Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Keywords
John the Baptist, Priesthood Keys, baptism, keys of the kingdom of heaven
Abstract
The Latter-day Saint concept of priesthood keys is not well documented in the Bible. A single passage has Jesus Christ promising to give Peter “the keys of the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 16:19), while the book of Revelation indicates that Christ held “the keys of hell and of death” and “the key of David” (Revelation 1:18; 3:7; see Isaiah 22:22). There is no mention of keys in connection with John the Baptist.
Recommended Citation
Tvedtnes, John A.
(2000)
"John the Baptist and the Key of Baptism,"
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 20:
No.
12, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol20/iss12/5