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31712
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English
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Event or Process? How “the Chamber of Old Father Whitmer” Helps Us Understand Priesthood Restoration
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BYU Studies Quarterly
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2021
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60
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1
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Provo, UT
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Brigham Young University
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73-101
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"This article challenges the idea that priesthood restoration was an event that restored specific independent “authority” and “power” by carefully examining the historical restoration as a process. This article will first look at how Joseph positioned the Peter, James, and John visit in his history and how it was associated with the apostleship, keys, and dispensations. Then, in comparison, it will analyze his account of the chamber of Father Whitmer and how it was associated with the restoration of the priesthood. The Peter, James, and John narrative in Joseph’s history described the restoration of administrative authority, generally described as “keys.” The experience in the chamber of Father Whitmer, on the other hand, is described as a series of events to demonstrate how the general power to perform ordinances and hold offices in the Church was revealed. This examination of Joseph’s history not only emphasizes the importance of the experience in the chamber of Father Whitmer, but it also offers a possibility for why we favor the Peter, James, and John narrative."
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