Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (early Latter Day Saint movement)
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The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the early Latter Day Saint movement was the church’s second-highest governing body, composed of twelve men regarded as special witnesses of Jesus Christ and charged with directing missionary work and church expansion.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9310321 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (early Latter Day Saint movement) Context triple: [Council of Twelve Apostles (Community of Christ), hasHistoricalOrigin, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (early Latter Day Saint movement)]
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Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)
The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church) is a leading governing body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints composed of twelve men regarded as prophets, seers, and revelators who oversee church affairs worldwide.
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Council of Twelve
The Council of Twelve is the executive body of San Marino’s government, functioning as the republic’s primary administrative and political authority.
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Quorum of Twelve Apostles
The Quorum of Twelve Apostles is the chief ecclesiastical leadership council of the Church of Christ (Temple Lot), responsible for directing its spiritual and administrative affairs.
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Council of Twelve Apostles
The Council of Twelve Apostles is a leading priesthood quorum in Community of Christ responsible for worldwide missionary work, church expansion, and spiritual leadership under the direction of the First Presidency.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Rigdonite)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Rigdonite) was a 19th-century Latter Day Saint movement faction that followed Sidney Rigdon as Joseph Smith’s rightful successor, maintaining distinctive doctrines and practices apart from the mainline LDS Church.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (early Latter Day Saint movement) Target entity description: The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the early Latter Day Saint movement was the church’s second-highest governing body, composed of twelve men regarded as special witnesses of Jesus Christ and charged with directing missionary work and church expansion.
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A.
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)
The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church) is a leading governing body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints composed of twelve men regarded as prophets, seers, and revelators who oversee church affairs worldwide.
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B.
Council of Twelve
The Council of Twelve is the executive body of San Marino’s government, functioning as the republic’s primary administrative and political authority.
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C.
Quorum of Twelve Apostles
The Quorum of Twelve Apostles is the chief ecclesiastical leadership council of the Church of Christ (Temple Lot), responsible for directing its spiritual and administrative affairs.
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D.
Council of Twelve Apostles
The Council of Twelve Apostles is a leading priesthood quorum in Community of Christ responsible for worldwide missionary work, church expansion, and spiritual leadership under the direction of the First Presidency.
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E.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Rigdonite)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Rigdonite) was a 19th-century Latter Day Saint movement faction that followed Sidney Rigdon as Joseph Smith’s rightful successor, maintaining distinctive doctrines and practices apart from the mainline LDS Church.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latter Day Saint organization
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governing body ⓘ |
| authorityType | priesthood authority ⓘ |
| collectiveTitle | Traveling High Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describedAs | special witnesses of Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| ecclesiasticalStatus | general authority ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Joseph Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1835-02-14 ⓘ |
| foundingLocation | Kirtland, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Brigham Young
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David W. Patten NERFINISHED ⓘ Heber C. Kimball NERFINISHED ⓘ John F. Boynton NERFINISHED ⓘ Luke S. Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Orson Hyde NERFINISHED ⓘ Orson Pratt NERFINISHED ⓘ Parley P. Pratt NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas B. Marsh NERFINISHED ⓘ William B. Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ William E. McLellin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hierarchicalRank | second-highest governing body in the church ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
1830s
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1840s ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | outside organized stakes of Zion ⓘ |
| languageOfOperation | English ⓘ |
| laterPresidentOfQuorum | Brigham Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadershipRole | govern the church with the First Presidency ⓘ |
| meetsIn |
Far West, Missouri
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kirtland, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ Nauvoo, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberRole | apostle ⓘ |
| numberOfMembers | 12 ⓘ |
| presidentOfQuorum | Thomas B. Marsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| priesthoodOrder | Melchizedek Priesthood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
direct church expansion
ⓘ
direct missionary work ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latter Day Saint movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibility |
organize branches of the church
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oversee missionary preaching ⓘ regulate church affairs abroad ⓘ |
| scripturalBasis | Doctrine and Covenants NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scripturalSection |
Doctrine and Covenants 107
NERFINISHED
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Doctrine and Covenants 18 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectionMethod |
called by revelation
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ordained by church leaders ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | First Presidency (early Latter Day Saint movement) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successionFunction | body from which church presidents were later chosen ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (early Latter Day Saint movement) Description of subject: The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the early Latter Day Saint movement was the church’s second-highest governing body, composed of twelve men regarded as special witnesses of Jesus Christ and charged with directing missionary work and church expansion.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
First Presidency (Community of Christ)
this entity surface form:
Council of Twelve Apostles (Community of Christ)
Council of Twelve Apostles
→
hasHistoricalOrigin
→
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (early Latter Day Saint movement)
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subject surface form:
Council of Twelve Apostles (Community of Christ)
this entity surface form:
Apostle in the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)