The Patriarchal Order | What Is the Patriarchal Order of the Priesthood? (LDS)
Send us Fan MailWhat is the patriarchal order of the priesthood — and why does Doctrine and Covenants 131 call it the gateway to the highest degree of celestial glory? This episode lays the doctrinal foundation: the patriarchal order is the new and everlasting covenant of marriage, the order in which God Himself lives. Drawing on Elder Bruce R. McConkie's April 1982 talk "The Doctrine of the Priesthood" — teaching that God "lives in the family unit" and that we must receive and exercise His priesthood as He exercises it — we explore why exaltation is never awarded to a patriarch alone (a…
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