The 1978 Revelation on Priesthood was a revelation published by leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) that reversed a long-standing policy excluding men of black African descent from the priesthood.
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“Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter.”
—Bible: New Testament Revelation 1:19.
“The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognised as love at all.”
—Iris Murdoch (b. 1919)