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rameumptom, Thank you for your input; I greatly appreciate you taking the time. I will ponder what you said!

Vort, Thanks for the reference. I can see that those verses preceding the scripture in question could be exactly what the scripture refers to, but I am wanting to know for certain, and I would be delighted to see a definitive statement by the Prophet Joseph Smith. Does anyone know of one? Thank you again!

skalenfehl, Thank you so much for your reply! I appreciate the information. Does anyone know where the student manual got that information? The reason I ask is that I am looking for a statement by Joseph Smith, Jr., that is very specific on this subject. Thanks again for taking the time to look at this!

Doctrine and Covenants 107:32 says, "And in case that any decision of these quorums [referring to the Twelve and Seventy] is made in unrighteousness, it may be brought before a general assembly of the several quorums, which constitute the spiritual authorities of the church; otherwise there can be no appeal from their decision." Does anyone know of a record from the lifetime of Joseph Smith in which it is revealed which quorums "constitute the spiritual authorities of the church"? Or perhaps something written or stated later by someone with knowledge of what Joseph Smith understood about this? Thanks!