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Contents
- 1 Claims by ex-Mormons that Church leaders have lost priesthood authority
- 1.1
- 1.2 Topics
- 1.3 Criticisms by excommunicated Mormons
- 1.3.1 Have Church leaders lost priesthood authority?
- 1.3.2 Deviation from proper wording for baptismal prayer
- 1.3.3 Does the Church claim to "control" the Holy Ghost?
- 1.3.4 Do we need a Church?
- 1.3.5 Do we need Priesthood authority?
- 1.3.6 Priesthood authority can be re-conferred by heavenly messengers.
Claims by ex-Mormons that Church leaders have lost priesthood authority
Topics
Criticisms by excommunicated Mormons
Have Church leaders lost priesthood authority?
Summary: Some who are excommunicated from the Church believe that the leaders of the Church have lost any right to claim priesthood leadership.Deviation from proper wording for baptismal prayer
Summary: Some who are excommunicated from the Church claim that the Church has improperly altered the wording for the baptismal ordinance.Does the Church claim to "control" the Holy Ghost?
Summary: Some who are excommunicated from the Church claim that the Church believes it "controls the Holy Ghost."Do we need a Church?
Summary: Some who are excommunicated from the Church claim that a formal Church organization is not needed.Do we need Priesthood authority?
Summary: Some who are excommunicated from the Church claim that ordained priesthood authority is not needed.Priesthood authority can be re-conferred by heavenly messengers.
Summary: Some who are excommunicated from the Church claim that priesthood authority can be re-conferred by heavenly messengers, and so the institutional Church is not needed.