The Anointed Quorum, also known as the Quorum of the Anointed, or the Holy Order, was a select body of men and women who Joseph Smith initiated into Mormon temple ordinances at Nauvoo, Illinois, which gave them special standing in the early Latter Day Saint movement. Beginning in May 1842, Smith gave this group, which ultimately numbered over sixty persons, their washings and anointings and endowments in the upper floor of his Red Brick Store on Water Street, as well as in a few private residences in the city. Most couples, but not all, also received their Second Anointing. Members typically referred to their meetings, which were held usually every two weeks, as prayer circles, because prayer played an important role in the group's religious activities.
Nearly all members of the Anointed Quorum were important leaders and their wives in the church or community, including the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. After Smith's death in June 1844, members of the Anointed Quorum continued to meet under the direction of Brigham Young, even admitting additional persons to the group. As the Nauvoo Temple neared completion during 1845, they prepared the building's upper floor for the administration of ordinances. Between December 1845 and February 1846, the Anointed Quorum extended the same rituals they had received from Smith to over 5,000 men and women living in the vicinity of Nauvoo.
After the Mormons left Nauvoo in 1846, the Anointed Quorum ceased to exist as an organized group. The Anointed Quorum dealt essentially with spiritual and sacerdotal matters, but it was never an official administrative body of the church.
The AnointedQuorum, also known as the Quorum of the Anointed, or the Holy Order, was a select body of men and women who Joseph Smith initiated into Mormon...
ordinance without their wives.: 10 Many of the AnointedQuorum and Council of Fifty received their second anointing under Smith. About 40% of all male recipients...
The Anointed or The Anointed One may refer to: The Messiah, the savior and liberator in Abrahamic religions The Christ (title), the Messiah in Christianity...
endowment ritual led by Joseph Smith that May and became part of the AnointedQuorum. Young and the other apostles directed the church's missionary work...
open only to men, who were initiated into a special group called the AnointedQuorum. For women, Smith introduced the Relief Society, a service club and...
the female community". Shortly before this, Joseph had initiated the AnointedQuorum – a prayer circle of important church members that included Emma.[citation...
counselors, rather than the bishops. Women also participated in the AnointedQuorum in the early church.: 366 Current LDS Church policy dictates that...
his wife, Phebe, received their second anointing in Nauvoo in 1844, making them members of the AnointedQuorum. In May 1844, Woodruff left on another...
were published in September 2016. Latter Day Saint movement portal AnointedQuorum Confederate Nations of Israel: a Mormon fundamentalist organization...
the Second Anointing. In addition, he created a new inner council of the church—containing both men and women—called the AnointedQuorum. Although, according...
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Whitmer, had already left the church. Emma Smith and some members of the AnointedQuorum supported appointing Nauvoo stake president William Marks as church...
clothing (religious) A to M: Aaronic priesthood (Latter Day Saints), AnointedQuorum, Apostle (Latter Day Saints), Apostolic succession, Bishop (Latter...
While in Nauvoo, Cutler served on the Nauvoo High Council, and the AnointedQuorum; he was also named to Joseph Smith's Council of Fifty. Cutler received...
Emma, becomes the first couple to receive their Second Anointing in a meeting of the AnointedQuorum. November 3: Knowleton F. Hanks becomes the first Mormon...
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