>[!Properties]+ Resources >[Gospel Library](https://churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/moro/3?lang=eng) | [Citation Index](https://scriptures.byu.edu/#0db03::c0db03) >>[!AI]- AI Context >>Moroni, writing in solitude around A.D. 401–421 after the Nephites' destruction, records for future Lamanite descendants the Nephite practice of priesthood ordination as taught by Christ to His disciples. > >>[!AI]- AI Child Summary >>Jesus' helpers learned a special way to choose and bless people to be priests and teachers by putting hands on their heads and saying a prayer to God. > >>[!AI]- AI Summary >>The disciples, called elders, ordained priests and teachers by laying hands on them after they were chosen, praying in the name of Jesus to call them to their roles [[Moroni 3#1|v1-3 — 'process of ordination by laying on of hands']][[Moroni 3#2|]][[Moroni 3#3|]]. The prayer emphasized calling the individuals to preach repentance and remission of sins through Christ, without mentioning baptism for remission in this context. This chapter highlights the structured, divine authority in church leadership and ordinances. > >#Gospel/Priesthood #Gospel/Ordination #Gospel/ChurchOrganization ###### 1 1 The manner which the disciples, who were called the elders of the church, ordained priests and teachers-- ###### 2 2 After they had prayed unto the Father in the name of Christ, they laid their hands upon them, and said: ###### 3 3 In the name of Jesus Christ I ordain you to be a priest (or if he be a teacher, I ordain you to be a teacher) to preach repentance and remission of sins through Jesus Christ, by the endurance of faith on his name to the end. Amen. ###### 4 4 And after this manner did they ordain priests and teachers, according to the gifts and callings of God unto men; and they ordained them by the power of the Holy Ghost, which was in them.