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Cutlerites hold a unique view of the relationship between the priesthood and the church.

While most Latter Day Saints tend to believe them to be one and the same, Cutlerites do not.

The priesthood, say they, was restored to Joseph Smith in 1829, prior to his organization of the church on April 6, 1830.

Thus, according to the Cutlerites, whereas the church can never exist without the priesthood ( a belief held by practically all other Latter Day Saint churches ), the priesthood can exist on earth without the church ( a uniquely Cutlerite belief ), as it did between 1829 and 1830.