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Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Changing World of Mormonism/Chapter 16
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Chapter 17 |
Claims made in Chapter 16: The Priesthood
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| 442 | The concept of "priesthood" was added later to the Church and was a creation of Sidney Rigdon. | Priesthood restoration [needs work] |
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| 443 | Revelations on the restoration of the priesthood are not present in the Book of Commandments. | [[Date of the restoration of the
Melchizedek priesthood]] | |
| 443-444 | The Aaronic priesthood was abolished at that death of Christ. | Hebrews 7 and the Aaronic Priesthood |
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| 445 | The date of the restoration of the Melchizedik Priesthood is not known and the record of the event was added later. | [[Date of the
restoration of the Melchizedek priesthood]]||
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| 445-446 | The idea of the Melchizedek Priesthood and ordaining men to be High Priests came from Sidney Rigdon. | Priesthood restoration
[needs work] ||
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