Joseph Smith's Quorum of the Anointed, 1842-1845
Subtitle: a documentary history
By: edited by Devery S. Anderson and Gary James Bergera.
Contributors: Anderson, Devery S.; Bergera, Gary James.
Publisher: Signature Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Salt Lake City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: Quorum of the Anointed.; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Illinois -- Nauvoo -- History -- 19th century.
Description: "The Quorum of Anointed (also known as the Holy Order) was the secret, elite group which founding prophet Joseph Smith organized and to which he revealed for the first time the ordinances of washing and anointing, the endowment, and the "fullness of the priesthood"-the foundation of modern LDS temple ritual...This history also adds valuable biographical information for any number of important Navoo Mormons, from Joseph and Brigham to many less prominent but equally intriguing figures...." -- P. ix.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"A Smith-Pettit Foundation book."