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Though lineal succession is now largely abandoned, the offices connected with the practice were the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Church" title="President of the Church">President of the Church</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Presiding_Patriarch" title="Presiding Patriarch">Presiding Patriarch</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Priesthood">Priesthood</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lineal_succession&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Priesthood"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Latter Day Saint scripture teaches that a person may also be called through their lineage, so that they have a legal right to a priesthood office. The <i><a href="/wiki/Doctrine_and_Covenants" title="Doctrine and Covenants">Doctrine and Covenants</a></i> (D&C) teaches that descendants of <a href="/wiki/Aaron" title="Aaron">Aaron</a> have legal right to the priesthood: "And if they be literal descendants of Aaron, they have a legal right to the bishopric, if they are the firstborn among the sons of Aaron."<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a revelation recorded by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith" title="Joseph Smith">Joseph Smith</a>, recorded in the D&C, he was promised his lineage would have the priesthood: "Therefore, thus saith the Lord unto you, with whom the priesthood hath continued through the lineage of your fathers—For ye are lawful heirs, according to the flesh, and have been hid from the world with Christ in God—Therefore your life and the priesthood have remained, and must needs remain through you and your lineage until the restoration of all things spoken by the mouths of all the holy prophets since the world began."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One who has the right and calling to hold these positions through lineage must still be ordained by the church hierarchy before officiating in the office. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Church_president">Church president</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lineal_succession&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Church president"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During his lifetime, Smith was <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Church" title="President of the Church">president</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Christ_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)">Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints</a>. At the time of Smith's <a href="/wiki/Death_of_Joseph_Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Death of Joseph Smith">death</a> in 1844, most Latter Day Saints agreed that his older brother, <a href="/wiki/Hyrum_Smith" title="Hyrum Smith">Hyrum</a>, would have been Smith's successor, had he not also been killed. Another likely successor was Smith's younger brother, <a href="/wiki/Samuel_H._Smith_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Samuel H. Smith (Latter Day Saints)">Samuel</a>, who died less than one month later. A few asserted that the last surviving Smith brother, <a href="/wiki/William_Smith_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="William Smith (Latter Day Saints)">William</a>, should become church president, and William made that claim for a time and gathered a small faction of followers around him. </p><p>Many Latter Day Saints believed that a son of Joseph Smith should be the successor to the church presidency. Several prominent leaders asserted that a <a href="/wiki/Patriarchal_blessing" title="Patriarchal blessing">patriarchal blessing</a> given to Smith's eldest son, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith_III" title="Joseph Smith III">Joseph Smith III</a>, designated the boy to succeed his father. However, at the time of his father's death, Joseph III was only 11 years old. </p><p>As a result, many leaders arose who either argued against lineal succession or suggested that the church would have to wait for Joseph Smith III to mature. This created what is known as the <a href="/wiki/Succession_crisis_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Succession crisis (Latter Day Saints)">succession crisis</a>. The largest group, led by <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young" title="Brigham Young">Brigham Young</a>, were proponents of a system whereby the senior member of the <a href="/wiki/Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles" class="mw-redirect" title="Quorum of the Twelve Apostles">Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</a> would succeed to the church presidency, absent any lineal succession. This system of apostolic succession continues in <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> (LDS Church).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other Latter Day Saints living in the Midwest United States continued to support lineal succession and in 1860, they invited Joseph Smith III to become president of what would later be called the <a href="/wiki/Reorganized_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter_Day_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints">Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints</a> (RLDS Church), known today as <a href="/wiki/Community_of_Christ" title="Community of Christ">Community of Christ</a>. This church continued to appoint presidents who were <a href="/wiki/Patrilineal" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrilineal">patrilineal</a> descendants of Joseph Smith until 1996, when <a href="/wiki/Wallace_B._Smith" title="Wallace B. Smith">Wallace B. Smith</a> (a great-grandson of the Latter Day Saint founder) designated <a href="/wiki/W._Grant_McMurray" title="W. Grant McMurray">W. Grant McMurray</a> (who was unrelated to the Smiths) as his successor. Abandonment of lineal succession by the RLDS Church was a factor that caused a schism and foundation of several small Latter Day Saint churches, including the <a href="/wiki/Remnant_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter_Day_Saints" title="Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints">Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints</a>, which accepted Frederick Niels Larsen (a grandson of <a href="/wiki/Frederick_M._Smith" title="Frederick M. Smith">Frederick M. Smith</a> through his daughter Lois) as its Prophet–President. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presiding_Patriarch">Presiding Patriarch</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lineal_succession&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Presiding Patriarch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most Latter Day Saints originally believed that the <a href="/wiki/Presiding_Patriarch" title="Presiding Patriarch">Presiding Patriarch</a> of the church should be transmitted by lineal succession. The first Presiding Patriarch, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith,_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph Smith, Sr.">Joseph Smith, Sr.</a>, was the father of the founding prophet. On his death bed, Joseph Sr. appointed his eldest living son, Hyrum Smith, Presiding Patriarch "by right" of inheritance. When Hyrum was killed in 1844, his youngest brother, William, became Presiding Patriarch. William broke with Brigham Young, <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles">President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</a>, in part over the office. William asserted that the Presiding Patriarch's title was "Patriarch <i>over</i> the Church" and Young argued for the less grand "Patriarch <i>to</i> the Church." William was later excommunicated by Young's faction, which became the LDS Church. William joined with <a href="/wiki/James_J._Strang" class="mw-redirect" title="James J. Strang">James J. Strang</a>, a rival claimant for the church presidency. Breaking with the <a href="/wiki/Strangite" class="mw-redirect" title="Strangite">Strangites</a>, William eventually joined his nephew, Joseph Smith III, and the RLDS Church. William petitioned Joseph III to restore him to the office of Presiding Patriarch of the RLDS Church, but the re-appointment never occurred. </p><p>After William's death, Joseph Smith III reinstituted the office of Presiding Patriarch, appointing his brother <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Hale_Smith" title="Alexander Hale Smith">Alexander Hale Smith</a> to the office. Thereafter, the office of Presiding Patriarch in the RLDS Church remained within the Smith family and was passed by lineal succession until 1958. In that year, W. Wallace Smith ended the tradition by calling <a href="/wiki/Roy_Cheville" title="Roy Cheville">Roy Cheville</a> as Presiding Patriarch. Today, Presiding Patriarchs of what is now the Community of Christ are known as "Presiding Evangelists." </p><p>After William Smith was excommunicated by Brigham Young, "Uncle" <a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(uncle_of_Joseph_Smith)" title="John Smith (uncle of Joseph Smith)">John Smith</a> (brother of Joseph Smith, Sr.) was appointed by Young to be Presiding Patriarch of the LDS Church. After the death of that John Smith, another <a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(nephew_of_Joseph_Smith)" title="John Smith (nephew of Joseph Smith)">John Smith</a> (a son of Hyrum Smith) became Presiding Patriarch of the LDS Church. Thereafter, the majority of the Presiding Patriarchs of the LDS Church were descendants of Hyrum, in keeping with the tradition of lineal succession. The LDS Church ceased to include Presiding Patriarchs in its hierarchy after 1979, when <a href="/wiki/Eldred_G._Smith" title="Eldred G. Smith">Eldred G. Smith</a> was released from official duties and designated as <a href="/wiki/Emeritus" title="Emeritus">emeritus</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Apostleship">Apostleship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lineal_succession&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Apostleship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the LDS Church, some leaders have regarded the office of <a href="/wiki/Apostle_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Apostle (Latter Day Saints)">apostle</a> as one that may be transmitted by lineal succession, though such a practice has never been formalized in the church. The following father–son apostle combinations have existed in the LDS Church: </p> <ul><li>Brigham Young selected and ordained three of his sons to be apostles at relatively young ages: <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Brigham Young, Jr.">Brigham Young, Jr.</a>, (age 29), <a href="/wiki/John_Willard_Young" title="John Willard Young">John Willard Young</a> (age 11), and <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Angell_Young" title="Joseph Angell Young">Joseph Angell Young</a> (age 29).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Taylor_(Mormon)" title="John Taylor (Mormon)">John Taylor</a> selected and ordained his son, <a href="/wiki/John_W._Taylor_(Mormon)" title="John W. Taylor (Mormon)">John W. Taylor</a>, to be an apostle at age 25.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilford_Woodruff" title="Wilford Woodruff">Wilford Woodruff</a> selected and ordained his son, <a href="/wiki/Abraham_O._Woodruff" title="Abraham O. Woodruff">Abraham O. Woodruff</a>, to be an apostle at age 23.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._Smith" title="Joseph F. Smith">Joseph F. Smith</a> selected and ordained his sons, <a href="/wiki/Hyrum_M._Smith" title="Hyrum M. Smith">Hyrum M. Smith</a> (age 29) and <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Fielding_Smith" title="Joseph Fielding Smith">Joseph Fielding Smith</a> (age 33) as apostles. Joseph F. Smith was a son of Hyrum Smith, who was an apostle and the <a href="/wiki/Assistant_President_of_the_Church" title="Assistant President of the Church">Assistant President of the Church</a>.</li> <li>all members of the three-generation <a href="/wiki/George_A._Smith" title="George A. Smith">George A. Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Smith" title="John Henry Smith">John Henry Smith</a>, and <a href="/wiki/George_Albert_Smith" title="George Albert Smith">George Albert Smith</a> line were apostles.</li> <li>all members of the three-generation <a href="/wiki/Amasa_Lyman" title="Amasa Lyman">Amasa Lyman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Francis_M._Lyman" title="Francis M. Lyman">Francis M. Lyman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Richard_R._Lyman" title="Richard R. Lyman">Richard R. Lyman</a> line were apostles.</li> <li>all members of the three-generation <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Richards_(Mormon_apostle)" title="Franklin D. Richards (Mormon apostle)">Franklin D. Richards</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_F._Richards" title="George F. Richards">George F. Richards</a>, and <a href="/wiki/LeGrand_Richards" title="LeGrand Richards">LeGrand Richards</a> line were apostles.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Q._Cannon" title="George Q. Cannon">George Q. Cannon</a> and his sons, <a href="/wiki/Sylvester_Q._Cannon" title="Sylvester Q. Cannon">Sylvester Q. Cannon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abraham_H._Cannon" title="Abraham H. Cannon">Abraham H. Cannon</a>, were all apostles.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jedediah_M._Grant" title="Jedediah M. Grant">Jedediah M. Grant</a> and his son, <a href="/wiki/Heber_J._Grant" title="Heber J. Grant">Heber J. Grant</a>, were both apostles.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marriner_W._Merrill" title="Marriner W. Merrill">Marriner W. Merrill</a> and his son, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._Merrill" title="Joseph F. Merrill">Joseph F. Merrill</a>, were both apostles.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthias_F._Cowley" title="Matthias F. Cowley">Matthias F. Cowley</a> and his son, <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Cowley" title="Matthew Cowley">Matthew Cowley</a>, were both apostles.</li></ul> <p>Additionally, the following grandfather–grandson apostle combinations have existed: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Willard_Richards" title="Willard Richards">Willard Richards</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stephen_L_Richards" title="Stephen L Richards">Stephen L Richards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball" title="Heber C. Kimball">Heber C. Kimball</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spencer_W._Kimball" title="Spencer W. Kimball">Spencer W. Kimball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezra_T._Benson" title="Ezra T. Benson">Ezra T. Benson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ezra_Taft_Benson" title="Ezra Taft Benson">Ezra Taft Benson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melvin_J._Ballard" title="Melvin J. Ballard">Melvin J. Ballard</a> and <a href="/wiki/M._Russell_Ballard" title="M. Russell Ballard">M. Russell Ballard</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Interrelation_of_church_offices_with_the_Smith_family">Interrelation of church offices with the Smith family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lineal_succession&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Interrelation of church offices with the Smith family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="width: 710px; border: 1px solid darkgray; margin:auto"> <caption><div style="text-align:left">The inter-relationship of the offices of <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Church" title="President of the Church">President of the Church</a> (also known as "Prophet-President") and <a href="/wiki/Presiding_Patriarch" title="Presiding Patriarch">Presiding Patriarch</a> (also known a Presiding Evangelist) in the Smith family, and the <a href="/wiki/Lineal_succession_(Latter_Day_Saints)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lineal succession (Latter Day Saints)">doctrine of Lineal succession</a>, of pre and post-<a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Community_of_Christ#Reorganization_of_the_church" title="History of the Community of Christ">reorganization</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Community_of_Christ" title="Community of Christ">Community of Christ</a>:</div> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="text-align:right"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output 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style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joseph_Smith,_Sr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Joseph_Smith%2C_Sr.jpg/50px-Joseph_Smith%2C_Sr.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Joseph_Smith%2C_Sr.jpg/75px-Joseph_Smith%2C_Sr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Joseph_Smith%2C_Sr.jpg/100px-Joseph_Smith%2C_Sr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="923" data-file-height="1277" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith,_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph Smith, Sr.">Joseph Smith, Sr.</a><br /><small>1771–1840<br />Presiding Patriarch<br />(1833–1840)</small></div></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lucy_Mack_Smith2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lucy_Mack_Smith2.jpg/50px-Lucy_Mack_Smith2.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lucy_Mack_Smith2.jpg/75px-Lucy_Mack_Smith2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Lucy_Mack_Smith2.jpg/100px-Lucy_Mack_Smith2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="902" data-file-height="1247" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Lucy_Mack_Smith" title="Lucy Mack Smith">Lucy <i>Mack</i> Smith</a><br /><small>1776–1856</small></div></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hyrumsmith.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Hyrumsmith.gif/50px-Hyrumsmith.gif" decoding="async" width="50" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Hyrumsmith.gif/75px-Hyrumsmith.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Hyrumsmith.gif/100px-Hyrumsmith.gif 2x" data-file-width="292" data-file-height="411" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Hyrum_Smith" title="Hyrum Smith">Hyrum Smith</a><br /><small>1800–1844<br />Presiding Patriarch<br />(1841–1844)</small></div></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joseph_Smith,_Jr._portrait_owned_by_Joseph_Smith_III.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Joseph_Smith%2C_Jr._portrait_owned_by_Joseph_Smith_III.jpg/50px-Joseph_Smith%2C_Jr._portrait_owned_by_Joseph_Smith_III.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Joseph_Smith%2C_Jr._portrait_owned_by_Joseph_Smith_III.jpg/75px-Joseph_Smith%2C_Jr._portrait_owned_by_Joseph_Smith_III.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Joseph_Smith%2C_Jr._portrait_owned_by_Joseph_Smith_III.jpg/100px-Joseph_Smith%2C_Jr._portrait_owned_by_Joseph_Smith_III.jpg 2x" data-file-width="747" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith" title="Joseph Smith">Joseph Smith, Jr.</a><br /><small>1805–1844<br />President of the Church<br />(1830–1844)</small></div></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:EmmaSmith.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/EmmaSmith.jpg/50px-EmmaSmith.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/EmmaSmith.jpg/75px-EmmaSmith.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/EmmaSmith.jpg/100px-EmmaSmith.jpg 2x" data-file-width="318" data-file-height="500" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Emma_Hale_Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Emma Hale Smith">Emma Hale Smith</a><br /><small>1804–1879<br />Elect Lady</small></div></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Williamsmith.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Williamsmith.gif/50px-Williamsmith.gif" decoding="async" width="50" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Williamsmith.gif/75px-Williamsmith.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Williamsmith.gif/100px-Williamsmith.gif 2x" data-file-width="179" data-file-height="240" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/William_Smith_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="William Smith (Latter Day Saints)">William B. Smith</a><br /><small>1811–1893<br />Presiding Patriarch<br />(1845)</small></div></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bertha_Madison_Smith.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Bertha_Madison_Smith.jpg/50px-Bertha_Madison_Smith.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Bertha_Madison_Smith.jpg/75px-Bertha_Madison_Smith.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Bertha_Madison_Smith.jpg/100px-Bertha_Madison_Smith.jpg 2x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="457" /></a></span><br />Bertha Madison<br /><small>1843–1896</small></div></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joseph_Smith_III(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Joseph_Smith_III%282%29.jpg/50px-Joseph_Smith_III%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Joseph_Smith_III%282%29.jpg/75px-Joseph_Smith_III%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Joseph_Smith_III%282%29.jpg/100px-Joseph_Smith_III%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="378" data-file-height="504" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith_III" title="Joseph Smith III">Joseph Smith III</a><br /><small>1832–1914<br />Prophet-President<br />(1860–1914)</small></div></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Ada Clark<br /><small>1871–1914</small></div></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alexander_Hale_Smith.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Alexander_Hale_Smith.jpg/50px-Alexander_Hale_Smith.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Alexander_Hale_Smith.jpg/75px-Alexander_Hale_Smith.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Alexander_Hale_Smith.jpg/100px-Alexander_Hale_Smith.jpg 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="613" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Hale_Smith" title="Alexander Hale Smith">Alexander Hale Smith</a><br /><small>1838–1909<br />Presiding Patriarch<br />(1897–1902)</small></div></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Hyrum_Smith.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/David_Hyrum_Smith.jpg/50px-David_Hyrum_Smith.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/David_Hyrum_Smith.jpg/75px-David_Hyrum_Smith.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/David_Hyrum_Smith.jpg/100px-David_Hyrum_Smith.jpg 2x" data-file-width="857" data-file-height="1289" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/David_Hyrum_Smith" title="David Hyrum Smith">David Hyrum Smith</a><br /><small>1844–1904</small></div></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Frederick_M._Smith2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Frederick_M._Smith2.jpg/50px-Frederick_M._Smith2.