Eusebius, Seventy and the Order of Succession
Restoration of the Apostleship to the Earth
"The Seventies are Apostles; and they stand next in authority to the Twelve ... If through the providence of God the First Presidency and the Twelve were taken away, then it would be the duty of the Seventies to preach the Gospel, build up the Church, and ordain every officer requisite in order to establish the Church, and ordain High Priests, Bishops, High Counsellors, Patriarchs, and set in order the whole church in all the world. This is according to the revelations given to us ... I suppose I ordained hundreds of Seventies in early days. Brother Joseph Smith has come to us many times, saying, ‘Brethren, you are going to ordain Seventies. Do not forget to confer the high priesthood (Melchizedek priesthood) upon them. Ordain each of them to the High Priesthood, and to be one of the Seventy Apostles.’ This was my language in the ordination of the Seventies, and that is the way I ordain them now." (I, Art Bulla, was picked up and wafted over to my bookshelf by the Spirit to read this quote, when I inquired what authority I possessed to dictate the affairs of the Kingdom of God, February, 1979.)
From Eusebius (Circa 300AD):
Chapter XII. The Disciples of Our Saviour.
1 The names of the apostles of our Saviour are known to every one from the Gospels. But there exists no catalogue of the
2 They say that Sosthenes also, who wrote to the Corinthians with Paul, was one of them. This is the account of Clement in the fifth book of his Hypotyposes, in which he also says that Cephas was one of the seventy disciples, a man who bore the same name as the apostle Peter, and the one concerning whom Paul says, "When Cephas came to Antioch I withstood him to his face."
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Matthias, also, who was numbered with the apostles in the place of Judas, and the one who was honored by being made a candidate with him, are like-wise said to have been deemed worthy of the same calling with the seventy (showing the correct order of succession). They say that Thaddeus also was one of them, concerning whom I shall presently relate an account which has come down to us. And upon examination you will find that our Saviour had more than seventy disciples, according to the testimony of Paul, who says that after his resurrection from the dead he appeared first to Cephas, then to the twelve, and after them to above five hundred brethren at once (seven Quorums of Seventy and 11 of the Twelve)...My line of authority as an Apostle.
Correct order of succession: "It is the duty of the traveling high council [Twelve] to call upon the Seventy, when they need assistance, to fill the several calls (including vacancies in their quorum) for preaching and administering the gospel, instead of any others." (D&C 107:38) The Church has violated this law for a hundred years, and thus those who call themselves Apostles and Prophets are not, but are usurpers of the Holy Order of God. "Seventies are chosen out of the Elder's Quorum and are not to be High Priests." Joseph Smith.
Brigham Young never odained a High Priest (i.e. Apostles are not to be High Priests):
Now will it cause some of you to marvel that I was not ordained a High Priest before I was ordained an Apostle? Brother Kimball and myself were never ordained High Priests. How wonderful! I was going to say how little some of the brethren understood the Priesthood, after the Twelve were called. In our early career in this Church, on one occasion, in one of our Councils, we were telling about some of the Twelve wanting to ordain us High Priests, and what I said to Brother Patten when he wanted to ordain me in York State: said I, Brother Patten, wait until I can lift my hand to heaven and say, I have magnified the office of an Elder. After our conversation was over in the Council, some of the brethren began to query, and said we ought to be ordained High Priests; at the same time I did not consider that an Apostle needed to be ordained a High Priest, an Elder, or a Teacher. I did not express my views on the subject, at that time, but thought I would hear what brother Joseph would say about it. It was William E. McLellin who told Joseph that I and Heber were not ordained High Priests, and wanted to know if it should not be done. Said Joseph, "Will you insult the Priesthood? Is that all the knowledge you have of the office of an Apostle? Do you not know that the man who receives the Apostleship, receives all the keys that ever were, or that can be, conferred upon mortal man? What are you talking about? I am astonished!" Nothing more was said about it.
