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Priesthood 101
Who Restored What
Lines of Authority
Oath & Covenant
D & C 107
100
The power and authority to direct the Lord’s work on the earth.
What is the Priesthood or Priesthood keys?
100
He brought back the keys of the Aaronic Priesthood
Who is John the Baptist?
100
He bestowed upon the Twelve Apostles—who constitute the second quorum in the Church—all the keys and all the ordinances and priesthood necessary for them to hold in order to carry on this great and glorious work of universal salvation in the latter days.
Who is Joseph Smith?
100
The preparatory priesthood that schools and trains young men and men to be worthy of these other great blessings that come later.
What is the Aaronic Priesthood?
100
This Priesthood holds the keys of the ministering of angels, and to administer in outward ordinances, the letter of the gospel, and the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
What is Aaronic?
200
When men are commissioned by the one who holds these keys, then their acts are valid in these two locations.
What is on earth and in the heavens?
200
They brought back the keys of the Melchizedek Priesthood
Who are Peter, James and John?
200
He holds the keys over all the Church. He holds all the keys of every nature, pertaining to the dispensation of the Fulness of Times.
Who is the Prophet or President of the Church?
200
When men receive the Melchizedek Priesthood they do so by covenant. They solemnly promise to receive the priesthood, to magnify their callings in it, and to live by every word that proceedeth forth from the mouth of God. If they keep their covenant, they shall receive this.
What is is life eternal or all that the Father hath?
200
This person presides over the Aaronic Priesthood in a ward.
Who is the Bishop?
300
This person will never lead the Saints astray or send forth counsel to the world that is contrary to the mind and will of the Lord.
What is the Prophet or President of the Church?
300
He gave unto Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery the keys of the gathering of Israel
Who is Moses?
300
No man can officiate in and confer the blessings of the temple without the authority to do so being delegated to him by this person.
Who is the President of the Church (Prophet)?
300
The promise of exaltation offered to every man who holds the Melchizedek Priesthood, but it is a conditional promise, a promise conditioned upon this.
What is magnifying their callings?
300
This Priesthood holds the keys of the ministering of angels, and to administer in outward ordinances, the letter of the gospel, and the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
What is the Aaronic Priesthood?
400
The holy priesthood and the keys of the kingdom of God are only found here.
What is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints?
400
He appeared, and committed the dispensation of the gospel of Abraham, saying that in us and our seed all generations after us should be blessed
Who is Elias or Noah?
400
When a man is ordained to the office of a bishop, he is given the keys of presidency over this.
What is a ward?
400
The blessings of the Lord are offered to all people through the ministrations of those who hold this.
What is the Priesthood?
400
Out of respect or reverence to the name of the Supreme Being, to avoid the too frequent repetition of his name, they, the church, in ancient days, called this higher priesthood after this man.
Who is Melchizedek?
500
President Smith said: “I think we all know that the blessings of the priesthood are not confined to men alone. These blessings are also poured out upon these other people.
What are our wives and daughters and upon all the faithful women of the Church?
500
The last of the prophets who held the keys of the sealing power in old Israel, came and bestowed that power, the power of sealing to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery
Who is Elijah?
500
If any father desires to perform a baptism, or to ordain his son to the priesthood, he must first obtain the sanction of this person.
Who is the presiding officer in the ward or stake (ie, Bishop or Stake President)?
500
In (D&C 84:109–10) we read “Therefore let every man stand in his own office, and labor in his own calling; … that the system may be kept … this”
What is perfect?
500
These men are special witnesses of the name of Christ in all the world—thus differing from other officers in the church in the duties of their calling.
Who are the twelve traveling councilors or Twelve Apostles?