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Topic: Patriarchal Priesthood

	Priesthood (Mormonism) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Mormonism, priesthood is considered to be the power and authority to act in the name of God, including the performance of sacred rites and ordinances, and the performance of miracles.
		Because Latter Day Saints believe that priesthood authority and keys may be granted only by one who holds that authority or keys, they believe it is important that a person trace their priesthood through a line of succession from a person in the Bible who was known to hold that authority or keys.
		The priesthood is conferred on male church-members beginning at age twelve by the laying on of hands of men previously ordained to the priesthood.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Priesthood_(Mormonism) (4200 words)

	Gospel Link
		Priesthood is the channel for obtaining revelation, the channel through which God reveals himself and his glory, his intents and his purposes, to mankind: The priesthood holds "the key of the mysteries of the kingdom, even the key of the knowledge of God" (D&C 84:19–20; cf.
		The patriarchal order of the priesthood is the right of worthy priesthood-holding fathers to preside over their descendants through all ages; it includes the ordinances and blessings of the fulness of the priesthood shared by husbands and wives who are sealed in the temple (see Sealing: Temple Sealings).
		Ordination to each different priesthood office is by the authority and under the direction of the presiding priesthood officer in the ward, branch, stake, or mission of the Church where the person resides, by the laying on of hands by one holding appropriate priesthood office and designated to so act.
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	J. Smith a False Prophet
		Priesthood is power, the power of God, a vital source of eternal strength and energy delegated to men to act in all things for the well-being of mankind, both in the world and out of it (DS 3:80; Romney, p.
		Priesthood is authority, the exclusive right to act in the name of God as his authorized agents and to perform ordinances for the purpose of opening certain spiritual blessings to all individuals.
		Priesthood is the right and responsibility to preside within the organizational structure of the Church, but only in a manner consistent with the agency of others.
	www.macgregorministries.org /mormons/wasjsaprophet.html (3691 words)

	Analyzing The Different Orders Of The Patriarchal Priesthood
		The Sealing keys of the "High Priesthood", or that Priesthood which was restored by Peter, James and John was sufficient to seal an individual into the lower degree of the Celestial Kingdom, but not in the capacity of husbands, wives, or parents.
		This being the case it is evident that the office and Priesthood of Church Patriarch must of necessity derive its Priesthood and authority in blessings through the the "High Priesthood" which was restored by Peter, James and John.
		That it is indeed the Patriarchal Priesthood is self evident from the fact that in accordance with the law both the office of Church Patriarch and its attending priesthood descend from father to son.
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	Adelphiasophism: Doing the Right Thing or Obeying the Law - The Goddess and her Enemies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Writing and formal grammar arose as a secret of the patriarchal priesthood and was probably kept as a sacred secret for centuries before escaping into the world at large.
		The priesthood were diviners who had to decide what measures were needed to placate the gods and ensure that the tribe had good fortune.
		Patriarchal gods prescribed external laws that often made no sense to individuals, who were therefore inclined to ignore them or deliberately defy them by breaking them.
	www.adelphiasophism.com /enemies/17.html (1047 words)

	Analyzing The Different Orders of the Patriarchal Priesthood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		was ordained as the first Church Patriarch in this dispensation, at which time the calling of Church and Stake Patriarchs together with the necessary Patriarchal Priesthood was inaugurated in the Church.
		Through this "highest" order and "Fulness" of the Patriarchal Priesthood, the Prophet Joseph Smith appointed a birthright heir in his unborn son David, and thus inaugurated Patriarchal Succession in the Priesthood.
		Consequently, the various orders of the Patriarchal Priesthood were all lumped together.
	www.zianet.com /collier/dop3.htm (245 words)

	Latter-day Saint Liberation Front: The Mormon Oracle at Delphi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		While patriarchal blessings may contain exhortatory or doctrinal content, in my experience they are especially prized for their oracular qualities: these blessings offer individuals a series of specific, textual predictions about God’s plans for their individual futures.
		Thus, in seeking evidence about the accuracy of the predictions made in patriarchal blessings, we are forced to turn to the relatively few such blessings that have become public in one form or another.
		Perhaps the patriarch simply had the impression she would be probably be alive when the Savior came, expressed that thought, and was wrong.
	ldsliberationfront.blogs.com /ldslf/2005/08/the_mormon_orac.html (2758 words)

	Times & Seasons » GC Day One: Fall Conference Open Thread
		Costanza, “Patriarchal Priesthood” is a synonym for the Aaronic Priesthood because it was passed from father to son.
		The order of this priesthood was confirmed to be handed down from father to son, and rightly belongs to the literal descendants of the chosen seed, to whom the promises were made.
		The patriarchal order is a part of the Melchizedek Priesthood which enables endowed and worthy men to preside over their posterity in time and eternity.” (Published in the Ensign, February 1993).
	www.timesandseasons.org /index.php?p=2607 (16794 words)

