Defending the Temple and Priesthood Restriction as God's Will

An “apology” is a rejection of both recorded history and doctrine of Priesthood Authority. Now, the theories of why the Ban was in place might ...

Whether the temple and priesthood restriction was mistaken

I have argued against defending the restriction as God's will, and that those who do so appear to by trying protect the leaders of the Church ...

Jonathan Stapley, Defending the Temple and ... - Scriptural Mormonism

Jonathan Stapley, Defending the Temple and Priesthood Restriction as God's Will ... It refutes the main arguments LDS often (errantly) make to defend the ...

Most Mormons still believe the priesthood/temple ban was God's will ...

Or further, the priesthood ban on anyone but those of levitical descendancy for the majority of the OT. Even the greater house of Israel could ...

On the Priesthood and Temple Ban | Times & Seasons

Church leaders believed that a revelation from God was needed to alter this practice.” The Gospel Topics Essay on the subject acknowledges that ...

Race, the Priesthood, and Temples | Religious Studies Center - BYU

Even still, it is a difficult question with which some Saints continue to grapple: How could race-based priesthood and temple restrictions creep into the Church ...

Black people and temple and priesthood policies in the Church of ...

Church leaders taught for decades that the priesthood ordination and temple ordinance ban was commanded by God. Brigham Young taught it was a "true eternal ...

On Premortality and the Priesthood and Temple Ban

I will do this by examining the historical development of the doctrine, parse the scriptural canon of the Church that relate to premortal ...

Latest from Mormon Land: Was priesthood ban a mistake? Does ...

“I recognize that many people in the church grew up being taught that God directed the temple and priesthood restriction, he concludes.

How the Priesthood-Temple Ban Became Fully Entrenched Policy in ...

... priesthood ban. In this episode, the years 1879, 1904, 1907, and 1908 will, sadly, be added alongside the year 1852 as we piece together ...

Priesthood and Temple Restriction

As the Book of Mormon puts it, “all are alike unto God.” The structure and organization of the Church encourage racial integration. Church members of different ...

Church Specifically Disavows Priesthood Restriction Explanations

... defending anywhere the idea that it represented God's will at any point. No more justifications with comparisons of OT restriction of ...

What Was the Latter-day Saint Priesthood Ban? - Saints Unscripted

So when they took it to God, everyone present was on the same page. The week after the revelation, before the news went public, President ...

Priesthood & Temple Ban- How Did This Happen?

One of the most challenging items Latter-day Saints grapple with in their history is the priesthood and temple restriction for those of African ...

The Keys and Authority of the Priesthood

It enlarges by making it possible for priesthood authority and blessings to be available for all of God's children. It limits by directing who will be given the ...

Lifting the priesthood ban - Fair Latter Day Saints

... God will generally refrain from communicating with us about it. This is not due to any limitation or lack of desire on his part, but due to mortal limitations.

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 ...

In Defense of the Priesthood and The Mass | by John Fisher 2.0

... God that the upcoming messiah will unify the office of king and priest,. build the temple of the LORD; He will be clothed in splendor and ...

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 ...

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 ...