − | | title = Why the Religious Life
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| − | | title = As Translated Correctly
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| − | | year = 1966
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| − | | location = Salt Lake City, Utah
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| − | | title = The Way to Peace
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| − | | publisher = [[Bookcraft]]
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| − | | year = 1969
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| − | | location = Salt Lake City, Utah
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| − | | title = Live it Up!
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| − | | publisher = [[Deseret Book]]
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| − | | year = 1971
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| − | | location = Salt Lake City, Utah
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| − | | isbn = 0877474508
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| − | | title = Marriage and Common Sense
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| − | | year = 1972
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| − | | location = Salt Lake City, Utah
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| − | | coauthor = Petersen, Emma Marr
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| − | | title = Virtue Makes Sense!
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| − | | publisher = [[Deseret Book]]
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| − | | year = 1973
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| − | | location = Salt Lake City, Utah
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| − | | isbn = 0877475008
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| − | | title = The Way of the Master
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| − | | year = 1974
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| − | | location = Salt Lake City, Utah
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| − | | isbn = 0884942716
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| − | | title = The Great Prologue
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| − | | publisher = [[Deseret Book]]
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| − | | year = 1975
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| − | | location = Salt Lake City, Utah
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| − | | isbn = 0877475571
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| − | | title = Adam, Who is He?
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| − | | year = 1976
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| − | | location = Salt Lake City, Utah
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| − | | title = The Salt and the Savor
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| − | | year = 1976
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| − | | location = Salt Lake City, Utah
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| − | | title = Moses: Man of Miracles
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| − | | year = 1977
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| − | | location = Salt Lake City, Utah
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| − | | title = Marriage: Covenants and Conflicts
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| − | | location = Salt Lake City, Utah
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| − | | isbn = 0877477205
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| − | | title = The Unknown God
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| − | | isbn = 0884943372
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| − | | isbn = 088494364X
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| − | | location = Salt Lake City, Utah
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| − | | isbn = 0877477809
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| − | | title = The Forerunners
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| − | | year = 1979
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| − | | location = Salt Lake City, Utah
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| − | | isbn = 0884943763
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| − | | title = Three Kings of Israel
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| − | | location = Salt Lake City, Utah
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| − | | title = Children of Promise: The Lamanites: Yesterday & Today
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| − | | title = Family Power!
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| − | | location = Salt Lake City, Utah
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| | ==Notes== | | ==Notes== |
As a young boy, Petersen was a newspaper carrier, and he also helped in his father’s construction business. Later he attended the University of Utah, and he served a mission for the Church in Nova Scotia. In pursuing a career, he became a reporter for the Deseret News and continued working for the paper for sixty years, advancing to the position of president and chairman of the board. Elder Petersen wrote numerous editorials and published more than forty books and many pamphlets used in the Church’s missionary effort.