	The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power--A Review
		One of the most interesting claims made by Quinn in chapter 1 is that the Melchizedek priesthood was probably not conferred by Peter, James and John, and that all references to this occasion were added retroactively in 1834 and 1835.
		Joseph Smith ordained his father to be the patriarch of the church in 1834, and John Young was ordained to be the patriarch of his family shortly afterward.
		remained patriarch of the church until his death in 1840 and was regarded on a par with the first presidency of the church.
	www.exmormon.org /hierarch.htm (2979 words)

	The Priesthood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Also, the Aaronic priesthood and Levitical priesthood was a lesser priesthood compared to that of Melchisedec, because it did not had the power to grant salvation.
		Since the expression, "priesthood of the believers" is not found anywhere in the Bible, Protestants have had to invent such a phrase and then use it as though it is a scriptural expression.
		The priesthood of the believer is not a true doctrine and it cannot be the ground for their feet.
	www.bibleman.net /The_Priesthood.htm (8702 words)

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		He says: "The sealing power of the priesthood was also exercised at times under the authority of the Patriarchal Priesthood, in conjunction with the practice of giving patriarchal blessings to the Saints.
		Whereas the term endowment has come to be known as the embodiment of certain priesthood ordinances performed in the temple, Kirtland usage of the term connoted, not the ordinances themselves, but rather the outpouring of the spirit upon those who had participated in the ordinances.
		A patriarch is what is termed in scripture an evangelist, and Brother William acts in that capacity, and God placed in the church "first apostles," not first evangelists, but the president stands in the same relationship to the church as Moses did to the children of Israel, according to the revelations.
	www.cybcon.com /~kurtn/ldssemv1n36.txt (11088 words)

	The OLIVE BRANCH, New Covenant Church of God, PWNC 990402, The Government of the Patriarchal Priesthood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Patriarchal Priesthood comprehendeth the letter of the Law and the spirit of the Law in their perfect place, and in their perfect season, and for this cause have they been given the government over My Church.
		It is the responsibility of the Second Patriarch to govern the Enochian Priesthood, even the Eldership, and the Zadokian Priesthood through the Third Patriarch, ensuring that they {the Enochian Priesthood} teach and obey the spirit of the Law built upon the foundation of the letter of the Law.
		And it is the responsibility of the Presiding Patriarch to govern the Patriarchal Priesthood, and the Enochian Priesthood through the Second Patriarch, and the Zadokian priesthood through the Second and Third Patriarchs, that there might be perrect order, love, justice, grace and peace in the Church.
	www.nccg.org /OB990402.html (877 words)

	New Covenant Church of God: FAQ117. The New Testament Priesthood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		But Israel violated the law, and God took away the Patriarchal Priesthood and restricted it to the Aaronic family, appointing the tribe of Levi to minister to them, thus constituting the typical priesthood (Ex.28:1).
		In some respects the system became Patriarchal again, though this time autocratic, with more and more power accruing to the king, leading finally to the collapse of both the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah.
		The priesthood of the believer is therefore a birthright, just as every descendant of Aaron was born into the priesthood (Heb.5:1).
	www.nccg.org /FAQ117-Priesthood.html (1384 words)

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		The 1929 account of priesthood ordinations does not attempt to correlate the authority purportedly conferred with the numerous statements on the priesthood found in the Doctrine and Covenants.
		As one views the many teachings on the priesthood that the Lord has given through the scriptures, it is a striking contrast to suggest that He might allow John Taylor to confer on those five men an authority described in such general terms.
		The priesthood conferred appears to greatly contrast the authority described by the Lord in the scriptures.
	www.mormonfundamentalism.com /Priesthood4.html (9986 words)

	The Place of Mormon Women: Perceptions, Prozac, Polygamy, Priesthood, Patriarchy, and Peace
		Women share in the Priesthood sealing ordinance by virtue of their temple marriages and covenants, but the rights to officiate in priesthood offices or perform sacred ordinances are designated only to men.
		The priesthood gives a man the critical opportunity to feel needed by his family-to feel that he is essential; that he alone can provide his unique love, guidance, and blessings through righteously exercising the priesthood.
		Not only is priesthood "not gender," it is also not a plural noun, as some members are prone to use it as a collective definition for all men in the Church over age twelve.
	www.fairlds.org /pubs/conf/2004RadA.html (12830 words)

