Item Detail
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8832
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0
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English
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Introduction
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Dialogue : A Journal of Mormon Thought
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Summer 1979
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12
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9-12
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A consideration of the decision of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to accept blacks into the priesthood. One year after the decision, not much has changed; the mass exodus to or from the faith has not materialized. What remains is a better understanding of the pertinent biblical passages, the traditional position of the church, and the processes which led President Kimball to seek the advise of the Lord on the question of black priesthood.