R.R. Reno takes up the thankless task of critiquing Garry Wills' silly dismissal of the priesthood. Wills basically says that the problem is that decades after a priestless Church of liberal ...

As holders of the Aaronic Priesthood gather this month to celebrate the restoration of the lesser priesthood, the question may arise as to why there is no official commemoration for the Melchizedek ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church is combining Melchizedek Priesthood quorums for adult men from ages 18 on up into a single group. New church President Russell M. Nelson says high priest groups ...

A Facebook friend asked me about this mysterious figure: I'm curious: why did this man who is mentioned in two verses in Genesis and one in Psalms (which is then quoted in Hebrews) became such a big ...

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Interestingly, Melchizedek suddenly appeared, not prefaced in the preceding verse: “After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom came out to meet ...

President Nelson invites the priesthood to stand in a display of unity at the end of the Saturday Priesthood session. (Ty Mullen) President Russell M. Nelson announced during the Priesthood Session of ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Mormon church is combining Melchizedek Priesthood quorums for adult men from ages 18 on up into a single group. New church President Russell M. Nelson says high priest groups will ...