Defending the Temple and Priesthood Restriction as God's Will

How to Disavow the Priesthood Ban - Zelophehad's Daughters

Over time, Church leaders and members advanced many theories to explain the priesthood restriction. ... God's will. But, I realize that ...

The Myth of the Priesthood Ban - Faithful Saints

Kimball extending priesthood and temple blessings to all worthy male members of the Church.” But wait a second, if the priesthood ban wasn't from God, in His ...

Apostles, Prophets, and God's Former Priesthood Restriction

He indicated that if it was the mind and will of the Lord that we continue in the present course, denying the priesthood to the descendants of ...

Brigham Young may have started the priesthood ban on blacks, but ...

The racial policy, which barred black men and boys from being ordained to the church's all-male priesthood and women and girls from its temples for more than a ...

Episode 4 Discussing the Priesthood and Temple Restriction with ...

Episode 4 Discussing the Priesthood and Temple Restriction with Tarik LaCour · Robert Boylan · A Black Man Who Would Join The LDS Church Even if ...

Paul Reeve: New justifications for the Black Priesthood/Temple ban

... temple and priesthood restrictions ... Within this proper context Woodruff was saying God will not give me a revelation to lead the Church astray.

Blacks and Priesthood/Temple Ban Timeline

Introduction: The history surrounding the priesthood and temple restriction ... defense of Church members who believe and/or participate in slavery. Joseph ...

Nature of the priesthood ban - Fair Latter Day Saints

There was no priesthood restriction in place during the time of Joseph Smith. Background. Members of the Church who were considered to be of African descent ...

Did God endorse the priesthood ban? | with Paul Reeve, Part 2

... priesthood ban. He discusses the following: - Did God endorse the priesthood ban? - Was the priesthood ban God's will? - Did the LDS Church ...

A segment from the book "Lengthen Your Stride" by Edward Kimball

Where previously the only temple ceremony open to them was being baptized on behalf of their ancestors and others, now they could be endowed and ...

1852 and The Beginnings of the Priesthood-Temple Ban in the Church

We'll then look at the context and content of Brigham Young's first public articulation of the priesthood restriction and attempt to answer one very important ...

Discussing Difficult Topics: Race and the Priesthood

When Brigham Young announced a priesthood restriction to the territorial legislature, God didn't come down and stop him from doing so—he didn't intervene. He ...

The Biblical Blueprint for the Priesthood | Catholic Answers Magazine

This comparison between the Israel of God in the Old Covenant and the Israel of God in the New is the key for showing the reasonableness of the ...

Why Does the Bishop Restrict the Sacrament When Someone Sins?

The bishop is protecting the person from condemnation and protecting the sanctity of the sacrament (3 Nephi 18:28-29); It's a wake up call to ...

Unexplaining the Mormon Priesthood Ban on Blacks

The “Race and the Priesthood” essay states that “over time, Church leaders and members advanced many theories to explain the priesthood and temple restrictions.

Joseph Fielding Smith's Evolving Views on Race: The Odyssey of a ...

... priesthood and temple restriction. Many of them date to the 1910s and 1920s ... True enough, he still defended the priesthood and temple ban as divine ...

Was the LDS Church Ban on the Priesthood to Black people ... - Quora

For generations, the LDS church's ban on priesthood for black males and the denial of temple ordinances to all blacks was thoroughly ...

Truth and Reconciliation: Reflections on the Fortieth Anniversary of ...

Truth and Reconciliation: Reflections on the Fortieth Anniversary of the LDS Church's Lifting the Priesthood and Temple Restrictions for Black Mormons of ...

1852 and The Beginnings of the Priesthood-Temple Ban in the Church

... priesthood restriction and attempt to answer one very important question. Was Brigham Young inspired by God to institute the priesthood ban ...

Was the Racial Ban Church Policy or Doctrine? Setting the Stage for ...

... temple of God, no matter how otherwise worthy he may be.” By ... Despite the priesthood and temple restriction, there were still ...