Event or Process? How the "Chamber of Old Father Whitmer" Helps Us Understand Priesthood Restoration

Latter-day Saints have commonly abbreviated the narrative of the restoration of the priesthood by associating the Aaronic Priesthood with John the Baptist and the Melchizedek Priesthood with Peter, James, and John. Michael Hubbard MacKay proposes that we have good reason to return to the historical record, where we will find that priesthood restoration is much broader than these two events. If it is viewed instead as a process, many other experiences and manifestations become both relevant and important, particularly a revelation received by Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery in “the chamber of old Father Whitmer.”