Presiding High Council

In Mormonism, the Presiding High Council (also called the High Council in Zion or the High Council of Zion is a standing high council which presides over other standing high councils in each stake of Zion.

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Mormonism - High council - Standing high councils - Stake - Zion

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The Quorum was organized in 1835 and designated as a body of "traveling councilors" with jurisdiction outside areas where the church was formally organized, equal in authority to the First Presidency as well as to the Seventy, the standing Presiding High Council and the High Councils of the various Stakes (Doctrine & Covenants 107:25-27, 36-37). The jurisdiction of the Twelve was limited to areas of the world outside of Zion or its outlying Stakes.

Related Topics:
Quorum - First Presidency - Seventy - Presiding High Council - High Council - Stake - Doctrine & Covenants

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