
021 How the Priesthood-Temple Ban Became Fully Entrenched Policy in the Church
Church History Matters
The Importance of Understanding the Culture of the Church at the Time
There's not a gut reaction either to basically say, well, he's black. He can't hold the priesthood. This is so rare. Elijah Abel is this anomaly, right? The sort of dained black man who now wants temple ordinances. So there you go. It's easy from our perspective to say they were wrong. From their perspective, they're trying to do what's right and they probably went in the wrong direction,. but again, there's not ill intent here.
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