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|L1=Response to claim: 442 - The concept of "priesthood" was added later to the Church and was a creation of Sidney Rigdon
|L2=Response to claim: 443 - Revelations on the restoration of the priesthood are not present in the Book of Commandments
|L3=Response to claim: 443-444 - The Aaronic priesthood was abolished at that death of Christ
|L4=Response to claim: 445 - The date of the restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood is not known and the record of the event was added later
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==Response to claim: 442 - The concept of "priesthood" was added later to the Church and was a creation of Sidney Rigdon==
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The concept of "priesthood" was added later to the Church and was a creation of Sidney Rigdon.
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#David Whitmer, ''An Address To All Believers In Christ'', p.64.
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{{propaganda|How does Whitmer know?  Why did he say nothing about it at the time? How do the Tanners or Whitmer know what Sidney talked Joseph into doing? The scanty evidence for this claim will require the Tanners to simply repeat it in a few pages (see [[#445-446|p. 445-446]]).
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==Response to claim: 443 - Revelations on the restoration of the priesthood are not present in the Book of Commandments==
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Revelations on the restoration of the priesthood are not present in the Book of Commandments.
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#}}
{{information|This is correct.
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{{:Question: Was the revelation comprising the current Doctrine and Covenants 27 altered to include mention of the priesthood restoration?}}
{{:Source:Brigham Young:JD 1:314:I do not even believe that there is a single revelation, among the many God has given to the Church, that is perfect in its fulness}}

==Response to claim: 443-444 - The Aaronic priesthood was abolished at that death of Christ==
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The Aaronic priesthood was abolished at that death of Christ.
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#{{s||Hebrews|7|11-14}} 
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{{misinformation|The idea that the Melchizedek Priesthood superseded the Aaronic Priesthood is a correct one. But this does not necessarily imply that there is no Aaronic Priesthood.
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{{:Question: Why do Mormons use the Aaronic Priesthood, since Hebrews 7 states that the Aaronic/Levitical Priesthood was "changed" to the unique priesthood "after the order of Melchizedek" held by Jesus Christ?}}

==Response to claim: 445 - The date of the restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood is not known and the record of the event was added later==
{{IndexClaimItemShort
|title=The Changing World of Mormonism
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The date of the restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood is not known and the record of the event was added later.
|authorsources=<br>
#''History of the Church'' 1:40, footnote
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{{information|This is correct.
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{{:Question: What is the date of the restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood?}}
{{:Question: What criticisms are put forth regarding the restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood?}}

==Response to claim: 445-446 - The idea of the Melchizedek Priesthood and ordaining men to be High Priests came from Sidney Rigdon==
{{IndexClaimItemShort
|title=The Changing World of Mormonism
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The idea of the Melchizedek Priesthood and ordaining men to be High Priests came from Sidney Rigdon.
|authorsources=<br>
#Whitmer, ''An Address To All Believers In Christ'', p.35, 62-63
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{{propaganda|Making the same claim twice makes it no more convincing (see [[#442|p. 442]]).
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