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At the April 1995 general conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), church president Gordon B. Hinckley announced the creation of a new leadership position known as the area authority. [1] In 1997, area authorities were renamed area authority seventies and ordained to the office of seventy.
In the Latter Day Saint movement, a quorum is a group of people ordained or endowed with priesthood authority, and organized to act together as a body. The idea of a quorum was established by Joseph Smith early in the history of the movement, and during his lifetime it has included several church-wide quorums, including the First Presidency, the Presiding High Council, the Quorum of the Twelve ...
In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (also known as the Quorum of the Twelve, the Council of the Twelve Apostles, or simply the Twelve) is one of the governing bodies in the church hierarchy.
1. Emeritus general authorities are individuals who have been released from active duties as general authorities. However, they remain general authorities of the church until their death. Except for the three former members of the Presiding Bishopric noted, all living emeritus general authorities are former members of the First or Second Quorums of the Seventy. 2. These former members of the ...
These presidents, chosen from the first quorum, would appoint and direct the other quorums of seventy. [4] In the LDS Church, the largest of the Latter Day Saint denominations, the quorums of the seventy are directed and supervised hierarchically by the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, who are in turn directed by the First Presidency.
General authorities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who were seventies during the time of their service as general authorities.. Until 1989, all general authority seventies were either members of the Presidency of the Seventy or the First Quorum of the Seventy.
This article lists the presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The included persons have served as President of the Church and prophet, seer, and revelator of the LDS Church.
11 December 1931 Charles W. Nibley dies. 1932 Reed Smoot loses the election for the U.S. Senate. 6 April 1933 J. Reuben Clark called as Second Counselor in the First Presidency to Heber J. Grant, but is not an apostle. 27 July 1933 James E. Talmage dies. 12 October 1933 Charles A. Callis ordained. 23 September 1934 Anthony W. Ivins dies. 11 ...