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Early Quorums of the Seventies

… “Brethren, I have seen those men who died of the cholera in our camp,” said Joseph Smith to Brigham Young … the early beginnings, the vision, and purpose of the first quorums of the seventies. Learn of the rapid expansion in …

The Seventies’ Role in Worldwide Church Administration

… located largely in northeastern Ohio or western Missouri, the Lord revealed an administrative organization that would … the world. The Church was to be headed by three presiding quorumsthe First Presidency, the Twelve Apostles, and the Seventy. The first of the Seventies had been called on February 28, just one …

Church Administrative Change in the Progressive Period, 1898–1930

… Between 1898 and 1930, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints undertook a … members today who recognize the central role of priesthood quorums in the lives of Church members, it may be difficult …

Missionaries Called in the August 1852 Special Conference

… a mission in August 1852 or who left with that same group of missionaries. Most of the men in this register were called in August and left in … (now Nevada), 1856–57. Appointed president over the quorums of the seventy in Spanish Fork, Utah. Ordained a high …

Contemporary Organization

… Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe that … organization of the Church (e.g., prophet, apostle, the seventy, and evangelist or patriarch) that were also present … of the Twelve Apostles or Council of the Twelve, the quorums of the seventy, and the Presiding Bishopric. These …

Appendix B

… 1997 visit, President Gordon B. Hinckley was impressed by the large number of Church leaders who had ties to the Mormon colonies in … of the Twelve 1985–88 Rey L. Pratt First Council of the Seventy 1925–31 Antoine R. Ivins First Council of the Seventy

Traveling and Standing Ministers: The Commandment to Travel (or Not) in the Joseph Smith—Era

… Joseph Smith teaching in the Grove, Nauvoo, Illinois. In mid-November 1831, while … Covenants 107 (1835), a lengthy discourse on the duties of the priesthood, including travel responsibilities. The … employed office in the context of priesthood callings, quorums, and stewardships in his dictated revelations. As a …

Dawn of a New Rising Generation

… This period of the Church in Taiwan welcomed the dawn of a new rising … the Taichung Stake president (and later an Area Authority Seventy), served as an early-morning seminary teacher for a … Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and the First and Second Quorums of the Seventy.” The First and Second Quorums of

Appendix 1: Key Historical Events in Taiwan

… January. Elder David O. McKay dedicates Chinese realm for the preaching of the gospel while in Beijing, China. 1955 17 August. … Elder Marion D. Hanks, from the First Council of the Seventy, visits Taiwan.   December. First Chinese edition of

The Calling of the Twelve Apostles and the Seventy in 1835

The Zion’s Camp march of 1834 helped refine those who … Young later recalled that “they had heard of Moses and seventy Elders of Israel, and of Jesus appointing other … got his Twelve and his Seventy, and there will be other quorums of Seventies called, who will make the sacrifice, and …