{"id":994,"date":"2004-06-29T12:14:08","date_gmt":"2004-06-29T18:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=994"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T06:00:00","slug":"the-odd-double-restoration-of-the-aaronic-priesthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2004\/06\/the-odd-double-restoration-of-the-aaronic-priesthood\/","title":{"rendered":"The Odd Double Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of late I have been reading Joseph Smith’s History of the Church<\/i> (also sometimes known as the Documentary History of the Church<\/i>) in the mornings before I start work. Reading it raised fun little puzzle for me about the restoration of the Aaronic priesthood.
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\nThe DHC makes for interesting reading, and it provides a nice way of studying the sections of the D&C in the context in which they were given. (Although for a variety of reasons the DHC is quite problematic \u2013 it was written long after the fact and heavily and silently edited by Joseph’s scribes and the Church Historian in Utah who prepared it for publication. Also, the text of many of the revelations changed over time, and the DHC anachronistically always includes the later text.) My question comes with D&C 13<\/a>. This section records the words given by John the Baptist when he restored the Aaronic priesthood. According to the DHC account, John the Baptist laid hands on Joseph and Oliver and said:<\/p>\n