155 years ago today - Jul 28, 1860

[Wilford Woodruff] A Quorum of /70/ Apostles when united are Equal in authority to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

The Twelve Apostles or traveling Council are to be special witnesses of the name of Christ in all the world. They are Equal in authority in there decissions to the Presidency of the Church. They are to preside in all the world whare the three first Presidency are not.

The three first Presidency Preside over the whole Church & administer in all the ordinances of the Church which Consists of a Presidet & his two Councellors.

The President of the Church holds the keys of the sealing powers & his Council act in Concert with him [in] all things.

Should the Presidency die The Twelve Could organize another Presidency & should the Presidency & Twelve all be slain the Seventies being Equal in power & Authority to the Twelve or first Presidency Could organize both Quorums.

A Bishop has two Councellors. There is no difference in the authority of his Councillors. The 2d has as much authority as the first. A Bishop should have his Councilers with him on the trial of a case in order to make it Legal as it takes three to make a Quorum.

The High Priest Could organize the Church in all its parts if all other Authorities were dead for they have the Melchezedek Priesthood out of which grow all of the Higher offices of the Church.

An Apostle is the highest office in the Church & kingdom of God. Joseph Smith was a Prophet Seer & Revelator before he was baptized or ordained to the Aaronic Priesthood or had any Authority to administer one of the ordinances of the house of the Lord. He was afterwords ordained to the Aaronic Priesthood then to the Melchezedek Priesthood & Apostleship which is the highest office in the Church & kingdom of God on Earth. When a man is ordained to the Apostleship & keys thereoff if he dies in faith He will hold those keys to all Eternity. All the Prophets Patriarchs & Apostles who ever did or ever will hold the keys of the Apostleship if faithful unto death will hold them forever.

Presidet Young was an Elder when he was ordained to be one of the Twelve Apostles. Some asked the Question how He could officiate as an High Priest not having previously been ordained a High Priest. Joseph Said the Apostleship covered all the offices of the High Priesthood the same as a private member ordained a High Priest Could officiate as a Deacon Teacher Priest or Elder.

Presidet Young said "I ordained most of the two or three first Quorums of the Seventies and Joseph gave me vary particular instructions to ordain them all High Priests which I did. When a man is ordained an High Priest Seventy or one of the Twelve He Can officiate in all the lesser offices of the Church whether He has been ordained to that office or not.

When I met with the Saints in Nauvoo at the first meeting after Josephs death in defending the true organization against Sidney Rigdon I had it in my mind all the time that there would have to be a Presidency of three Appointed but I knew the people Could not bear it at the time and on our return as the pioneers from the valley I Broached the subject first to Brother Woodruff and afterwords to the rest of the Quorum. They received it & finally sustained it.

[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]

6 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 28, 2015

    so many errors and so much corruption in church organization!!!

    example: if all 12 of the Q12 members passed away only an Angel of the Lord from heaven could come down and ordain 2 new apostles who would then over time ordain other Q12 members and 70 new members of a new Q70 if they had all passed away.

    Ordination is from the top on down, never from the bottom or lower levels going upward.

    But God has said that he would never again take the priesthood authority from off of the earth as he did from when the Angel Moroni was translated circa 423 to 429 A.D. to when he again returned to the earth SIX TIMES between Sep.21,1823 to May 15,1829 A.D. (1400 years).

    The Church of Jesus Christ (WHQ: Monongahela, Pennsylvania) is the only restored gospel church on the face of the whole earth that has the priesthood authority to minister in the holy ordinances thereof.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 28, 2015

    Also the Presidency of TCOJC is elected by the 12s, 70s and elders only and never set apart and ordained and they must all be a member of the Q12 but they are NOT a separate quorum. President, 1st.C, 2nd.C, NOT 3 Presidents CONFUSION!

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  3. AnonymousJuly 28, 2015

    Also never any High Priests nor Patriarchs in TCOJC (non-scriptural):

    Q12 Apostles, Q70 Evangelists, Elders (aka, Bishops, Pastors) = 1 and only 1 Priesthood after the order of the Son of God.

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  4. AnonymousJuly 28, 2015

    non-priesthood = Teachers, Deacons, Deaconesses.

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  5. AnonymousJuly 28, 2015

    non-priesthood are also all SET APART (by feet washing) and ORDAINED (holy anointing oil + laying on of hands).

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  6. AnonymousJuly 28, 2015

    The calling of the Apostle Paul (30 A.D.) and the calling of Apostle William Bickerton (Mar.-Apr.1852) were very similar:

    "Paul, an apostle, (NOT OF MEN, NEITHER BY MAN, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)" (Gal.1:1).

    "For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I AM THE APOSTLE OF THE GENTILES, I magnify mine office:" (Rom.11:13).

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