Excerpt from Presidency and Priesthood: The Apostacy, Reformation, and Restoration The subjects of paramount importance discussed are, the administrative authority in revealed religion, or the priest hoods upon which rested the systems of faith and worship both under the old and new covenants, or the church under Moses, and that under Christ. Their respective origins and distinctive characteristics, in organization, doc trine, ethics, spirit, etc., are discussed at length; especially is the church of Christ, as set forth in the New Testament, with its distinctive authority, organization, and system of worship, held out as the ideal church, and put in contrast with all others, with a view of more easily determining the true order of worship. The question of authority and right is of first consider ation in all governments, whether religious or civil. All institutions, of whatever name, must be clothed with an administrative authority and constitutional right, in order to achieve success. Upon what does this or that organization rest, whether of church or State, are questions of the highest importance. Thence the authority in the State and whence that in religion, have always been questions of great moment and deep solicitude among men. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.