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all I can say to that is that it is time disbelieving people repented and got in line and believed in a living, modern prophet. Forget everything that I have said, or what President Brigham Young or President George Q. Cannon or whomsoever has said in days past that is contrary to the present revelation. We spoke with a limited understanding and without the light and knowledge that now has come into the world.... We get our truth and our light line upon line and precept upon precept. We have now had added a new flood of intelligence and light on this particular subject, and it erases all the darkness and all the views and all the thoughts of the past. They don't matter any more.... It doesn't make a particle of difference what anybody ever said about the Negro matter before the first day of June of this year.
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removing the restriction and on his growing assurance that the time had come for the change. Kimball asked each of the men present to share their views, and all spoke in favor of changing the policy. After all present had shared their views, Kimball led the gathered apostles in a prayer circle to seek final divine approval for the change. As Kimball prayed, many in the group recorded feeling a powerful spiritual confirmation. Bruce R. McConkie later said: "There are no words to describe the sensation, but simultaneously the Twelve and the three members of the First Presidency had the Holy Ghost descend upon them and they knew that God had manifested his will .... I had had some remarkable spiritual experiences before ... but nothing of this magnitude."
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difference in doctrine and policy in the fact that before 1978 a person could not hold the priesthood and after 1978 they could hold the priesthood. AP: Did you feel differently about the issue before the revelation was given? OAKS: I decided a long time ago, 1961 or 2, that there's no way to talk about it in terms of doctrine, or policy, practice, procedure. All of those words just lead you to reaffirm your prejudice, whichever it was.
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of the predominantly white Utah. Internal challenges in administering the priesthood ban were mainly due to the difficulty in determining which peoples were of African ancestry in areas such as Brazil, the Philippines and Caribbean and Polynesian Islands as well as shortages of available people for local church leadership positions in areas with a predominantly Black population such as Nigeria or the Dominican Republic.
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revelation, which came to him after extended meditation and prayer in the sacred rooms of the holy temple, he presented it to his counselors, who accepted it and approved it. It was then presented to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, who unanimously approved it, and was subsequently presented to all other General Authorities, who likewise approved it unanimously.
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to do with physical appearance and social class than blood lines. The cultural differences in understanding race created confusion between the native Brazilians and the American missionaries. When the temple was announced, church leaders realized the difficulty of restricting persons with various bloodlines from attending the temple in Brazil.
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During the first half of the 20th century, most church members and leaders believed the priesthood ban had originated with church founder Joseph Smith. Because of this belief, church leaders were hesitant to overturn the ban. Scholars in the 1960s and 1970s found no evidence of the prohibition before
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said that, "the Lord rarely gives reasons for the commandments and directions He gives to His servants," but acknowledged the hurt that the restrictions caused before they were rescinded, and encouraged all church members to move past those feelings and focus on the future. As of 2019 the LDS Church
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Following the revelation, Black male members were allowed to be ordained to the priesthood. Black members and their spouses regardless of race were allowed to enter the temple and undergo the temple rituals, including celestial marriages. Black members could be adopted into a tribe of Israel through
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in the temple. Determining priesthood and temple eligibility in Brazil was problematic due to the considerable intermarriage between Amerindians, Europeans, and Africans since 1500, and high uncertainty in tracing ancestral roots. Furthermore, in the Brazilian culture, racial identification had more
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In the decades leading up to the 1978 revelation, it became increasingly difficult for the church to maintain its policy on Africans and the priesthood. The difficulties arose both from outside protests and internal challenges encountered as the membership grew in far away areas of the world outside
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stated in 1988, "I don't know that it's possible to distinguish between policy and doctrine in a church that believes in continuing revelation and sustains its leader as a prophet. ... I'm not sure I could justify the difference in doctrine and policy in the fact that before 1978 a person could not
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In early June of this year, the First Presidency announced that a revelation had been received by President Spencer W. Kimball extending priesthood and temple blessings to all worthy male members of the Church. President Kimball has asked that I advise the conference that after he had received this
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to receive the priesthood despite their dark skin color. Thus, the priesthood ban was restricted to those people who were specifically of African descent. In 1967, the same policy that was used in South Africa was extended to cover Brazilians as well. In 1974, Black people were allowed to serve as
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There are statements in our literature by the early brethren which we have interpreted to mean that the Negroes would not receive the priesthood in mortality. I have said the same things, and people write me letters and say, "You said such and such, and how is it now that we do such and such?" And
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for entering in the evenings after the temple closed, and often spent hours alone in its upper rooms praying for divine guidance on a possible change. On May 30, 1978, Kimball presented his two counselors with a statement he had written in longhand removing all racial restrictions on ordination to
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visited the South Africa mission in 1954, the policy was that any man desiring to receive the priesthood in the mission was required to prove a lack of African ancestors in his genealogy. Six missionaries were tasked with assisting in the necessary genealogical research but even then it was often
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where many natives had expressed interest. Church leaders found it difficult to make progress in establishing the church in that region without a change in the priesthood policy. Issues regarding possible expansion in Nigeria were considered in correspondence between the South African Mission and
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AP: Was the ban on ordaining blacks to the priesthood a matter of policy or doctrine? ... OAKS: I don't know that it's possible to distinguish between policy and doctrine in a church that believes in continuing revelation and sustains its leader as a prophet. ... I'm not sure I could justify the
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Sometime between 2014 and 2015, the LDS Church published an essay titled "Race and the Priesthood". As part of that essay, the church officially stated that the reasons for the previous racial restrictions were unknown, and officially disavowed the racist explanations for the policy, but did not
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On June 1, 1978, following the monthly meeting of general authorities in the Salt Lake Temple, Kimball asked his counselors and the ten members of Quorum of the Twelve Apostles then present to remain behind for a special meeting. Kimball began by describing his studies, thoughts, and prayers on
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The church formally announced the change on June 9, 1978. The story led many national news broadcasts and was on the front page of most American newspapers, and in most largely Latter-day Saint communities in Utah and Idaho telephone networks were completely jammed with excited callers. The
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kept a binder of notes and clippings related to the issue. In the first years of his presidency, he was recorded as frequently making the issue one of investigation and prayer. In June 1977, Kimball asked at least three general authorities—apostles
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difficult to establish lack of African ancestry. McKay changed the policy to presume non-African ancestry except when there was evidence to the contrary. This change allowed many more people to be ordained without establishing genealogical proof.