(Brigham Young, Discourses of Brigham Young, selected and arranged by John A. Widtsoe, p.141)
These are some of the references indicating succession in the Presidency and the Twelve from the history written by Eusebius in around 300AD, further indicating the validity of my revelation on the subject and that Joseph and Brigham are true, and that the Church has gotten out of order, but one line preserved through which the entire Kingdom and Church (the House of God, not limited to the Church as Alex wants to pettyfog) can be set in order as prophesied:
Alex Pogossov,
Read here what Eusebius says about Paul, which I hope I don't seem chauvnistic or carried away unto boasting herewith, but I was caught up in exactly the same manner as Paul (attributed here to him by Eusebius and of course in the letter to the Corinthians). But according to Alex, I must now first submit myself to the tutelage of one Onias in his "school" and be admonished and rebuked by this fellow that I should be so foolish as to speak ill of a Gordon B. Hinkley or even Onias!
Hebrews 12:3
For consider him that endured such
Hebrews 12:4
Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
But au contrare, my blood was shed by them also. And as Joseph remarked concerning tutelege as touted and advocated by this fool:
"Could we read and comprehend all that has been written from the days of Adam, on the relation of man to God and angels in a future state, we should know very little about it. Reading the experience of others, or the revelation given to them, can never give us a comprehensive view of our condition and true relation to God. Knowledge of these things can only be obtained by experience through the ordinances of God set forth for that purpose. Could you gaze into heaven five minutes, you would know more than you would by reading all that ever was written on the subject."
From Eusebius:
CHAPTER 24
The Order of the Gospels
"This extract from Clement I have inserted here for the sake of the history and for the benefit of my readers. Let us now point out the undisputed writings of this apostle. And in the first place his Gospel, which is known to all the churches under heaven, must be acknowledged as genuine. That it has with good reason been put by the ancients in the fourth place, after the other three Gospels, may be made evident in the following way. Those great and truly divine men, I mean the apostles of Christ, were purified in their life, and were adorned with every virtue of the soul, but were uncultivated in speech. They were confident indeed in their trust in the divine and wonder-working power which was granted unto them by the Saviour, but they did not know how, nor did they attempt to proclaim the doctrines of their teacher in studied and artistic language, but employing only the demonstration of the divine Spirit, which worked with them, and the wonder-working power of Christ, which was displayed through them, they published the knowledge of the kingdom of heaven throughout the whole world, paying little attention to the composition of written works.
And this they did because they were assisted in their ministry by one greater than man. Paul, for instance, who surpassed them all in vigor of expression and in richness of thought, committed to writing no more than the briefest epistles, although he had innumerable mysterious matters to communicate, for he had attained even unto the sights of the third heaven, had been carried to the very paradise of God, and had been deemed worthy to 'hear unspeakable utterances there."
1 The names of the apostles of our Saviour are known to every one from the Gospels. But there exists no catalogue of the seventy disciples. Barnabas, indeed, is said to have been one of them, of whom the Acts of the apostles makes mention in various places, and especially Paul in his Epistle to the Galatians.
2 They say that Sosthenes also, who wrote tothe Corinthians with Paul, was one of them. This is the account of Clement in the fifthbook of his Hypotyposes, in which he also says that Cephas was one of the seventy disciples, a man who bore the same name as the apostle Peter, and the one concerning whom Paul says, "When Cephas came to Antioch I withstood him to his face."
3 Matthias, also, who was numbered with the apostles in the place of Judas, and the one who was honored by being made a candidate with him, are like-wise said to have been deemed worthy of the same calling with the seventy. They say that Thaddeus also was one of them, concerning whom I shall presently relate an account which has come down to us. And upon examination you will find that our Saviour had more than seventy disciples, according to the testimony of Paul, who says that after his resurrection from the dead he appeared first to Cephas, then to the twelve, and after them to above five hundred brethren at once (seven Quorums of Seventy and 11 of the Twelve), of whom some had fallen asleep; but the majority were still living 4 at the time he wrote.
So the ancient order was to call upon the Seventy to fill vacancies in the Quorum of the Twelve, and it follows that vacancies in the First Presidency should be filled from the Twelve, and no High Priest should be in these Quorums, saith the Lord. The Church took to ordaining Apostles High Priests after they had been ordained Apostles! Jesus was never ordained a High Priest but was an Apostle, Joseph was never ordained a High Priest, but was an Apostle, and Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball were Apostles only. So this is the correct order of succuession, saith the Lord, and no Elder such as Onias can subvert the Holy Order of God, despite what false testators such as Alex say. Shame on you Alex. I want to include in this email an account from Eusebius of on the Seventy, Thaddeus who is not mentioned in the Bible.
