School of the Prophets

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In the early Latter Day Saint movement, the School of the Prophets (School, also called the "school of the elders" or "school for the Prophets") was a select group of early leaders who began meeting on January 23, 1833 in Kirtland, Ohio under the direction of Joseph Smith for both theological and secular learning.

The school was opened with a 2-day ritual, which included the first recorded version of the controversial Second Anointing, the highest ordinance in the Latter-day Saint movement. In the ceremony, a towel-clad Joseph Smith washed the feet of all 12 men present, including Sidney Rigdon, Newel K. Whitney, Joseph Smith Sr. and Hyrum Smith. Joseph taught that after the ceremony they had all been "sealed up unto heaven."^[1]