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Detailed response to CES Letter, Priesthood Restoration
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A FAIR Analysis of the online document Letter to a CES Director section "Priesthood Restoration Concerns & Questions"
- Response to section: "Although the priesthood is now taught to have been restored in 1829, Joseph and Oliver made no such claim until 1834."
- Response to section: "Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery did not teach anyone or record anything prior to 1834 that men ordained to offices in the Church were receiving 'priesthood authority'"
- Response to section: "Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery changed the wording of earlier revelations when they compiled the 1835 Doctrine & Covenants" [Work in Progress]