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June 13, 1978 edition of BYU student newspaper The Universe about the end of the Latter-day Saint ban on Black male ordination. The 1978 Declaration on Priesthood was an announcement by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) that reversed a long-standing policy excluding men of Black African descent from ordination to the denomination's priesthood and both ...
[1]: 1–5 From the mid-1800s to 1978, Mormonism's largest denomination – the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) – barred Black women and men from participating in the ordinances of its temples necessary for the highest level of salvation, and excluded most men of Black African descent from ordination in the church's ...
In 1978, when the church ended the ban on the priesthood, Bruce R. McConkie taught that the seed of Ham, Canaan, Egyptus and Pharaoh were no longer under the ancient curse. [6]: 117 The 2002 Doctrine and Covenants Student Manual points to Abraham 1:21-27 as the reasoning behind the not giving Black people the priesthood until 1978. [61]
1852 – Between 1852 and 1978, most Black people were not permitted to participate in ordinances performed in the LDS Church temples, such as the endowment, celestial marriages, and family sealings. These ordinances are considered essential to enter the highest degree of heaven, so this meant that Black church members could not enjoy the full ...
Here are some of the rules the women of MomTok have discussed following within the Mormon religion. Related: The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives ' Layla Taylor Says She 'Recently' Experienced Her ...
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives has only just been released and already it's proving to be one of Hulu's most ...
The family relocates to Utah in the premiere of "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives," following time in Hawaii. In the first episode, Whitney Leavitt says she and her family moved to Hawaii ...
[12]: 26 The First Presidency under Heber J. Grant sent a letter to stake president Ezra Taft Benson in Washington, D.C., advising that if two Black women were "discreetly approached" they should be happy to sit at the back or side so as not to upset some white women who had complained about sitting near them in the Relief Society church meetings.