• 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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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