Church News: Question of the week
E-mail story
It's easy. Send a link to the story you were just reading to a friend. Just fill out the form on this page and we'll send it along.
Your name and e-mail address are transmitted to the recipient. Otherwise, it is considered private information; see Privacy policy.
To whom were the first patriarchal blessings in this dispensation given, and who gave the blessings?
On Dec. 18, 1833, the Prophet Joseph Smith gave the first patriarchal blessings of this dispensation to his parents, three of his brothers and Oliver Cowdery. Joseph Smith Sr. was ordained the same day as the first Patriarch to the Church.
Source: Deseret News 1995-96 Church Almanac, p. 364.