Chapter XIII. Narrative Concerning the Prince of the Edessences.
1 The divinity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ being noised abroad among all men on account of his wonder-working power, he attracted countless numbers from foreign countries lying far away from Judea, who had the opening of being cured of their diseases and of all kinds of sufferings.
2 For instance the King Abgarus, who ruled with great glory the nations beyond the Euphrates, being afflicted with a terrible disease which it was beyond the power of human skill to cure, when he heard of the name of Jesus, and of his miracles, which were attested by all with one accord sent a message to him by a courier and begged him to heal his disease.
3 But he did not at that time comply with his request; yet he deemed him worthy of a personal letter in which he said that he would send one of his disciples to cure his disease, and at the same time promised salvation to himself and all his house.
4 Not long afterward hispromise was fulfilled. For after his resurrection from the dead and his ascent into heaven, Thomas, one of the twelve apostles, under divine impulse sent Thaddeus, who was also numbered among the seventy disciples of Christ, to Edessa, as a preacher and evangelist of the teaching of Christ.
5 And all that our Saviour had promised received through him its fulfillment. You have written evidence of these things taken from the archives of Edessa, which was at that time a royal city. For in the public registers there, which contain accounts of ancient times and the acts of Abgarus, these things have been found preserved down to the present time. But there is no better way than to hear the epistles themselves which we have taken from the archives and have literally translated from the Syriac language in the following manner.
Copy of an epistle written by Abgarus the ruler to Jesus, tend sent to him at Jerusalem by Ananias the swift courier.
6 "Abgarus, ruler Of Edessa, to Jesus the 6 excellent Saviour who has appeared in the country of Jerusalem, greeting. I have heard the reports of thee and of thy cures as performed by thee without medicines or herbs. For it is said that thou makest the blind to see and the lame to walk, that thou cleansest lepers and castest out impure spirits and demons, and that thou healest those afflicted with lingering disease, and raisest the dead.
7 And having heard all these things concerning thee, I have concluded that one of two things must be true: either thou art God, and having come down from heaven thou doest these things, or else thou, who doest these things, art the Son of God.
8 I have therefore written to thee to ask thee that thou wouldest take the trouble to come to me and heal the disease which I have. For I have heard that the Jews are murmuring against thee and are plotting to injure thee. But I have a very small yet noble city which is great enough for us both."
The answer of Jesus to the ruler Abgarus by the courier Ananias.
9 "Blessed art thou who hast believed in me without having seen me. For it is written concerning me, that they who have seen me will not believe in me, and that they who have not seen me will believe and be saved. But in regard to what thou hast written me, that I should come to thee, it is necessary for me to fulfill all things here for which I have been sent, and after I have fulfilled them thus to be taken up again to him that sent me. But after I have been taken up I will send to thee one of my disciples, that he may heal thy disease and give life to thee and thine."
10 To these epistles there was added the following account in the Syriac language. "After the ascension of Jesus, Judas, who was also called Thomas, sent to him Thaddeus, an apostle, one of the Seventy. When he was come he lodged with Tobias, the son of Tobias. When the report of him got abroad, it was told Abgarus that an apostle of Jesus was come, as he had written him.
11 Thaddeus began then in the power of God to heal every disease and infirmity, insomuch that all wondered. And when Abgarus heard of the great and wonderful things which he did and of the cures which he performed, he began to suspect that he was the one of whom Jesus had written him, saying, `After I have been taken up I will send to thee one of my disciples who will heal thee.'
12 Therefore, summoning Tobias, with whom Thaddeus lodged, he said, I have heard that a certain man of power has come and is lodging in thy house. Bring him to me. And Tobias coming to Thaddeus said to him, The ruler Abgarus summoned me and told me to bring thee to him that thou mightest heal him. And Thaddeus said, I will go, for I have been sent to him with power.
13 Tobias therefore arose early on the following day, and taking Thaddeus came to Abgarus. And when he came, the nobles were present and stood about Abgarus. And immediately upon his entrance a great vision appeared to Abgarus in the countenance of the apostle Thaddeus. When Abgarus saw it he prostrated himself before Thaddeus, while all those who stood about were astonished; for they did not see the vision, which appeared to Abgarus alone.
