Answers to Questions, between circa 4 and circa 20 March 1832, as Recorded in Richards, Notebook [D&C 77]

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Answers to Questions, between circa 4 and circa 20 March 1832, as Recorded in Richards, Notebook [D&C 77]
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Hiram Township
Area settled by immigrants from Pennsylvania and New England, ca. 1802. Located in northeastern Ohio about twenty-five miles southeast of Kirtland. Population in 1830 about 500. Population in 1840 about 1,100. JS lived in township at home of John and Alice...
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, Portage Co., OH, ca. Mar. 1832]. Version copied between [ca. 19 Nov. 1842 and ca. 19 May 1846] in Samuel W. Richards, Notebook, ca. 1844–1845, pp. [27]–[36]; handwriting of Samuel W. Richards; Samuel W. Richards, Papers, CHL.

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Answer. We &c— that those that are
sealed
To confirm or solemnize. In the early 1830s, revelations often adopted biblical usage of the term seal; for example, “sealed up the testimony” referred to proselytizing and testifying of the gospel as a warning of the approaching end time. JS explained in...
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are
high Priests
An ecclesiastical and priesthood office. Christ and many ancient prophets, including Abraham, were described as being high priests. The Book of Mormon used the term high priest to denote one appointed to lead the church. However, the Book of Mormon also discussed...
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ordained
The conferral of power and authority; to appoint, decree, or set apart. Church members, primarily adults, were ordained to ecclesiastical offices and other responsibilities by the laying on of hands by those with the proper authority. Ordinations to priesthood...
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unto the Holy order of God, To administer the everlasting Gospel for they are they who are ordained out of every Nation Kindred tongue & people by the
angel
Being who acts as a minister and messenger between heaven and earth. JS taught that angels were individuals who “belonged to this earth”; those who had already lived on earth were often resurrected beings. In addition to giving instruction, direction, and...
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to whom is given power over the Nations of the Earth to bring as many as will come to the
Church of the First Born
A term describing those who receive the fullness and glory of God the Father in the afterlife. According to an 1832 revelation, those who belong to the church of the firstborn dwell in the Father’s presence, become like him, and receive “all things” from ...
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11th. What &c— by the Sounding of the prumpet [trumpet] mentioned in the 8th Chap—

A— we &c— that as God made the world in six days & on the 7th day he finished his work & sanctified it & also formed man out of the dust of the Earth even in the begining [p. [33]]
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Answers to Questions, between circa 4 and circa 20 March 1832, as Recorded in Richards, Notebook [D&C 77]
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