“None… That Had Authority from God”
Little or no effort is made in the Book of Mormon to detail or explain the nature of priesthood and Church government-no systematic treatment of such matters as priesthood offices, quorums, councils, or even the organization of the Church itself. Such was not its purpose: the Book of Mormon is more a narrative of a family than an ecclesiastical history. What it makes abundantly clear, however-the Nephite prophets leave no question-is the necessity for the ordinances of salvation and the proper authority to perform them. See commentary on 2 Nephi 31:5.
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