Abraham O. Woodruff, Diary, extracts, 1901

File — Box: 7, Folder: 16

Identifier: I

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

"Regular meeting of the council [of Twelve Apostles and the First Presidency]: We discussed at length the question does a deacon hold all of the Aaronic Priesthood? Most of the brethren took the view that a deacon does not hold but part of the priesthood and that when a deacon is ordained a teacher or a priest he get more of the priesthood. President Joseph F. Smith, Brigham Young, Jr., John Henry Smith and I did not agree with this view but held that there are but two priesthoods and that when a man is ordained a deacon he receives the Aaronic Priesthood and when [he] is ordained an elder he receives the Melchizedek Priesthood (and not a part of it)."

Dates

1901

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