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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 ...
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.
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 ...
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]
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.
According to the LDS Church, the Great Apostasy in Christianity began not long after the ascension of Jesus Christ. [6] It was marked with the corruption of Christian doctrine by Greek and other philosophies, [7] with followers dividing into different ideological groups, [8] and the martyrdom of the apostles [9] which led to a loss of priesthood authority to administer the church and its ...
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] In April 1964, a full-sized plaster of the work was shipped to New York City, where it was put on display in the Mormon Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair.