Lesson

Chapter 14  Priesthood Organization

The Priesthood is upon the Earth today.  D&C 84:17

Two Divisions of Priesthood:  The Melchizedick and the Aaronic Priesthood.

What is the difference between the Priesthood and Keys of the Priesthood?  Which priesthood leaders recieve keys?

The Priesthood in general is the authority given to man to act for God.   The power of directing these labors constitutes the keys of the Priesthood.   In their fulness, the keys are held by only one person at a time, the prophet and president of the Church.  He may delgate any portion of this power to another, in which case the person holds the keys of that particular labor.  Thus, the president of a temple, the president of a stake, the bishop of a ward, the president of a mission, the president of a quorum, each holds the keys of the labors performed in that particular body or locality.  His Priesthood is not increased by this special appointment;...the president of an elders'quorum, for example, has no more Priesthood than any member of that quorum.  But he holds the power of directing the official labors performed in the quorum, or in other words, the keys of that division of that work"

The manual continues with discussion of the varioud offices of the priesthood.  Both the Aaronic and the Melchizedek.