Provo 6th Ward meetinghouse with a Sunday School class posing in front, unknown photographer, ca. (Hey, now we’ve hit the Blacks issue, women-and-the-priesthood, and gays, all in the same thread. James and Jane Smith, ca. We had a fruitful discussion with him as a group. Citations should include the name of the architect (if known), name of the architectural firm (if known), building name, date, collection name, and the repository. Are these things really so different? The Restoration of the Fulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ: Latter-day Saints are a global family of more than 16 million members and speak a variety of languages. The Life and Testimony of Edna Marie Skalitzky Decker, 1902–2012, Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days, https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3947309, history.lds.org/article/doctrine-and-covenants-priesthood-organization, history.lds.org/overlandtravel/pioneers/16047/isaiah-moses-coombs. I think you’re absolutely right. I get really tired of bringing this up in Sunday School (like a few weeks ago, when we were reading II Nephi) and being the only person in the room who has ever heard of it. Style Guide Note:When reporting about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, please use the complete name of the Church in the first reference. President Nelson introduced and delivered the proclamation (authored by the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles) in a previously recorded video from the Sacred Grove in Palmyra, New York. It is also true that current church leaders rarely if ever explicitly repudiate anything said by a past general authority. Aaron: Perhaps coherentism allows less room for God in history. My question is, why do we think race is eternally insignificant (I assume everyone thinks this, pipe up if you don’t), but gender isn’t?
These claims are sometimes inconsistent, odd, or downright embarrassing. This shout has biblical roots and goes back to the early days of the Church. Aaron: Post what you find out, or email me. They will go down to death. I’m not sure whether a public apology is necessary or useful, but I do think a forceful and public repudiation of the pseudo-doctrinal notions about race that have floated around the Church for so long is vital. This is the sixth proclamation issued by the Church.
Citations for oral histories should contain the name of the person being interviewed, the interviewer, the location and date of the interview, the collection name, and the repository. Paul Doran letter to Charles B. Taylor, February 19, 1891, Correspondence, 1891-1894, Charles B. Taylor Papers, Woodward Family Collection, 1851-1979, Church History Library. That’s probably good to post as a corollary. p. 30. The difficult part is, as you said, coming up with a rule (of course this is always the problem with this approach in law or religion).
But that is something intrinsic to Mormon views even today. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! This shout has biblical roots and goes back to the early days of the Church. Deceased member records, 1941-1988, Church History Library. My 2 cents on women and priesthood, that I often give, is this: There is no theological explanation or precedent as to why women will never receive the priesthood that is nearly as persuasive as the historical arguments for how we used to “know” Blacks would never get the priesthood, at least in this life. And when all the rest of the children have received their blessings in the holy priesthood, then that curse will be removed from the seed of Cain, and they will then come up and possess the priesthood, and receive all the blessings which we now are entitled to.”, President Wilford Woodruff made the following statement: “The day will come when all that race will be redeemed and possess all the blessings which we now have.”. We have seen what the words say and have said to ourselves, “Yes, it says that, but we must read out of it the taking of the gospel and the blessings of the temple to the Negro people, because they are denied certain things.” 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. Getting back to the coherentist issue – I actually think that FARMS adopts a coherentist approach. i.e. Citations for original content from Church History Department web pages should contain the author (if any), the title or description of the page, the owner or sponsor of the site, and the URL. That grove was the site of Joseph Smith’s vision of God the Father and Jesus Christ. However I recall when first encountering the history in college that technically the gospel did go to all other groups. Jared: I actually think that a simple rule of recognition would present fewer problems that you assume. Incidently, the posted statement was lifted from an appendix in Lester Bush’s _Neither White Nor Black: Mormon Scholars Confront the Race Issue in a Universal Church_. Isaac Morley letter to Brigham Young, March 7, 1846, General Correspondence, Incoming, 1840-1877, Brigham Young Office Files, 1832-1878, Church History Library, https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3947309. It is a way for Latter-day Saints to give honor and praise to God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ. This is an especially notable act to occur as the Church celebrates the bicentennial of Joseph Smith’s First Vision of Deity. 1900, A.W. Citation information for artwork and artifacts should include the title, artist, date, medium, dimensions, and the repository. By referring or linking you to this website, we do not endorse or guarantee this content, products, or services offered. The others were made in 1841 (to the Saints only), 1845, 1865, 1980 and 1995. If you would like to stay on the page you are viewing please click Cancel.
