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Did the Nephites Have the Higher Priesthood before the Coming of Christ?

TitleDid the Nephites Have the Higher Priesthood before the Coming of Christ?
Publication TypeMagazine Article
Year of Publication1942
AuthorsWidtsoe, John A.
MagazineImprovement Era
Volume45
Issue Number6
Pagination385, 413, 415
Date PublishedJune 1942
KeywordsMelchizedek Priesthood; Nephites; Savior in America
Abstract

The author argues that the Nephites possessed the higher priesthood during the era before the resurrected Jesus visited the Nephites (citing 1 Nephi 5:14-16, Alma 10:3, Mosiah 25:21, and others).