Ep 350 | Articles of Faith and Official Declarations 1 & 2, Come Follow Me 2025 (December 8-14)
Talking Scripture
Mike Day & Bryce Dunford
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🗓️ 3 December 2025
⏱️ 66 minutes
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(00:00) The 9th Article of Faith explains that the restoration is ongoing.
(04:05) President Woodruff issued Official Declaration 1 in 1890. This Manifesto led to the end of the practice of plural marriage.
(08:59) Elder Bruce C. Hafen invites us to examine ambiguity in the church with open eyes and hearts.
(17:00) The Church today disavows all theories church leaders and members advanced to explain the priesthood and temple restrictions.
(20:21) During an era of great racial division in the United States, the Saints were persecuted for their anti-slavery stance.
(24:57) Joseph Smith ordained Walker Lewis and Elijah Abel to the priesthood. Later, in 1852, President Brigham Young officially announced that black members would no longer be given the priesthood. The power to decide is given to the President of the church in D&C 107.78-80.
(35:50) The 2013 edition of the scriptures adds an insightful paragraph to Official Declaration 2. Church records offer no clear insights into the origins of the priesthood restriction.
(42:39) Three slaves came into the Salt Lake Valley in the first pioneer company. Brigham Young did not segregate congregations or deny membership to African Americans.
(52:27) Brigham Young felt the priesthood restriction would be temporary and that it would be removed at a future time.
(53:47) In 1978 President Spencer W. Kimball received a revelation extending priesthood and temple blessings to all worthy male members of the church.
(56:37) The Warmth of Other Suns, by Isabel Wilkerson, gives accounts of African Americans during the great migration in American history. The Clark family experienced tragic persecution in 1951.
(1:01:12) The Church today unequivocally condemns all racism, past and present, in any form. The love of others should be what characterizes the Latter-day Saints.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, welcome to Talking Scripture, a podcast where we illustrate relevance and application of the scriptures in Come Follow Me. |
| 0:10.1 | We also dive into the history and cultures of the text. |
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| 0:16.9 | For show notes, head over to our website, talking scripture.org. |
| 0:23.3 | Welcome to Talking Scripture. I'm Mike. |
| 0:25.1 | And I'm Bryce. |
| 0:26.1 | And today we are going to be covering the Articles of Faith and Official Declaration |
| 0:30.5 | 1 and 2. |
| 0:32.9 | And before we start, just know that we're probably not going to be spending a lot of time on the |
| 0:37.5 | Articles of Faith. The bulk of this podcast will be discussing official declaration number two, |
| 0:44.3 | the extending of the priesthood to Allworthy Males in 1978. And we're just going to mention a few |
| 0:49.3 | things about official declaration one, which is the official manifesto ending plural marriage. But considering all that |
| 0:56.6 | we did in our podcast for section 132, we presented the history of plural marriage both its beginnings |
| 1:04.1 | and its endings. So just a couple minor things that we may want to point out now, and then we're |
| 1:10.6 | going to jump into official declaration too. |
| 1:13.0 | The one article of faith I just want to mention, I mean, the articles of faith are wonderful. |
| 1:17.4 | We should read them. |
| 1:18.3 | And depending on your audience and who you're working with and who you're teaching, you certainly could have a marvelous discussion about the articles of faith in a classroom setting or in your family. |
| 1:27.2 | But the one that I |
| 1:28.2 | want to read that I think pertains to these two official declarations is number nine. Article of |
| 1:34.2 | faith number nine reads as follows. We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, |
| 1:39.5 | and we believe that he will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the |
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