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Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles [4] 1994-06-23 2023-11-15 [5] 84.2 Member Dieter F. Uchtdorf: Quorum of the Twelve Apostles 2004-10-07 [6] 84.2 Member Chair, Priesthood and Family Executive Council [7] David A. Bednar: Quorum of the Twelve Apostle 2004-10-07 72.6 Member North America West & Europe Central Areas [8]
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).
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.
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.
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 ...
State of Deseret, provisional U.S. state which existed for two years; Deseret, Utah, in Millard County; Deseret (Book of Mormon) is the word for "honeybees" in land of the Jaredites, in the Book of Mormon. "Brigham Young wanted pioneers to be as industrious as honeybees and used the name in many places and ways.
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