20 PRIESTHOOD LAWS AND EVIDENCES, P. 2 of Ch. 8 of The Church and The Priesthood

TWENTY PRIESTHOOD LAWS AND EVIDENCES, part 2 of Chapter 8 of The Church and The Priesthood 

Pages 119 to 128

1. Garment of the Priesthood

Ancient Israel had “holy garments,” and Jesus and His Apostles also referred to them. It appears that the Gospel of the Priesthood should be accompanied by garments of the Priesthood. Although the Catholic Church has apostatized from many gospel principles, they still retain vestiges and imitations of the originals. For instance, the priests’ garments and robes are modified, colored and styled differently, but they still bear a significance symbolizing sacred Priesthood ties.

Protestant churches abandoned the idea of the Priesthood and a Priesthood garment, along with other principles and ordinances, when they rejected Catholicism. For nearly 2000 years there was no true Priesthood nor Priesthood garment. Early Christian prophets had foretold of this apostasy, but prophesied there would be a “restitution of all things.” The Prophet Joseph Smith, along with restoring the Gospel, the temples and Priesthood authority, also restored the holy Priesthood garment. Its style and symbolic markings were specifically given by revelation.