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hold the priesthood and after 1978 they could hold the priesthood." In 2013, the LDS Church posted an essay on the priesthood ban, stating that the ban was based more on racism than revelation. The essay places the origin of the ban on
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Rees, Robert A. (Summer 2023). "Truth and Reconciliation: Reflections on the Fortieth Anniversary of the LDS Church's Lifting the Priesthood and Temple Restrictions for Black Mormons of African Descent".
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became leader of the LDS Church and many were excluded from holding the priesthood. This practice persisted after Young's death, and was maintained until the announcement of the 1978 revelation.
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described: "I felt something like the rushing of wind. There was a feeling that came over the whole group. When President Kimball got up he was visibly relieved and overjoyed."
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Prince, Gregory A. (2020). "The Evolving Ecclesiastical Organization of an International Lay Church". In Shepherd, R. Gordon; Shepherd, A. Gary; Cragun, Ryan T. (eds.).
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are known to have privately stated that the restriction was a temporary one, and would be lifted at a future date by a divine revelation to a church president.
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later said: "For me, it felt as if a conduit opened between the heavenly throne and the kneeling, pleading prophet of God who was joined by his Brethren."
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to refer to the "revelation on the priesthood" in describing the changes wrought by the announcement and canonization of Official Declaration 2.
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Hudec, Amy Moff (2015). "Mormons and Race". In Stone, John; Dennis, Rutledge M.; Rizova, Polly S.; Smith, Anthony D.; Hou, Xiaoshuo (eds.).
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McDannell, Colleen (2020). "Global Mormonism: A Historical Overview". In Shepherd, R. Gordon; Shepherd, A. Gary; Cragun, Ryan T. (eds.).
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announcement was formally approved by the church at the October 1978 general conference, and is included in LDS Church's edition of the
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Prior to the complete overturning of the priesthood ban by revelation, several administrative actions were taken to soften its effect.
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Grover, Mark L. (Autumn 1984). "Religious Accommodation in the Land of Racial Democracy: Mormon Priesthood and Black Brazilians".
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On that day, the general conference unanimously voted to accept the revelation "as the word and will of the Lord."
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Beginning in the 1850s, individuals of Black African descent were prohibited from ordination to the LDS Church's
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I believe: a retrospective of twelve firesides and devotionals, Brigham Young University, 1973-1985
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disavow the restrictions themselves. As part of the 40th anniversary celebration of the revelation
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Unlike much of the Doctrine and Covenants, Official Declaration 2 is not itself presented as a
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and both Black men and women from priesthood ordinances in the temple. Leaders stated it was a
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In 1969, during a weekly meeting the apostles voted to overturn the priesthood ban. However,
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Men of Black African descent were permitted to hold the priesthood in the early years of the
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were added to the D&C in 1981; however, these texts had been part of the canon in the
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troops. By 1978, when the policy was changed, external pressure had slackened somewhat.
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Neither White Nor Black: Mormon Scholars Confront the Race Issue in a Universal Church
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Brigham Young. This evidence made it easier for Kimball to consider making a change.
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In 2013, the LDS Church posted an essay about race and the priesthood revelation.
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A Work in Progress: The Latter-day Saint Struggle with Blacks and the Priesthood
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The majority of the protests against the policy coincided with the rise of the
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There were a handful of exceptions to this rule, such as some descendants of
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excluding men of Black African descent from ordination to the denomination's
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On the topic of doctrine and policy for the race ban lifting the apostle
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has not apologized for its race-based policies and former teachings.
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the priesthood, stating that he "had a good, warm feeling about it."
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formal 1978 announcement by the church's First Presidency that the
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