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"It seems likely that Joseph's concept of dual priesthood
came directly from James Gray's A Dissertation, on the Coincidence Between
the Priesthoods of Jesus Christ & Melchisedec (Philadelphia, 1810).
Joseph was familiar with Gray's works." —Fawn Brodie |
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[Joseph, at a conference in Norton, Ohio, April 20–21,
1834:] He then gave a relation of obtaining and translating the Book of
Mormon, the revelation of the priesthood of Aaron, the organization of the
Church in the year 1830, the revelation of the high priesthood, and the
gift of the Holy Spirit poured out upon the Church, &c. |
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Minutes of April 20–21, 1834 |
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| October 1834 |
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First known reference of angelic bestowal of priesthood. Messenger
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Joseph |
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1829 |
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… almost daily we administered the ordinance of Baptism
for the remission of sins, to such as believed. We now became anxious to
have that promise realized to us, which the Angel that conferred upon us
the Aaronick Priesthood had given us, viz: that provided we continued faithful;
we should also have the Melchesidec Priesthood, which holds the authority
of the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost. |
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Papers of Joseph Smith, Volume 1: Autobiographical and Historical Writings, edited by Dean C. Jessee (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1989).
1:299. |
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We had for some time made this a subject of humble prayer, and at length
we got together in the Chamber of Mr whitmer's house in order more particularly
to seek of the Lord what we now so earnestly desired: and here to our unspeakable
satisfaction did we realize the truth of the Savious's promise; "Ask,
and you shall recieve, seek, and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened
unto you;" for we had not long been engaged in solemn and fervent prayer,
when the word of the Lord, came unto us in the Chamber, commanding us; that
I should ordain Oliver Cowdery to be an Elder in the Church of Jesus Christ,
And that he should ordain me to the same office, accordin and then <to>
ordain others as it should be made known unto us, from time to time: |
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we were however commanded to defer this our ordination untill, such times,
as it should be practicable to have our brethren, who had been and who should
be baptized, assembled together, when we must have their sanction to our
thus proceeding to ordain each other … |
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William E. McLellin |
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restoration |
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An angel never ordained a man to any office since the world began. Then
say you how did Joseph and Oliver get authority to start? I answer, that
a revelation from the Lopord gives a man both power and authority to do
whatever it commands. The Lord commanded Joseph to baptize, confirm, and
ordain Oliver, then Oliver to do the same for him. This was legal and valid. |
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William E. McLellin, True
L D Saints' Herald 17 (September 15, 1870), qtd. in
Seekers
Religious Seekers and the Advent of Mormonism, Dan Vogel (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1988).
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Addison Everett |
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Peter, James, and John ordain Joseph and Oliver to "the
Holy Apostelship" and bestow upon them "the Keys of the Disp<e>nsation
of fullness of time" during their flight from a mob after a judge dismisses
charges against them of being false prophets. Circumstances suggest 1830. |
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Everett: Priesthood Restoration
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David Whitmer |
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angelic restoration |
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I never heard that an angel had ordained Joseph and Oliver
to the Aaronic priesthood until the year 1834 5. or 6—in Ohio. …
I do not believe that John the Baptist ever ordained Joseph and Oliver as
stated and believed by some, I regard that as an error, a misconception.
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David Whitmer, interviewed
by Zenas H. Gurley [Jr.], January 14, 1885 qtd. in
David Whitmer interviews
David Whitmer Interviews: A Restoration Witness, edited by Lyndon W. Cook (Orem, Utah: Grandin Book Company), 1991.
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