14 He then asked Thaddeus if he were in truth a disciple of Jesus the Son of God, who had said to him, `I will send thee one of my disciples, who shall heal thee and give thee life.' And Thaddeus said, Because thou hast mightily believed in him that sent me, therefore have I been sent unto thee. And still further, if thou believest in him, the petitions of thy heart shall be granted thee as thou believest.
15 And Abgarus said to him, So much have I believed in him that I wished to take an army and destroy those Jews who crucified him, had I not been deterred from it by reason of the dominion of the Romans. And Thaddeus said, Our Lord has fulfilled the will of his Father, and having fulfilled it has been taken up to his Father. And Abgarus said to him, I too have believed in him and in his Father.
16 And Thaddeus said to him, Therefore I place my hand upon thee in his name. And when he had done it, immediately Abgarus was cured of the disease and of the suffering which he had.
17 And Abgarus marvelled, that as he had heard concerning Jesus, so he had received in very deed through his disciple Thaddeus, who healed him without medicines and herbs, and not only him, but also Abdus the son of Abdus, who was afflicted with the gout; for he too came to him and fell at his feet, and having received a benediction by the imposition of his hands, he was healed. The same Thaddeus cured also many other inhabitants of the city, and did wonders and marvelous works, and preached
18 the word of God. And afterward Abgarus said, Thou, O Thaddeus, doest these things with the power of God, and we marvel. But, in addition to these things, I pray thee to inform me in regard to the coming of Jesus, how he was born; and in regard to his power, by what power he performed those deeds of which I have heard.
19 And Thaddeus said, Now indeed will I keep silence, since I have been sent to proclaim the word publicly. But tomorrow assemble for me all thy citizens, and I will preach in their presence and sow among them the word of God, concerning the coming of Jesus, how he was born; and concerning his mission, for what purpose he was sent by the Father; and concerning the power of his works, and the mysteries which he proclaimed in the world, and by what power he did these things; and concerning his new preaching, and his abasement and humiliation, and how he humbled himself, and died and debased his divinity and was crucified, and descended into Hades, and burst the bars which from eternity had not been broken, and raised the dead; for he descended alone, but rose with many, and thus ascended to his Father.
20 Abgarus therefore commanded the citizens to assemble early in the morning to hear the preaching of Thaddeus, and afterward he ordered gold and silver to be given him. But he refused to take it, saying, If we have forsaken that which was our own, how shall we take that which is another's? These things were done in the three hundred andfortieth year."
I have inserted them here in their proper place, translated from the Syriac literally, and I hope to good purpose.
INTRODUCTION
We have discussed in the preceding book those subjects in ecclesiastical history which it was necessary to treat by way of introduction, and have accompanied them with brief proofs. Such were the divinity of the saving Word, and the antiquity of the doctrines which we teach, as well as of that evangelical life which is led by Christians, together with the events which have taken place in connection with Christ's recent appearance, and in connection with his passion and with the choice of the apostles.
In the present book let us examine the events which took place after his ascension, confirming some of them from the divine Scriptures, and others from such writings as we shall refer to from time to time.
CHAPTER 1
The Course pursued by the Apostles after the Ascension of Christ
First, then, in the place of Judas, the betrayer, Matthias, who, as has been shown was also one of the Seventy, was chosen to the apostolate. And there were appointed to the diaconate, for the service of the congregation, by prayer and the laying on of the hands of the apostles, approved men, seven in number, of whom Stephen was one. He first, after the Lord, was stoned to death at the time of his ordination by the slayers of the Lord, as if he had been promoted for this very purpose. And thus he was the first to receive the crown, corresponding to his name, which belongs to the martyrs of Christ, who are worthy of the meed of victory. Then James, whom the ancients surnamed the Just on account of the excellence of his virtue, is recorded to have been the first to be made bishop of the church of Jerusalem. This James was called the brother of the Lord because he was known as a son of Joseph, and Joseph was supposed to be the father of Christ, because the Virgin, being betrothed to him, "was found with child by the Holy Ghost before they came together," as the account of the holy Gospels shows.
