LECTURE X, ARTICLE 5.

Authority in the Ministry.

1. Give scriptural examples of men who were called of God by special revelation or by personal ministration: 1. before the "Meridian of Time"; 2, in the days of Christ; 3, in the apostolic period; 4, in the "Dispensation of the Fulness of Times."

2. In what manner is the priesthood conferred?

3. Name the principal holders of the priesthood from Adam to Moses.

4. Cite instances of God's disapproval of unauthorized ministrations. (Give the circumstances in the following cases: 1, Korah and his associates; 2, Miriam and Aaron; 3, Uzza; 4, Saul; 5, Uzziah; 6, sons of Sceva.)

5. Give scriptural predictions concerning false teachers who would arise.

6. Prove the existence of the priesthood in the Church today.

7. Give an account of the restoration of: 1, the Aaronic, and, 2, the Melchizedek priesthood, in the present dispensation.

Fore-ordination and Pre-existence.

8. How was the fact of fore-ordination made known to Abraham?

9. Give scriptural proofs of Christ's fore-ordination as the Redeemer of mankind.

10. Cite other scriptures supporting the doctrine of fore-ordination (1, New Testament; 2, Book of Mormon).

11. Show that fore-ordination does not infringe upon free agency.

12. Give scriptural proofs of the pre-existence of spirits.