Please don’t fail to acknowledge my gratuitous reference to “hermaphrodites,” Kaimi, which in light of LDS gender concerns, surely should qualify as a respectable Mormon sub-controversy all its own. As to Mauss’ treatment of the statement — I can’t remember exactly how he contextualizes it. I meant to say “Apostle trumps Seventy” in the last sentence. Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, January 4, 1892, 3, Church History Library, Hereafter cited as Journal History. Specifically, are they distinct inasmuch as they relate to holding the priesthood? If such awareness were more widespread, the smug, naive assertions about “doctrine” that are so rampant in the Church would have to be seriously modified. 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. We held weekly campus meetings when I was in college, and one time we invited the (black) Brazilian member of the church who, I believe, was the first to be endowed with the priesthood post-1978 and has been much involved in the issue. In citing general Church records, one should provide the item description, date, collection name, page number (if applicable), and the repository. In other words, there is no racially analogous statement to “boys have a penis, and girls have a vagina.” Thus, it’s not hard for me to see how one could conclude there are inherent differences between the sexes in the “eternal scheme of things.”. (And if you’re Thomas Alexander, and you try to point out everyone’s unwarranted impressions of “doctrinal” continuity, people like Louis Midgeley get mad at you!). Even if you believe, a la Murray and Bernstein, that there are significant genetic components to intelligence that correlate highlly with race, there would still be tremendous overlap in abilities (thus, we talk about the “bell curve”) between races. 1930-1947, Church History Library. The leaders say the 1978 proclamation took care of that. Wouldn’t Hugh B. Brown’s statement to the NYT that the Church was considering lifting the ban have come less than fifteen years after this came out? If it is an official Church building, the Church may be listed as the author or architect in the case of an unsigned document. Sunday School minutes, August, 30, 1888, Ogden 2nd Ward, Weber Stake, Church History Library. In 1997, the LDS Church included the text of the Proclamation in an amicus brief to petition the Hawaii Supreme Court to reject same-sex marriage. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.
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I believe that this also springs from an excessive focus on obedience to church leaders. This article lists the presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). I know what the Proclamation on the Family says, but what do you all think? George A. Smith letter to Richard Lyman, October 30, 1854, Historian’s Office letterpress copybooks, 1 : 12-14, Church History Library. For example, I think that many, many Mormons approach polygamy this way, positing theological explanations at odds with the explicit arguments offered by historical figures but more consistent with what they see as being the best possible account of divine providence. Given the ever-changing role of women in the church — early women leaders did have authority that is today restricted to men, such as blessing the sick — I don’t think it’s untenable to believe that the church’s current restrictions on women will some day be lifted. It’s easy and simple, but causes some uncomfortable results, which is why members follow it so inconsistently. Published items do not generally need to be cited to a specific collection or repository because they are widely available. Items loaned to the Church History Department for temporary exhibition: If the private owner wishes the recognition: Doll bed, made by C. C. A. Christensen, n.d., wood and polychrome, 7 ¾” high x 9” wide x 15 5/8: long (19.75 cm x 23 cm 39.75 cm), courtesy of Erla Coulston. It seems intrinsically unfair. I don’t believe that a positivist approach in and of itself creates problems. Of course church doctrine is more analogous to a coherentist approach; the problem is that very few people in the church want to admit it openly. “August 17, 1949. Further the common view that we have the experiences here we *need* argues against getting the gospel in this life necessarily being a blessing.
This declaration is extremely bothersome, from the obvious racism it contains to the difficult doctrinal position of attributing earthly advantages to some unascertainable premortal behavior. Identification of manuscripts should include the author, title, dates of item, type of item (microfilm of holograph, typescript, etc. In 1995, the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles issued “The Family: A Proclamation to the World.” This proclamation is a declaration and reaffirmation of doctrines and practices that prophets have stated repeatedly throughout the history of the Church. “We get our truth and our light line upon line and precept upon precept. Frederick Salem Williams, address, 1972, audiotape, Church History Library. They don’t matter any more. The Family: A Proclamation to the World, issued Sept. 23, 1995.