Chains / Covenants and Ordinances
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Priesthood: authority, order, and its limits
Where authority comes from, what the two orders are for, how it is conferred, and the conditions under which it stops working.
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No man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
The founding constraint. Authority in this system is received, never assumed — which is exactly what makes a line of conferral necessary.