“Consecrated Priests and Teachers of This People”

Joseph F. McConkie, Robert L. Millet
Jacob reminds us that he and his brother Joseph had been appointed priests and teachers among the people under the hands of Nephi (see 2 Nephi 5:26). These callings are descriptive of their labors in the Melchizedek Priesthood, rather than offices in the Aaronic Priesthood as we know them. So far as we know, there was no Aaronic Priesthood among the Nephites, until, possibly, the coming of Christ to America. (See Promised Messiah, p. 412; New Witness, P. 348.)

“Consecrated Priests and Teachers of This People”

“There have been too many names presented, too many sustaining votes taken, too many ordinations and settings apart performed before too many witnesses, there have been too many records kept, too many certificates prepared, and too many pictures published in too many places for any one to be deceived as to who holds proper authority. Claims of special revelation or secret authority from the Lord or from the Brethren are false on the face of them and really utter nonsense!”

Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 2

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