But Clement in the sixth book of his Hypotyposes writes thus: "For they say that Peter and James and John after the ascension of our Saviour, as if also preferred by our Lord, strove not after honor, but chose James the Just bishop of Jerusalem."
But the same writer, in the seventh book of the same work, relates also the following things concerning him: "The Lord after his resurrection imparted knowledge to James the Just and to John and Peter, and they imparted it to the rest of the apostles, and the rest of the apostles to the seventy, of whom Barnabas was one. But there were two Jameses: one called the Just, who was thrown from the pinnacle of the temple and was beaten to death with a club by a fuller, and another who was beheaded." Paul also makes mention of the same James the Just, where he writes, "Other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother."
At that time also the promise of our Saviour to the king of the Osrhoenians was fulfilled. For Thomas, under a divine impulse, sent Thaddeus to Edessa as a preacher and evangelist of the religion of Christ, as we have shown a little above from the document found there?
When he came to that place he healed Abgarus by the word of Christ; and after bringing all the people there into the right attitude of mind by means of his works, and leading them to adore the power of Christ, he made them disciples of the Saviour's teaching. And from that time down to the present the whole city of the Edessenes has been devoted to the name of Christ, offering no common proof of the beneficence of our Saviour toward them also.
These things have been drawn from ancient accounts; but let us now turn again to the divine Scripture.
Apostleship of the Seventies: Evidences
Luke 10:1-2
1 After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, section 2:
"The Seventies are to constitute traveling quorums, to go into all the earth, whithersoever the Twelve Apostles shall call them. (Feb. 8, 1834.) Documentary History of the Church 2:202."
TPJS, section 2:
"A High Priest is a member of the same Melchizedek Priesthood with the Presidency, but not of the same power or authority in the Church. The Seventies are also members of the same Priesthood, [i.e. the High Priesthood], are a sort of traveling council or Priesthood, and may preside over a church or churches, until a High Priest can be had. The Seventies are to be taken from the quorum of Elders, and are not to be High Priests. They are subject to the direction and dictation of the Twelve, who have the keys of the ministry. All are to preach the Gospel, by the power and influence of the Holy Ghost; and no man can preach the Gospel without the Holy Ghost."
TPJS, section 4:
"In answer to your inquiry in a former letter, relative to the duty of the Seventies in regulating churches, etc., I say that the duties of the Seventies are more particularly to preach the Gospel, and build up churches, rather than regulate them, that a High Priest may take charge of them. If a High Priest should be remiss in his duty, and should lead, or suffer the Church to be led astray, depart from the ordinances of the Lord, then it is the duty of one of the Seventies, acting under the special direction of the Twelve, being duly commissioned by them with their delegated authority, to go to the Church, and if agreeable to a majority of the members of said Church, to proceed to regulate and put in order the same; otherwise, he can have no authority to act. Documentary History of the Church 4:128-129. JOSEPH SMITH, JUN."
Brigham Young, Deseret News, June 6, 1877, p. 274:
"The Seventies are Apostles; and they stand next in authority to the Twelve ... If through the providence of God the First Presidency and the Twelve were taken away, then it would be the duty of the Seventies to preach the Gospel, build up the Church, and ordain every officer requisite in order to establish the Church, and ordain High Priests, Bishops, High Counsellors, Patriarchs, and set in order the whole church in all the world. This is according to the revelations given to us ... I suppose I ordained hundreds of Seventies in early days. Brother Joseph Smith has come to us many times, saying, ‘Brethren, you are going to ordain Seventies. Do not forget to confer the high priesthood (Melchizedek priesthood) upon them. Ordain each of them to the High Priesthood, and to be one of the Seventy Apostles.’ This was my language in the ordination of the Seventies, and that is the way I ordain them now."
Parley P. Pratt, Nauvoo Record Book B, p. 226:
"... in case the quorum of the Twelve should by any means become disorganized, that the Seventies held the jurisdiction and authority of Presidency of the Church in all the world wherever it might be found. That the High Priest’s duty would be the same as it is now; they have to attend to their affairs, but the authority of Presidency over the whole Church belonged to the Seventies; and if all the Seventies were killed off except one Seventy, that Seventy would not only possess the right but would be duty bound to stand in their place as the First Presidency of the Church. He said that Joseph Smith the Prophet undertook to establish this idea in the minds of the brethren in Kirtland, but the jealousies that began to arise in the minds of the High Priests prevented him from doing so ... He further stated that the difference between the authority of the Seventies and the High Priests was this: The High Priests possessed the High Priesthood, but the Seventies possessed the High Priesthood and the Apostleship, which was the highest power on the earth or in the Church."
