Unlearned They Were...but NOT ignorant...

In reference to our Ancient Apostles, this quote from "Ancient Apostles" by then Elder David O. McKay...stated:

"Unlearned they were; but not ignorant;

for by their WISDOM and preaching, 

they overthrew the whole edifice of human wisdom,

and LED the world to the 

LIGHT OF TRUTH."

(Page 11)

Today, we are lead by LIVING PROPHETS and APOSTLES...

 Our "current" Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Our "current" First Presidency

 In 1954, President J. Reuben Clark Jr., then a counselor in the First Presidency, explained how doctrine is promulgated in the Church and the preeminent role of the President of the Church. Speaking of members of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, he stated: “[We] should [bear] in mind that some of the General Authorities have had assigned to them a special calling; they possess a special gift; they are sustained as prophets, seers, and revelators, which gives them a special spiritual endowment in connection with their teaching of the people. They have the right, the power, and authority to declare the mind and will of God to his people, subject to the over-all power and authority of the President of the Church. Others of the General Authorities are not given this special spiritual endowment and authority covering their teaching; they have a resulting limitation, and the resulting limitation upon their power and authority in teaching applies to every other officer and member of the Church, for none of them is spiritually endowed as a prophet, seer, and revelator. Furthermore, as just indicated, the President of the Church has a further and special spiritual endowment in this respect, for he is the Prophet, Seer, and Revelator for the whole Church.”³