Melchisedec Priesthood

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priesthood religious office system

The Melchisedec Priesthood is the higher order of priesthood in Latter Day Saint–derived traditions, encompassing leadership and spiritual offices such as elders, high priests, and apostles.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Melchisedec Priesthood canonical	2
Melchizedek Priesthood	1
order of Melchizedek	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	priesthood ⓘ religious office system ⓘ
administeredBy	bishops ⓘ general authorities ⓘ stake presidents ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Melchisedec Priesthood ⓘ surface form: Melchizedek Priesthood
associatedWith	governing authority ⓘ spiritual blessings ⓘ spiritual leadership ⓘ
centralTo	Community of Christ ⓘ surface form: Community of Christ (historically) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ surface form: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
conceptOrigin	early Latter Day Saint movement under Joseph Smith ⓘ
considered	greater priesthood ⓘ
contrastedWith	Aaronic priesthood ⓘ surface form: Aaronic Priesthood
describedAs	higher order of priesthood ⓘ
distinguishedBy	emphasis on spiritual and administrative authority ⓘ
genderRestrictionIn	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ surface form: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints most LDS Restorationist groups ⓘ
grantsAuthorityFor	conferring the gift of the Holy Ghost ⓘ leading congregations ⓘ priesthood blessings ⓘ setting apart members to callings ⓘ
hasLevel	office of elder ⓘ office of high priest ⓘ office of seventy ⓘ
hasOffice	apostle ⓘ bishop ⓘ elder ⓘ high priest ⓘ patriarch ⓘ president of the church ⓘ seventy ⓘ
heldBy	worthy adult men in many Latter Day Saint denominations ⓘ
hierarchicalLevel	higher than Aaronic Priesthood ⓘ
namedAfter	Melchizedek ⓘ
ordinationRequiredFor	office of apostle ⓘ office of elder ⓘ office of high priest ⓘ
partOf	LDS priesthood structure ⓘ
religiousTradition	Latter-day Saint movement churches ⓘ surface form: Latter Day Saint movement
requires	lay ordination ⓘ worthiness interview in LDS practice ⓘ
scripturalBasis	Bible ⓘ Book of Mormon ⓘ Doctrine and Covenants ⓘ
theologicalRole	channel of divine authority ⓘ means of church governance ⓘ
viewedAs	priesthood after the order of the Son of God ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Community of Christ → priesthoodStructure → Melchisedec Priesthood ⓘ

Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints → priesthoodStructure → Melchisedec Priesthood ⓘ

Melchisedec Priesthood → alsoKnownAs → Melchisedec Priesthood ⓘ

this entity surface form: Melchizedek Priesthood

Melchizedek → hasOrderNamedAfter → Melchisedec Priesthood ⓘ

this entity surface form: order of Melchizedek