In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), the priesthood is the power and authority to act in the name of God for the salvation...
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From 1852 to 1978, temple and priesthood policies in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) prohibited both Black women and men from...
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preparatory priesthood and an "appendage" of the more powerful Melchizedek priesthood. In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) today...
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Black people and Mormonism (redirect from Blacks and the Priesthood (LDS))
were lifted by church leaders in 1978. In 2013, the LDS Church disavowed its previous teachings on race for the first time. The priesthoods of most other...
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Supreme Being". In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), the largest Latter Day Saint denomination, priesthood holders meet at their...
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within the church are legitimized by the priesthood authority. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), the largest church in the movement...
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Seventy is a priesthood office in the Melchizedek priesthood of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Traditionally, a church member...
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is the largest Latter Day Saint denomination. Founded...
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The 1978 Declaration on Priesthood was an announcement by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) that reversed a long-standing...
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A ward is a local congregation in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), with a smaller local congregation known as a branch. A...
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Curse and mark of Cain (redirect from Black priesthood ban)
The ban on the priesthood affected Black members differently than it did in other churches because the LDS Church has a lay priesthood in which virtually...
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considered "President of the Priesthood" or Prophet. Following LDS Church President Spencer W. Kimball's 1978 Revelation on Priesthood, extending the right of...
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presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The included persons have served as President of the Church and prophet, seer...
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Latter Day Saint denomination, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), the patriarchal priesthood is sometimes confused as one of the...
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Patriarch (Latter Day Saints) (redirect from Patriarch (LDS Church))
discontinued on October 4, 1979. Within the LDS Church today, patriarch is an office in the Melchizedek priesthood. A patriarch is ordained and called to serve...
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In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), a temple is a building dedicated to be a House of the Lord. Temples are considered by...
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Mormonism in the 20th century (redirect from 1980s (LDS))
evolution and the origin of man. LDS Church purchased property in Far West, Missouri, including the former temple lot. LDS priesthood meetings begin to be held...
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In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), the Priesthood Correlation Program (also called the Correlation Program or simply Correlation)...
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the Church is the highest office of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It was the office held by Joseph Smith, the church's founder...
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General Conference is a gathering of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), held biannually every April and October at the...
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The Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) is a priesthood calling with church-wide authority. The Presiding...
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Apostle (Latter Day Saints) (redirect from Apostle (LDS Church))
apostles. In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), apostle is the highest priesthood office of the Melchizedek priesthood. The President...
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organizations are ancillary to the governing power of the priesthood in the church. The LDS Church's five organizations are Primary, Relief Society, Sunday...
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In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), the Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, most often simply referred to as the sacrament...
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Temple garment (redirect from Garment of the Holy Priesthood)
defaced temple garments to express their opposition to the LDS Church. According to the LDS Church, the temple garments serve a number of purposes. First...
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Elder (Latter Day Saints) (redirect from Elder (LDS Church))
Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). In the LDS Church, "elder" is considered the introductory—or lowest—of five offices of the Melchizedek priesthood. Every person...
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In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (also known as the Quorum of the Twelve, the Council...
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High priest (Latter Day Saints) (redirect from High Priest (LDS Church))
office of high priest. Latter Day Saint movement portal Priesthood (LDS Church) Aaronic priesthood (Latter Day Saints) High priest Archived 2014-07-06 at...
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Seventy (Latter Day Saints) (redirect from Seventy, Priesthood Office)
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Traditionally, a Latter Day Saint holding this priesthood office is a "traveling minister" and an...
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) has been subject to criticism and sometimes discrimination since its inception. In the late 1820s...
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