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The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power (Mormon Hierarchy) by D. Michael Quinn is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power (Mormon Hierarchy) about?
Converts to Joseph Smith’s 1828 restoration of primitive Christianity were attracted to the non-hierarchical nature of the movement. It was precisely because there were no priests, ordinances, or dogma that people joined in such numbers. Smith intended everyone to be a prophet, and anyone who felt called was invited to minister freely without formal office. Not until seven years later did Mormons first learn that authority had been restored by angels or of the need for a hierarchy mirroring the Pauline model. That same year (1835) a Quorum of Twelve Apostles was organized, but their jurisdiction was limited to areas outside established stakes (dioceses). Stakes were led by a president, who oversaw spiritual development, and by a bishop, who supervised temporal needs. At Smith’s martyrdom in 1844, the church had five leading quorums of authority. The most obvious successor to Smith, Illinois stake president William Marks, opposed the secret rites of polygamy, anointing, endowments, and the clandestine political activity that had characterized the church in Illinois. The secret Council of Fifty had recently ordained Smith as King on Earth and sent ambassadors abroad to form alliances
Who reads The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power (Mormon Hierarchy)?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- D. Michael Quinn
- Publisher
- Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates
- Published
- 1994
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781560850564
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Christian, Philosophy, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.11 / 5 (231 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14