Joseph F. Smith tells Eugene England that no revelation exists on premortal explanation for ban.
- Type
- Interview
- Hearsay
- Scribed Paraphrase
- Reference
Joseph Fielding Smith, Interview with Eugene England, ca. 1963, in England, “Are All Alike unto God? Prejudice against Blacks and Women in Popular Mormon Theology,” Sunstone 14 (April 1990): 20
- Scribe/Publisher
- Sunstone
- Audience
- Reading Public
- Transcription
No, you do not have to believe that Negroes are denied the priesthood because of the pre-existence. I have always assumed that because it was what I was taught, and it made sense, but you don’t have to believe it to be in good standing, because it is not definitely stated in the scriptures. And I have received no revelation on the matter.
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