Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
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"The priesthood of God, with its keys, its ordinances, its divine origin and ability to 'bind in heaven what is bound on Earth' is as indispensable to the true church of God as it is unique to it, and . . . without it there would be no Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints."
"Part of the modern miracle and marvelous history we celebrate tonight is the return of those same earlier heavenly messengers (prophets and apostles from previous dispensations) in our day and the restoration of those same powers they held for the blessing of all mankind."
"Clearly, acting with divine authority requires more than mere social contract. It cannot be generated by theological training or a commission from the congregation. No, in the authorized work of God there has to be power greater than that already possessed by the people in the pews, or in the streets, or in the seminaries."
"We in the restored Church of Jesus Christ can trace the priesthood line of authority exercised by the newest deacon in the ward, the bishop who presides over him and the prophet who presides over all of us. That line goes back in an unbroken chain to angelic ministers who came from the Son of God himself."
"May we, young and old, boys and men, fathers and sons, cherish the priesthood that through him was restored, priesthood keys and ordinances by which alone the power of godliness can be manifest and without which it cannot be manifest."
