Snapshots of Life

Sunday, March 26, 2006

An unbroken chain

Good friend of Silent Thunder
ordained a Priest on March 26, 2006 by

Silent Thunder
ordained an Elder on September 26, 1999 by

Silent Thunder's father
ordained an Elder on August 5, 1972 by

Silent Thunder's grandfather
ordained a High Priest on April 20, 1966 by

Nicholas J. Teerlink
ordained a High Priest on August 27, 1939 by

Charles A. Callis
ordained an Apostle on October 12, 1933 by

Heber J. Grant
ordained an Apostle on October 16, 1882 by

George Q. Cannon
ordained an Apostle on August 26, 1860 by

Brigham Young
ordained an Apostle on February 14, 1835 by

The three witnesses to the Book of Mormon - Oliver Cowdery, Martin Harris, and David Whitmer, who were appointed to call
and set apart the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles according to revelation - on February 14, 1835 under the hands of

Joseph Smith Jr., Sidney Rigdon, and Frederick G. Williams of the First Presidency.
Joseph Smith was ordained an Apostle in June of 1829 by

Peter, James, and John who were ordained Apostles in the meridian of time by

The Lord Jesus Christ.

Now that is pretty sweet, if you think about it!

6 comments:

Jeje said...

It's simply amazing. Again, thanks for your post today.

Heidi said...

I just got chills reading all that. How awesome to see exactly where your priesthood authority came from.

Domestic Goddess said...

It is so amazing that we can know that we have a direct line of priesthood authority. The Gospel is amazing! It was good to see you yesterday.

MDJ said...

I concur--that really is way cool. I'd put my line of authority on my blog too, but it would likely look out of place since my blog is devoted to Apple Computers for the most part. Maybe I should start a church blog too!

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