What is the “holy ordinance” by which priesthood holders are ordained?

Thomas R. Valletta

“The high priesthood after the order of the Son of God is the greatest power in the universe, and it is eternal. … That high priesthood is conferred upon a faithful man through ‘a holy ordinance.’ …

“President Ezra Taft Benson explained, ‘To enter into the order of the Son of God is the equivalent today of entering into the fullness of the Melchizedek Priesthood, which is only received in the house of the Lord’ [‘What I Hope You Will Teach Your Children about the Temple,’ 8]” (Ogden and Skinner, Book of Mormon, 1:417).

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