Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. First Council of the Seventy
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1844 - 1976
Administrative history
The First Council of the Seventy (1844-1976) was an administrative unit in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with priesthood authority to preside over quorums of elders responsible for proselytizing.
Citation:
Abraham H. Cannon diaries, 1879-1895 (First Council of the Seventy)Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 1992: vol. 3 page 1300 (First Council of the Seventy; Seventy first organized February 28, 1835 at Kirtland, Ohio; members selected from Zion's Camp by Joseph Smith) page 1301 (traveling priesthood quorum; called to preach the gospel; 1844, in Nauvoo, Illinois, the 63 members of the First Quorum were divided into presidencies of 7 each and assigned to preside over elders under the age of 35; the presidency of this First Quorum consisted of seven, became the First Council of the Seventy) page 1302 (chief function to serve as missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; in 1961 members of the First Council of the Seventy were ordained high priests by the First Presidency with authority directly from the Twelve Apostles; in 1974 received sealing authority; on October 1, 1976 assistants to the Twelve were added to the First Quorum and the titles First Council of the Seventy and Assistant to the Twelve were dropped) https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/EoM/id/4191
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Hart family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1439
Scope and Contents
Includes 19 diaries, a Pitman shorthand legal phrase book, correspondence, newspaper clippings and various religious documents.
Dates:
1886-1934
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Hart family papers
History of George Reynolds
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230316777]
Identifier: MSS SC 2057
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten manuscript. The item is a biogaphy on the life of George Reynolds (1842-1909) by his daughter Alice Louise Reynolds. George was a Mormon author who served on the board of directors of the Genealogical Society of Utah and as amember of the First Council of Seventies for the Mormon Church.
Dates:
approximately 1920