“The High Priesthood of the Holy Order of God”
There are two meanings of the title high priest. First, high priest is one of the ordained offices in the Melchizedek Priesthood. Second, “God’s chief representative on earth, the one who holds the highest spiritual position in his kingdom in any age, is called the high priest. This special designation of the chief spiritual officer of the Church has reference to the administrative position which he holds rather than to the office to which he is ordained in the priesthood.” (Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, pp. 355-56.)
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