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 idea of a
quorum was established by
Joseph Smith early in the history of the movement, and during his lifetime it has included several church-wide quorums, including the
First Presidency, the
Presiding High Council, the
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the
Anointed Quorum, and the
Quorum of the Seventy, as well as numerous local quorums for each congregation. The
Council of Fifty, or General Council, was not part of the church, but a quorum-like body designed as a forerunner to establishing a theocratic government.