Church Organization.
=1.= What is the Church? (Sustain your definition by scriptural
records.)
=2.= What is meant by the Primitive Church?
=3.= What evidence have you that a general apostasy from the Primitive
Church occurred?
=4.= Show by the scriptures that this apostasy was fore-told. (Give
evidence: 1, from the Old Testament; 2, from the New Testament; 3,
from the Book of Mormon.)
=5.= Show that the restoration of the Church to earth was fore-told.
=6.= Define "priesthood."
=7.= Name the principal orders of priesthood as revealed.
=8.= What relationship exists between the Aaronic and the Levitical
priesthood?
=9.= Name the special offices in the Aaronic priesthood, in order,
with a statement of the specific duties and authority of each.
=10.= Name the special offices in the Melchizedek priesthood, in
order, describing the authority and duties of each.
=11.= Describe the constitution and authority of each of the following
presiding "quorums" in the priesthood:--1, The First Presidency; 2,
The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; 3. The Presiding Quorum of Seventy;
4, The Presiding Bishopric.
=12.= Define "branch," "ward," and "stake," as used to designate
divisions of the Church.
=13.= Explain the constitution, authority, and special duties of:--1,
Stake Presidency; 2, Standing High Council; 3, Ward Bishopric.
=14.= What ordination in the priesthood is requisite in the case of
members of the presiding organizations last named?
=15.= Define "quorum" in its special sense as used by the Latter-day
Saints.
=16.= What is a Patriarch? (1. Define in this connection the term
"evangelist"; 2. show in what respect succession to the presiding
patriarchal office differs from that in other offices and callings in
the priesthood.)
=17.= Name the auxiliary organizations which operate as "helps in
government" within the Church.
=18.= Give the special duties of each of these. (Named on p. 216.)
=19.= Show how the principle of common consent is observed in
appointments to office within the Church.