“The word probation is found only ten times in the Standard Works, and nine of those references are in the Book of Mormon. What an essential doctrine in understanding the Fall and the Atonement, a doctrine of prolonged opportunity for mortal men and women in which the gospel can be taught to and accepted by them … !
“In this term of mortal probation (whatever period that may be after eight years of age until the day of death), we have the teachings of the gospel and the commandments of God to guide our time of testing” (Holland, Christ and the New Covenant, 209–10).