The Five Laws Which Have Been Tampered with by the Devil Concerning the Seventy are These:
1. The Seventies are not to be High Priests:"Another subject of vital importance to the Church was the establishing of the grades of the different quorums. It was ascertained that all but one or two of the Presidents of the Seventies were High Priests, this was declared to be wrong, and not according to the order of heaven."
Joseph Smith, TPJS p. 111. 2. The Twelve are to call upon the Seventy instead of any others when they need assistance:
"It is the duty of the traveling high council (Twelve) to call upon the Seventy, when they need assistance, to fill the several call for preaching and administering the gospel, instead of any others."
D&C 107:38. 3. The Presidents of the Seventy are to be chosen out of the Seventy, not out of the High Priests: "And it is according to the vision showing the order of the Seventy, that they should have seven Presidents to preside over them, chosen out of the number of the Seventy;"
D&C 107:93. 4. The Seventy are to be chosen out of the Elders Quorum:
"The Seventy are to be taken from the quorum of the Elders, and are not to be High Priests."
TPJS p. 112. 5. The quorums of Seventy are General Church Quorums and not to be confused with any stake numbering, nor controlled or handled in any way as a quorum, by stake authorities who are High Priests only, and not Apostles, saith the Lord:
"The Seventies are not called to be a local body, but are ordained Seventy Apostles, to travel, ordain local officers, and build up and set in order the whole Kingdom of God upon the earth, wherever it is necessary."
Brigham Young: Seventies Council Hall, April 27, 1861.
THE REVELATIONS OF JESUS CHRIST
SECTION 160.
Revelation Received August 8, 1989, Provo, Utah on the Reason of the Separation, that the Seventy are Not to Be High Priests.
1 The reason, saith the Lord, that the Seventy are to be totally segregated from High Priests is to maintain the system of checks and balances in the Kingdom of God, that the keys belong to the Seventies.
2 And though the High Priests may mourn over it, it is just so, and any man, (not just a select corporate clique of businessmen and high priests, such as those who govern the Mormon Church today) may attain to the Apostleship with all the keys of the Kingdom of God encompassed within this ordination, and thus provide a check and a safeguard against this elitism, and the rich and powerful politically taking over the Church as the High Priests think they have done today.
3 But the keys of the Kingdom of God (the Apostleship), have I removed from them, saith the Lord, that by the power of mine anointed, even that One Mighty and Strong, who holdeth the Sceptre of power according to the Covenant which I the Lord God did make with David--for He is that One Mighty and Strong, also spoken as the Root of Jesse.
4 For by him I, the Lord God may set mine House in Order (see D&C 85:7).
5 For He, saith the Lord, shall do no other thing than that which I command him, that by the weak and simple and despised things of the earth, I may thrash thy nation, O Ephraim, that I may prove unto thee, O High Priest, that I the Lord change not, but am the same, yesterday, today, and forever.
6 For it is that no one cometh unto me, the Father of Heaven and earth, but by him, for this generation.
7 For it is that they must pass by him, for his approval, saith the Lord, before they come, even unto my servant, Brigham Young, who standeth also in the path, and are Angels and Gods appointed in the path to stand, and by whom the sons of men must pass before they obtain the presence of the Father.
8 Even so. Amen.
Conference Report, September, October, 1961, p. 90 (INCORRECT DOCTRINE)
"An announcement that members of the First Council of Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had been ordained High Priests to give them power to set in order all things pertaining to the Church as they visit among the Stakes and Missions ..."
D&C 107:25-26
25 The Seventy are also called to preach the gospel, and to be especial witnesses unto the
Gentiles and in all the world--thus differing from other officers in the church in the duties
of their calling.
26 And they form a quorum, equal in authority to that of the Twelve special witnesses or
Apostles just named.
33 The Twelve are a Traveling Presiding High Council, to officiate in the name of the Lord,
under the direction of the Presidency of the Church, agreeable to the institution of heaven;
to build up the church, and regulate all the affairs of the same in all nations, first unto the
Gentiles and secondly unto the Jews.
