As a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints I hold the Priesthood. — Now, in our church we have a lay priesthood. The priesthood is the power given by God to men to act in his name. My current duties in the priesthood are few but I may be called at some point to serve in other duties. One of my friends was recently called to serve as the Bishop of our ward (congregation). His responsibilities have been far expanded.
Anyway this post is about how I got my priesthood not what it is our my role in the priesthood.
A short time ago in a lesson on the priesthood another member shared his priesthood line of authority and it had some items in common with mine, but had some discrepancies. Also, while he shared his I found an error in my copy of my line of authority so I contacted the church headquarters for a correct copy of my priesthood lineage, here it is:
- I was ordained an Elder in the Melchizedek Priesthood on Aug 19, 1997 by
- my Father who was ordained a High Priest by
- Harold Daw who was ordained a High Priest by
- William James Critchlow, Jr. who was ordained a High Priest by
- George Franklin Richards, Sr. who was ordained an Apostle by
- Joseph F. Smith who was ordained an Apostle by
- Brigham Young who was ordained an Apostle under the hands of the three whitnesses:
- Olvier Cowdery, David Whitmer, and Martin Harris who were called by revelation and set apart by the First Presidency to choose and ordain the Twelve Apostles and who were ordained by
- Joseph Smith, Jr. who was ordained an Apostle by
- Peter, James, and John who were ordained Apostles by
- Jesus Christ during His earthly ministry.
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Don’t you mean you were ordained in 1997, not 2007?
How could Brigham Young ordain Joseph Fielding an apostle? Joseph was only a baby at the time of Brigham’s death.
Joseph Fielding was ordained by his father, Joseph F. Smith, who was ordained by Brigham Young.
Oh man, we slammed you didn’t we?
Your mom sent us the link to your blog today. Obviously we’re reading it thoroughly. Maybe a little too thoroughly…
Why, yes I do mean 1997. — Correction Made
Well, you see Joseph F. Smith’s name is Joseph Fielding Smith and the F is merely a convention so as not to confuse the two Joseph Fielding Smiths, but of course you know that. Let’s call it haste. It is written as Joseph Fielding Smith on the Official document I received from Church Headquarters. I have changed it to the more widely accepted convention of Joseph F. Smith to avoid confusion.
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