	Excerpt from The Mormon Hierarchy
		Understanding the growing sense of "church" and the increasingly structured view of authority as priesthood is necessary to comprehend the currently elaborate organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
		According to current tradition, both the Aaronic and Melchizedek priesthoods functioned in the church after the spring of 1829 when Smith and Cowdery were visited first by John the Baptist, who restored the lesser or Aaronic priesthood, and then by Peter, James, and John, who restored the higher or Melchizedek priesthood.
		By contrast, early Mormons understood that priesthood meant divine power (separate from individual faith) that was conferred on mortals and was centered in the relationship of an individual with the powers of deity.
	www.signaturebooks.com /excerpts/hier1.htm (12298 words)

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		Instead, it is entirely focused upon the spiritual aspect of the covenant dealing with the ministry and Priesthood, thereby emphasizing the importance and preeminence of the spiritual over the physical.
		For the moment he is only a son, a brother, and a husband, and a man whose early life is marked principally by the death of the old world (Haran and Terah), with little hope for the new (his wife is barren).
		The Patriarchal Narratives The stories about the fathers and mothers of Israel, as a collection, are almost contrapuntal in their richness.
	www.cybcon.com /~kurtn/ldssemv2n07.txt (6825 words)

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		Jun 1829 -- Early draft of the Articles and Covenants of the Church (DandC 20) stated, that the "Church shall be called The Church of Christ." The document, written by Oliver, indicated that the Church shall have elders, priests and teachers.
		Revelation outlining the composition and duties of the quorums of the priesthood.
		On 6 December 1834 Father Smith "was ordained patriarch and [assistant] president of the High Priesthood" (Andrew Jenson, Historical Record, 5 [August 1886]: 89).
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	In Their Own Words (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This sign is done by bringing the right hand in front of you with the hand in cupping shape, the right hand forming a square, and the left arm being raised to the square.
		These four marks are the marks of the Holy Priesthood, and corresponding marks are found in your individual garment.
		Brethren and sisters, we are instructed to introduce you at the Veil, where you will receive the name of the Second Token of the Melchizedek Priesthood, the Patriarchal Grip, or the Sure Sign of the Nail, preparatory to your entering into the presence of God.
	www.helpingmormons.org /ceremony019.html (1498 words)

	MORMON CENTRAL - JOSEPH SMITH - LDS TEMPLES - BOOK OF MORMON - MORMONISM
		The 1835 version of Joseph Sr.'s blessing says, "[H]e shall be called a prince over his posterity; holding the keys of the patriarchal priesthood over the kingdom of God on earth, even the church of the Latter Day Saints." This sentence is not in the diary.
		The concept of a patriarchal priesthood comes from Joseph's attention to the Egyptian papyri scrolls and the resulting stories of Old Testament patriarchs Joseph and Abraham in July 1835.
		[W]e diligently sought for the right of the fathers, and the authority of the holy priesthood, and the power to administer in the same; for we desired to be, followers of righteousness, and the possessors of greater knowledge, even the knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God.
	www.xmission.com /~research/central/gpalmer1.htm (5544 words)

	The Foundation of Zion
		And this is why you were both ordained unto the Patriarchal Priesthood, for you are both of the Fathers, and you must function as such in this mission, yea on assignment one in heaven and one on earth, for in this way can the work best go forward.
		And you are called to work in the darkness among a wicked and fallen people, and you are called to kindle the light within them that their darkness be turned into day also.
		When I was ordained in the temple on October 1, 1986, as a Patriarch by the apostles, I saw a man seated on the throne of the temple.
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	In Their Own Words (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		We will now give unto you the Second Token of the Melchizedek Priesthood, the Patriarchal Grip, or Sure Sign of the Nail, with its accompanying sign.
		You will be under the same sacred obligation in connection with this token and sign as you are with the other tokens and signs of the Holy Priesthood which you have received in the temple this day.
		When Adam was driven out of the Garden of Eden, he built an altar and offered prayer, and these are the words that he uttered: "Oh God, Hear the words of my mouth!", repeated three times.
	www.helpingmormons.org /ceremony018.html (399 words)

	Topical Guide P
		See also Authority; Force; Glory; God, Power of; Governments; Holy Ghost, Mission of; Jesus Christ, Authority of; Jesus Christ, Power of; Might; Priesthood; Priesthood, Authority; Priesthood, Keys of; Priesthood, Power of; Strength; Teaching with the Spirit
		See also Elder - Melchizedek Priesthood; High Priest - Melchizedek Priesthood; Priesthood, Keys of; Seventy;
		See also Priesthood, Magnifying Callings within; Priesthood, Melchizedek
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