Authority Quote by David A. Bednar

Priesthood is the means whereby the Lord acts through men to save souls. One of the defining features of the Church of Jesus Christ,…

— David A. Bednar

The priesthood of God has become the eminent power for good in the world. We are no longer a handful of people on the…

— James E. Faust

Receiving the authority of the priesthood by the laying on of hands is an important beginning, but it is not enough. Ordination confers authority,…

— David A. Bednar

A Catholic understanding of priesthood is so strongly rooted in the historic actions of Jesus and in all their antecedents in the place of…

— Vincent Nichols

Of all the opportunities my priesthood authority affords, there is none grander than the privilege of being in one of our temples and representing…

— M. Russell Ballard

The priesthood is not really so much a gift as it is a commission to serve, a privilege to lift, and an opportunity to…

— Thomas S. Monson

Nothing about the priesthood is self-centered. The priesthood always is used to serve, to bless, and to strengthen other people.

— David A. Bednar

Priesthood is not a convenient, historically conditioned form of Church organisation, but is rooted in the Incarnation, in the priesthood and mission of Christ…

— Arthur Middleton

Whoever functions in an office or calling received from one who holds priesthood keys exercises priesthood authority in performing her or his assigned duties.

— Dallin H. Oaks

One cannot escape the harsh fact that as a ministerial profession, the priesthood has very serious problems. They are not new. They did not…

— Andrew Greeley

Whenever we show others the goodness of God, whenever we follow our Teacher by imitating His posture of humble and ready service, our actions…

— Rachel Held Evans

Missionary service is a priesthood duty.

— Thomas S. Monson