The 1978 Revelation on Priesthood was an announcement by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) that reversed a long-standing...

From 1852 to 1978, temple and priesthood policies in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) prohibited both Black women and men...

R. McConkie, "The Receipt of the Revelation Offering the Priesthood to Men of All Races and Colors", June 30, 1978, Kimball Papers; cited in Kimball...

priesthood and be ordained an elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) after the announcement of the 1978 Revelation on Priesthood...

of his having Negro blood in his veins". After the church's 1978 Revelation on Priesthood removed the official prohibition against black priests, local...

factor that influenced the 1978 Revelation on Priesthood that allowed male church members of any race to receive the priesthood. As of October 2018, the...

of Mormon, 2 Nephi 29:13). Latter-day Saints portal 1978 Revelation on Priesthood Direct revelation Bushman, Richard L. (2008). Mormonism: a very short...

instruct all the officers of the church in all things expedient. This revelation goes on to describe how the meetings of the School are to begin—including...

presidents. After the 1978 Revelation on Priesthood, Mahlangu was eventually baptized on September 6, 1980. After the 1978 revelation, the South African...

to the priesthood was prohibited; following a revelation received by then-church president Spencer W. Kimball, the prohibition was lifted in 1978. A leadership...

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editions contained two revelations to John Taylor that were received in 1882 and 1883; these revelations "set in order" the priesthood, gave more clarification...

could not abandon without a revelation from God. (See Black people and priesthood (LDS)). The doctrine was eliminated in 1978 and the church now allows...

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considered "President of the Priesthood" or Prophet. Following LDS Church President Spencer W. Kimball's 1978 Revelation on Priesthood, extending the right of...

months after the 1978 Revelation on Priesthood and among the first to be baptized in the church in Ghana. Johnson was born in Lagos, Nigeria on December 17...

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edition of the Doctrine and Covenants (including the Lectures on Faith). However, the revelation on tithing (section 107 in the 1844 edition; 119 in modern...

Bridgeforth from 1971 through 1978. Shortly after the church's June 8, 1978, announcement of the revelation extending the priesthood to all worthy male members...

temple and priesthood racial restrictions were lifted by church leaders in 1978. In 2013, the church disavowed its previous teachings on race for the...

Roberts. Whittaker, David J. (1983). "Substituted Names in the Published Revelations of Joseph Smith". BYU Studies Quarterly. 23 (1): 103–112. ISSN 2167-8472...

footnotes to the meaning of the text in light of the LDS Church's 1978 Revelation on Priesthood. In an interview, a former Brigham Young University graduate...

Center for Western Studies held on the 10th anniversary of the 1978 Revelation on Priesthood. It's All About Team: Exposing the Black Talented Tenth, Paperless...

First Presidency, Kimball, Tanner, and Romney announced the 1978 Revelation on Priesthood, canonized as "Official Declaration 2" in the Doctrine and Covenants...

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Saint movement, dictated the Word of Wisdom as a revelation from the Christian God on was dictated on February 27, 1833. The Word of Wisdom was first published...

theories explain reasons for the priesthood ban on black people holding the priesthood before the 1978 Revelation on Priesthood,: 66  even when these reasons...

as Communist dupes. The LDS Church altered its stance in the 1978 Revelation on Priesthood. In 1971, Skousen founded a non-profit educational foundation...

statehood.[citation needed] Woodruff later said that on the night of September 23, 1890, he received a revelation from Jesus Christ that the church should cease...

Kimball reported receiving a revelation from God allowing all worthy male members of the church to receive the priesthood without regard to race or color...