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Proclamation of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Quorum of the Twelve April 6 (New York City) and October 22 , 1845 "To all the Kings of the World; To the President of the United States of America; To the Governors of the several States; And to the Rulers and People of all Nations" [3]
In the Latter Day Saint movement, the Quorum of the Twelve (also known as the Council of the Twelve, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Council of the Twelve Apostles, or the Twelve) is one of the governing bodies (or quorums) of the church hierarchy organized by the movement's founder Joseph Smith and patterned after the Apostles of Jesus (Commissioning of the Twelve Apostles).
The traveling high council is generally known as the Quorum of Twelve Apostles. Both councils, at least in theory, preside over the church, although the apostles have tended to supersede the standing high council in both of the largest Latter Day Saint denominations, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Community of Christ.
Joseph Bitner Wirthlin (June 11, 1917 – December 1, 2008) was an American businessman, religious leader and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was sustained to the Twelve on October 4, 1986, and ordained an apostle on October 9, 1986, by Thomas S. Monson.
In October 2015, Rasband was sustained as an apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve. As an apostle, he is accepted by the church as a prophet, seer and revelator . He was sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve along with Gary E. Stevenson and Dale G. Renlund , filling vacancies created by the 2015 deaths of L. Tom Perry , Boyd K. Packer ...
This list is organized by current Quorum members, original Quorum members, then by date of appointment to the Quorum, and then by last name. Members of the First Presidency , which include the President of the Church and his counselors, are usually not part of the Quorum, and a calling to the First Presidency usually entails leaving the Quorum.
God is greater than the United States, and when the Government conflicts with heaven, we will be ranged under the banner of heaven and against the Government." Smith, Paul Thomas (1992), "Taylor, John" , in Ludlow, Daniel H (ed.), Encyclopedia of Mormonism , New York: Macmillan Publishing , pp. 1438– 1441, ISBN 0-02-879602-0 , OCLC 24502140
The first scriptural use of the term general authority was in minutes of a meeting for the organization of the Presiding High Council in 1834. Though the original minutes did not refer to the term general authorities, the revised minutes, which were included in the 1835 edition of the Doctrine and Covenants, stated that decisions of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles "can only be called into ...