In the Latter Day Saint movement, a quorum is a group of people ordained or endowed with priesthood authority, and organized to act together as a body.
The concept of a quorum continues to have significant meaning in most modern Latter Day Saint denominations.
This quorum is "equal in authority and power to the three presidents previously mentioned.
"[2] Members of this quorum hold priesthood keys, but they are only used under the direction of the First Presidency.
[3] The Quorums of the Seventy "are also called to preach the gospel, and to be especial witnesses unto the Gentiles and in all the world."
These quorums are "equal in authority to that of the Twelve special witnesses or Apostles just named.
In the LDS Church, quorums of seventy are no longer organized in local wards or stakes.
Young men are eligible to become a priest at the beginning of the year of their sixteenth birthday.
Young men are eligible to become a teacher at the beginning of the year of their fourteenth birthday.
Young men are eligible to become a deacon at the beginning of the year of their twelfth birthday.
This quorum consists of the stake president and two counselors who are each ordained to the office of high priest.
Organization presidencies and groups such as the Relief Society, Primary, Sunday School, Young Men, and Young Women do not form quorums because they are considered auxiliary to the priesthood and its quorums.