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[The Melchizedek Priesthood is] a perfect law of theocracy, holding keys of power and blessings, [and] stood as God to give laws to the people, administering endless lives to the sons and daughters of Adam. History of the Church 5:555
Components of priesthood
Authority. The right to act in the name of God as his agent. Power. Having ones actions sanctioned by God. Keys. The right to direct or preside.
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107:18. Keys of all the spiritual blessings of the church. 107:19; 84:19. Key of the mysteries of the kingdom.
Mysteries of godliness vs. vain mysteries.
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Mysteries of Godliness
I advise all to go on to perfection and search deeper and deeper into the mysteries of Godliness a man can do nothing for himself unless God direct him in the right way, and the Priesthood is reserved for that purpose. Joseph Smith, May 1844 (HC 6:363)
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84:2021. The power of godliness is manifest in the ordinances of the Melchizedek Priesthood.
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107:8284. Calling a disciplinary council for a Church President who has transgressed.
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107:33. Act under the direction of the Presidency of the Church. 107:33. A Traveling Presiding High Council. 107:58. Ordain and set in order all the other officers of the church. 107:27. Decisions must be unanimous.
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The Seventy
28 February 1835. First Quorum of the Seventy organized. 107:25. Especial witnesses unto the Gentiles and in all the world.
Special: Particular; peculiar; different from others. Designed for a particular purpose. Especial: Distinguished among others of the same class or kind; special;principal; particular.
Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828
107:26, 34. Equal in authority to the Twelve, act under their direction.
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124:124. Patriarch holds the sealing keys also. 107:4057. Office of Patriarch handed down from father to son.
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Official Declaration2
Revelation to President Spencer W. Kimball, sustained by First Presidency and the Twelve on 1 June 1978.
Reversed the Churchs policy regarding priesthood ordinations of men of African descent.
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Revelation received 1 June 1978, in Thursday temple meeting of the First Presidency and the Twelve.
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