34 The Seventy are to act in the name of the Lord, under the direction of the Twelve or
the traveling high council, in building up the church and regulating all the affairs of the same
in all nations, first unto the Gentiles and then to the Jews;
35 The Twelve being sent out, holding the keys, to open the door by the proclamation of the
gospel of Jesus Christ, and first unto the Gentiles and then unto the Jews.D&C 107:38-39
38 It is the duty of the traveling high council to call upon the Seventy, when they need assistance, to fill the several calls for preaching and administering the gospel, instead of any others.
39 It is the duty of the Twelve [apostles], in all large branches of the church, to ordain evangelical
ministers [patriarchs], as they shall be designated unto them by revelation--D&C 107:58
58 It is the duty of the Twelve [apostles], also, to ordain and set in order all the other officers of the church, agreeable to the revelation which says:D&C 107:93-98
93 And it is according to the vision showing the order of the Seventy, that they should have
seven presidents to preside over them, chosen out of the number of the seventy;
94 And the seventh president [most senior] of these presidents is to preside over the six;
95 And these seven presidents are to choose other seventy besides the first seventy
to whom they belong, and are to preside over them;
96 And also other seventy, until seven times seventy [up to 490 Seventy apostles, total],
if the labor in the vineyard of necessity requires it.
97 And these seventy are to be traveling ministers, unto the Gentiles first and also unto the Jews.
98 Whereas other officers of the church, who belong not unto the Twelve, neither to the Seventy, are not under the responsibility to travel among all nations, but are to travel as their circumstances shall allow, notwithstanding they may hold as high and responsible offices in the church.
Jesus Christ was and is an Apostle of God the Father:
Hebrews 3:1
1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle [not in the church, but in the kingdom of heaven, as Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery ordained in 1829 by Peter, James and John, see D&C 20:2-3 and 27:12 and 128:20, were also apostles in the kingdom, as the first Twelve and Seventy apostles in the church were not chosen until Feb 1835 and the church was not organized until April 6, 1830] and High [Greek: Chief] Priest [does not refer to the standing minister office of a high priest] of our profession, Christ Jesus;
Hebrews 5:6
6 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Psalm 110:4
4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
Revelation 19:10
10 ... the testimony of Jesus [and of his servants the Prophets] is the spirit of prophecy [or
revelation by the light and power of the Holy Ghost].
JST I Corinthians 2:11
11 ... the things of God knoweth no man, except he has the Spirit of God.
Joseph Smith, Times and Seasons, April 1, 1844
"If any man writes to you, or preaches to you, doctrines contrary to the Bible, Book of Mormon, or Book of Doctrine and Covenants, set him down as an impostor."
Art Bulla is an Apostle of God the Father and of the Son Jesus Christ, as was Joseph Smith.
Art Bulla is now the Lord's anointed spoken of in D&C 132:7 and 107:64-67 and 107:91-92, for this generation. There is only gate to enter into the kingdom of heaven. The church of Jesus Christ is the preparatory step for celestial glory. The Lord's anointed is the sole legal administrator of the ordinances of the house of God on the earth.
Authority of the Seventy
Eusebius on the Seventy
The Revelations of Jesus Christ: http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0-595-28287-3
- "But we ask, does it remain for a people who never had faith enough to call down one scrap of revelation from heaven, and for all they have now are indebted to the faith of another people...does it remain for them to say how much God has spoken and how much He has not spoken?" Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Section Two 1834-37 Pg.60
- Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Section Six 1843-44 Pg.365
When a man goes about prophesying, and commands men to obey his teachings, he must either be a true or false prophet. - Our website: http://www.artbulla.com
- "All men are liars who say they are of the true Church without the revelations of Jesus Christ and the Priesthood of Melchizedek, which is after the order of the Son of God." Joseph Smith; TPJS p. 376
- "He that can mark the power of Omnipotence, inscribed upon the heavens, can also see God's own handwriting in the sacred volume: and he who reads it oftenest will like it best, and he who is acquainted with it, will know the hand wherever he can see it...." (T.P.J.S., p. 56)
· 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. (New Testament | Galatians 1:10 - 12)
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