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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 ...
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.
Seventy is a priesthood office in the Melchizedek priesthood of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Traditionally, a church member holding this priesthood office is a "traveling minister" [1] and an "especial witness" [2] of Jesus Christ, charged with the mission of preaching the gospel to the entire world under the direction of the Twelve Apostles. [3]
Individuals who have been a member of the First Seven Presidents of the Seventy, the First Council of the Seventy, or the Presidency of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Does not include seventies who have not been one of the seven presidents of the seventy.
In practical terms, the priesthood office of seventy is one which has varied widely over the course of history. As originally envisioned by Latter-day Saint movement founder Joseph Smith in the 1830s, the seventy were to be a body composed of several separate quorums of up to 70 seventies each, all of which would be led by seven presidents.
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.
In 1989, the Second Quorum of the Seventy was created and was also composed of general authority seventies. Until 2016, general authority seventies were clearly designated by the church as being members of either the First of the Second Quorum.
Pages in category "Members of the First Quorum of the Seventy (LDS Church)" The following 113 pages are in this category, out of 113 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .