The keys stay with the position, not with the person. An elder's quorum president, once released, is an elder. Same with a stake president being a high priest. However, a bishop remains a bishop, just without the active keys. It is not just a position, but an office in the priesthood. And I've done some research and determined that those who mentioned previously that it is a position in the Aaronic Priesthood are partially incorrect. That only applies to direct descendants of Aaron, who have a right to it due to lineage. Those who receive it otherwise (not of Aaron's lineage), receive it as an office in the Melchizedek Priesthood.
K'aya K'ama, Gerald/gary Smith gszion1 @juno.com http://www .geocities.com/rameumptom/index.html "No one is as hopelessly enslaved as the person who thinks he's free." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Stephen: >If a man who has previously served as elder's quorum president, then >been released, is again called to serve, he does not need to have the >keys given him. He already has them. The same applies to a former bishop >who is called to serve again as bishop, or a former stake president >called to serve again as stake president, etc. Mark, Larry, Till, >correct me if I'm wrong, but this is my understanding. ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
