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The revelation removed all restrictions with regards to race that once applied to the priesthood. Kimball and was affirmed to other Church leaders in the Salt Lake Temple on June 1, 1978. The revelation came to Church President Spencer W. Church leaders believed that a revelation from God was needed to alter this practice and prayerfully sought guidance. Church records offer no clear insights into the origins of this practice. Early in its history, Church leaders stopped conferring the priesthood on black males of African descent. During Joseph Smith’s lifetime, a few black male members of the Church were ordained to the priesthood. The Book of Mormon teaches that ‘all are alike unto God,’ including ‘black and white, bond and free, male and female’ (2 Nephi 26:33). Throughout the history of the Church, people of every race and ethnicity in many countries have been baptized and have lived as faithful members of the Church. Specifically, the heading refers to “the principle of plural marriage”.

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If you look at the PDF document I linked to earlier, the changes are noted in yellow. But the wording doesn’t seem consistent with D&C 132’s changes. In justifying plural marriage, it was stated to be a law of heaven, in order to get into the highest degree of the Celestial Kingdom. What caught my attention was the wording that “monogamy is God’s standard” and plural marriage was a “practice” rather than a “principle”. Most certainly, there were many Mormons that did not sustain it, leading to the eventual formation of polygamist sects such as the the United Apostolic Brethren (Kody Brown of Sister Wives fame is a member), the FLDS Church (led by Warren Jeffs), and other groups. The vote to sustain the foregoing motion was unanimous. This led to the end of the practice of plural marriage in the Church.Īlso conspicuous was the removal of the line from 1981, After receiving revelation, President Wilford Woodruff issued the following Manifesto, which was accepted as authoritative and binding on October 6, 1890. These laws were eventually upheld by the U. From the 1860s to the 1880s, the Unites States government passed laws to make this religious practice illegal. Following a revelation to Joseph Smith, the practice of plural marriage was instituted among Church members in the early 1840s (see section 132). The Bible and the Book of Mormon teach that monogamy is God’s standard for marriage unless He declares otherwise (see 2 Samuel 12:7-8 and Jacob 2:27, 30). Known as “the Manifesto”, the 2013 version adds the following header that was absent from the 1981 edition. I’d like to discuss those in more detail.

The most significant changes seem to occur in the Doctrine and Covenants with new introductions to Official Declaration 1 and Official Declaration 2. If you’re interested in seeing before and after versions, the Church has published a PDF document so you can see all of the changes yourself.

They have also removed many of the references to History of the Church, due to updated information that showed that there are better histories now available. The 1981 version also listed a revelation to James Covill, a Baptist minister however it turns out his name should have been spelled Covel, and he was a Methodist minister. For example, the 1981 version of D&C 22 lists that it was received in April 1830, but the Joseph Smith Papers Project helped identify that it was April 16. Among the improvements are better dates for some of the revelations.

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With the recent work of the Joseph Smith Papers Project, historians have found more accurate information than was available following the last major upgrade to the scriptures in 1981. You may have heard about some of the changes, as our own Andrew S was the one that alerted me, but By Common Consent has some fantastic posts on the subject as well, to go along with Allison at Mormon Momma.

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The LDS Church has produced an update to the scriptures, following 8 years of work by historians on the Joseph Smith Papers Project.

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