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Oliver H. P. Cowdery [2] (October 3, 1806 – March 3, 1850) was an American religious leader who, with Joseph Smith, was an important participant in the formative period of the Latter Day Saint movement between 1829 and 1836.
The statue portrays an 1829 event in which Latter-day Saints believe the Aaronic priesthood was given to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery. It depicts John the Baptist in robes with his hands on the heads of Smith and Cowdery, both of whom are both kneeling at his side. The act of laying on of hands was part of their ordination to the Aaronic ...
In Latter Day Saint theology, it derives from the original holy priesthood which Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery received on May 15, 1829, when they were ordained by an angel identifying himself as John the Baptist. [1] In 1835, Smith and Cowdery clarified that this authority was the "Aaronic, or Levitical priesthood". [2]
A 19th century depiction of John the Baptist conferring the Aaronic priesthood to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery. The Aaronic priesthood (/ ɛəˈr ɒ n ɪ k /; also called the priesthood of Aaron or the Levitical priesthood) is the lesser of the two orders of priesthood recognized in the Latter Day Saint movement. The higher being the ...
The Three Witnesses as depicted by Edward Hart, 1883: Oliver Cowdery (top), David Whitmer (left), and Martin Harris (right) The Three Witnesses is the collective name for three men connected with the early Latter Day Saint movement who stated that an angel had shown them the golden plates from which Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon; [1] they also stated that they had heard God's ...
Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery said they were visited by "an angel of God... clothed with glory", [14] who Cowdery and Smith identified as John the Baptist [15] and who laid his hands on their head and gave them the Aaronic priesthood. Smith described the event in detail and gave an exact date when it happened as May 15, 1829.
A 19th-century drawing of Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery receiving the Aaronic priesthood from John the Baptist.. Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement who was responsible for organizing the Church of Christ, originally prayed about which church to join.
1831 – Smith "endowed" followers with power by ordaining them to the Melchizedek Priesthood. [15]: 140 [16]: 97–98 1836 – By the mid-1830s, Smith was teaching that a further endowment was necessary, this time requiring the completion of the Kirtland Temple as a house of God where God could pour out his Holy Spirit.