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The Priesthood Restoration Site, formally known as the Aaronic Priesthood Restoration Site, is a historic site located in Oakland Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The site comprises property once owned by Joseph Smith , and is the spot where Latter Day Saints believe the resurrected John the Baptist conferred the ...
The sculpture was originally announced by Joseph L. Wirthlin, the church's Presiding Bishop, during general conference in October 1956. The artwork would be part of a monument on Temple Square to commemorate the restoration of the Aaronic priesthood, to be dedicated on May 15, 1957, the 128th anniversary of the event.
The Aaronic priesthood is thought to be a lesser or preparatory priesthood and an "appendage" [2] of the more powerful Melchizedek priesthood. In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) today, the holders of the Aaronic priesthood are primarily young men ages 11 to 18 and recent adult male converts to the church.
Restoration of the Aaronic priesthood may refer to: Restoration of the Aaronic priesthood , an 1829 event in which Joseph Smith claimed to receive God's power and authority Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood , a 1957 sculpture by Avard Fairbanks
The Aaronic priesthood is led by a bishop or branch president and his counselors (known as the bishopric or branch presidency). In the Aaronic priesthood, the young men are sub-divided into three aged-based priesthood offices, which also serve as classes on Sunday: Deacon (turning ages 12 or 13) Teacher (turning ages 14 or 15) Priest (turning ...
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In June 1962, the First Presidency of the LDS Church announced they had commissioned artist Avard Fairbanks to create a monument to commemorate the restoration of the Melchizedek priesthood. The sculpture was meant to be a companion piece to his sculpture Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood, [2] which had been placed on Temple Square in 1957. [3]
The structure has two unique sets of pulpits, representing the Aaronic Priesthood and the Melchizedek Priesthood. Truman O. Angell recorded in his journal that about this time Frederick G. Williams, one of Smith's counselors in the church's First Presidency, came into the temple during construction and related the following: