Who ordained the 3 witnesses to the Melchizedek Priesthood?

[rickperryz]

P, J, & J ordained JS and OC, but the other 2?

[ZealouslyStriving]

31 minutes ago, rickperryz said:

P, J, & J ordained JS and OC, but the other 2?

My guess would be Joseph Smith and/or Oliver Cowdery.

[Pyreaux]

37 minutes ago, rickperryz said:

P, J, & J ordained JS and OC, but the other 2?

Thats a good question. OC ordained DW and there seems to be no public statement I can find of MH's ordination. We'd need the church record to say for sure, assuming it doesn't simply give his re-ordination information after his period of excommunication.

[Calm]

AI says Harris was ordained as a high priest in 1831 by Joseph Smith. Now to see if that is accurate 

ewww….not looking good, link took me to wiki which needed a citation for that claim 

added:  got the year and office correct, person ordaining him incorrectly 

Moral of the story:  sure, start your research with AI, but never end it there

Edited February 25, 2025 by Calm

[Calm]

JSPP:

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Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Oliver Cowdery, 6 Apr. 1830. 15

 Ordained a priest, by 9 June 1830.

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Paid printing costs for publication of Book of Mormon through sale of 151 acres.

17

 Led members of Manchester, Ontario Co., branch from Palmyra to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, May 1831.

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 Ordained a high priest by Lyman Wight, 4 June 1831, at Kirtland.

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https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/martin-harris

Seems like there would be a limited number of possibilities given the size of the Church at that time, but with no name listed nor a specific date, my guess is the info isn’t known.

Edited February 25, 2025 by Calm

[Calm]

This has Martin ordain a priest on June 9, 1830:

https://witnessesofthebookofmormon.org/three-witnesses/martin-harris/timeline/
 

but no citation yet….

[Tacenda]

17 hours ago, Calm said:

AI says Harris was ordained as a high priest in 1831 by Joseph Smith. Now to see if that is accurate 

ewww….not looking good, link took me to wiki which needed a citation for that claim 

added:  got the year and office correct, person ordaining him incorrectly 

Moral of the story:  sure, start your research with AI, but never end it there

I'm kind of glad we can't always trust AI!

[InCognitus]

19 hours ago, Tacenda said:

I'm kind of glad we can't always trust AI!

Yes, it's AI.  (With extreme emphasis on the "artificial" part).

[Dario_M]

Joseph Smith offcourse.💪 Who else could have done that.