Divine Authority

by Orson Pratt, Latter-day Strengths (Editor), Bryan A. Hunt (Illustrator)

Overview

A message of simple truth, when sent from God, when published by divine authority, through divinely inspired men, penetrates the mind like a sharp two-edged sword, and cuts asunder the deeply-rooted prejudices. –Orson Pratt
How does one know if the ministry of another is divinely called of God?
How do you know when a preacher or teacher is with or without proper authority?
Isn't it reasonable to believe that in times of divisions among sects that God would raise up and sent one invested with authority?
In this enlightening eBook by Orson Pratt, a member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, Elder Pratt takes on these and other questions with logic and reasoning - what he calls "Proofs and Arguments"

Product Details

BN ID:	2940151567336
Publisher:	Latter-day Strengths
Publication date:	06/12/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Orson Pratt was the younger brother of Parley P. Pratt, who introduced him to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and baptized him on his nineteenth birthday, September 19, 1830 in Canaan, New York.
Pratt was ordained an Elder several months later, on April 26, 1831, by the Prophet Joseph Smith, Jr. and immediately set out for Colesville, New York, his first mission. This was the first of a number of short missions in which Orson visited New York, Ohio, Missouri, and the Eastern States. On February 2, 1832, he was ordained a High Priest by Sidney Rigdon, whereafter he continued his missions, preaching in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.
Orson Pratt was a member of the original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles under Joseph Smith. He was ordained to this position on April 26, 1835. He served as a member of the mission of the Twelve Apostles to the British Isles between 1839 and 1841. He contributed to the mission by preaching in Scotland, and producing an early missionary tract, An Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions. This tract contains the earliest known public printing of an account of Joseph Smith's First Vision and also contains material similar to that later published as the 1842 Articles of Faith.