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Frederick_M._Smith2.jpg/75px-Frederick_M._Smith2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Frederick_M._Smith2.jpg/100px-Frederick_M._Smith2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="292" data-file-height="409" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Frederick_M._Smith" title="Frederick M. Smith">Frederick M. Smith</a><br /><small>1874–1946<br />Prophet–President<br />(1914–1946)</small></div></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Israel_A._Smith.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Israel_A._Smith.jpg/50px-Israel_A._Smith.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Israel_A._Smith.jpg/75px-Israel_A._Smith.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Israel_A._Smith.jpg/100px-Israel_A._Smith.jpg 2x" data-file-width="214" data-file-height="356" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Israel_A._Smith" title="Israel A. Smith">Israel A. Smith</a><br /><small>1876–1958<br />Prophet–President<br />(1946–1958)</small></div></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><br /><a href="/wiki/W._Wallace_Smith" title="W. Wallace Smith">W. Wallace Smith</a><br /><small>1900–1989<br />Prophet–President<br />(1958–1978)</small></div></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Frederick_A._Smith.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Frederick_A._Smith.jpg/50px-Frederick_A._Smith.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Frederick_A._Smith.jpg/75px-Frederick_A._Smith.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Frederick_A._Smith.jpg/100px-Frederick_A._Smith.jpg 2x" data-file-width="393" data-file-height="524" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Frederick_A._Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick A. Smith">Frederick A. Smith</a><br /><small>1862–1954<br />Presiding Patriarch<br />(1913–1938)</small></div></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:0px solid;padding:0.2em"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Elbert_A._Smith.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Elbert_A._Smith.jpg/50px-Elbert_A._Smith.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Elbert_A._Smith.jpg/75px-Elbert_A._Smith.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Elbert_A._Smith.jpg/100px-Elbert_A._Smith.jpg 2x" data-file-width="453" data-file-height="603" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Elbert_A._Smith" title="Elbert A. Smith">Elbert A. Smith</a><br /><small>1871–1959<br />Presiding Patriarch<br />(1938–1958)</small></div></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> </tbody></table></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lineal_succession&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Doctrine_and_Covenants" title="Doctrine and Covenants">Doctrine and Covenants</a> (LDS Church ed.) 68:16–21.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Doctrine_and_Covenants" title="Doctrine and Covenants">Doctrine and Covenants</a> (LDS Church ed.) 86:8-10.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMargaret_Merrill_Toscano,_Paul_Toscano1990" class="citation book cs1">Margaret Merrill Toscano, Paul Toscano (1990). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=y4PZAAAAMAAJ"><i>Strangers in Paradox: Explorations in Mormon Theology</i></a>. Signature Books. p. 171. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-941214-98-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-941214-98-8"><bdi>978-0-941214-98-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Strangers+in+Paradox%3A+Explorations+in+Mormon+Theology&rft.pages=171&rft.pub=Signature+Books&rft.date=1990&rft.isbn=978-0-941214-98-8&rft.au=Margaret+Merrill+Toscano%2C+Paul+Toscano&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dy4PZAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALineal+succession" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Several relations of Joseph Smith have become LDS Church president: (<a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._Smith" title="Joseph F. Smith">Joseph F. Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Albert_Smith" title="George Albert Smith">George Albert Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Fielding_Smith" title="Joseph Fielding Smith">Joseph Fielding Smith</a>), but they were appointed to the position by the church's regular apostolic succession and were not given preference based on their ancestry.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lineal_succession&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg/32px-Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg" decoding="async" width="32" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg/48px-Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg/64px-Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1067" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Latter-day_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Latter-day Saints">Latter-day Saints portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBatesSmith2003" class="citation book cs1">Bates, Irene M.; Smith, E. Gary (2003) [1996]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110609191306/http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/73frh7te9780252071157.html"><i>Lost Legacy: The Mormon Office of Presiding Patriarch</i></a>. Urbana, Illinois: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Press" title="University of Illinois Press">University of Illinois Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-252-07115-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-252-07115-7"><bdi>978-0-252-07115-7</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/53077386">53077386</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/73frh7te9780252071157.html">the original</a> on 2011-06-09<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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