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Chapter 17 |
Claims made in Chapter 16: The Priesthood
442
Claim
- The concept of "priesthood" was added later to the Church and was a creation of Sidney Rigdon.
Author's source(s) - David Whitmer, An Address To All Believers In Christ, p.64.
- Quotes another author's opinion as if it were fact: how does Whitmer know? Why did he say nothing about it at the time?
- Mind reading: author has no way of knowing this.: 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 p. 445-446).
- Priesthood/Restoration
443
Claim
- Revelations on the restoration of the priesthood are not present in the Book of Commandments.
Author's source(s) - No source provided? [ATTENTION!]
443-444
Claim
- The Aaronic priesthood was abolished at that death of Christ.
Author's source(s) Response
445
Claim
- The date of the restoration of the Melchizedik Priesthood is not known and the record of the event was added later.
Author's source(s) - History of the Church 1:40, footnote
- Absurd claim: If Joseph was making the story up, why not just pick a date and stick to it? The uncertainty of dates is typical of real world events; any one clever enough to "fake" the restoration and organization of the Church could certainly pick a date off the top of his head. Who could argue with him?
- Misrepresentation of source: the cited source (History of the Church) does not, of course, say a thing about the priesthood restoration being fraudulent or a later invention.
- Priesthood/Restoration/Melchizedek/Date
445-446
Claim
- The idea of the Melchizedek Priesthood and ordaining men to be High Priests came from Sidney Rigdon.
Author's source(s) - Whitmer, An Address To All Believers In Christ, p.35, 62-63
- Mind reading: author has no way of knowing this.: Making the same claim twice makes it no more convincing (see p. 442).
- Priesthood/Restoration