Wilford Woodruff's summary of a February 13, 1849 meeting in which Brigham Young states that black people are inelligible for the Priesthood because of the curse of Cain.
- Type
- Meeting Minutes / Notes
- Hearsay
- Scribed Paraphrase2nd HandReprint
- Reference
Wilford Woodruff, "Record of the Twelve Recorded in Wilford Woodruff's Handwriting," comp. ca. 1852, in New Mormon Studies CD-ROM
- Audience
- Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
- Transcription
Elder Lorenzo Snow presented the case of the Africans wishing to know the chance of their redemption. Pres[iden]t Young replied with much clearness that the curse remained upon them because Cain cut off the lines of Abel to prevent him and his posterity getting the ascendancy over himself & his generations, and to get the lead himself, his own offering not being accepted of God while Abels was. Butc [sic] & prohibited them the Priesthood that Abel & his progeny may yet come forward & have their dominion place and Blessings in their proper relationship with Cain & his race in a world to come.
- BHR Staff Commentary
The transcript for the Record of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (RQ12) is available through the New Mormon Studies CD-ROM; this transcript was produced in an earlier age with greater access to Church archival holdings. Today, the RQ12 is not available for research.
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