Joseph Smith describes the future temple of the City of Zion [Independence, Missouri] as a complex of twenty-four temples, three each designated for deacons, teachers, priests, the presidency of Lesser Priesthood, elders, high priests, bishops, and the presidency of the High Priesthood.
[Source: Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47, http://amzn.to/origins-power]
[DMQ, MH:OP, p.620, based on HC 1: 357-362.]
ReplyDeleteNote: man-made temples, a lesser priesthood, and high priests, are not authorized by our only 2 books of scripture (the KJV and BoM) and have no place whatsoever in TCOJC (WHQ: Monongahela, PA) www.thechurchofjesuschrist.org