Power, Authority & Keys
This is the authorization to represent God and act in His name.
What is priesthood authority?
This word means to appoint someone to a specific priesthood office.
What is ordain?
These are the two divisions of priesthood in the Church.
What are the Aaronic and Melchizedek?
True or False: A father holds priesthood keys over his family.
False
This is God's power, which His children can access as they make and keep covenants and participate in authorized ordinances.
What is priesthood power?
This word describes bestowing the Aaronic or Melchizedek Priesthood upon someone.
What is confer?
Name the three ordained offices of the Aaronic Priesthood generally held by young men.
What are deacon, teacher, and priest?
The Church operates through a hierarchical priesthood structure. The family operates according to this different type of order or relationship.
What is the patriarchal/familial order?
These are the rights of presidency—the authority given to direct the use of the priesthood within a particular responsibility or jurisdiction.
What are priesthood keys?
Spot the mistake: “We ordained James to the Melchizedek Priesthood and conferred him an elder.” What two words should be switched?
“We conferred the Melchizedek Priesthood upon James and ordained him to the office of elder.”
Put these in the correct categories: Deacon, Bishop, Elder, Apostle, Teacher, High Priest, Priest, Patriarch, Seventy.
Aaronic Priesthood
Melchizedek Priesthood
A husband says: “Because I hold the Melchizedek Priesthood and preside in our family, I have greater priesthood authority in our home than my wife.” Identify two problems with his reasoning.