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| − | ==Question: How can one reconcile the patriarchal blessings given to blacks during the priesthood and temple bans?==
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| − | ===Introduction to Question===
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| − | From 1849 to June 1978, [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/?lang=eng The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] restricted African men from receiving its priesthood and restricted both African men and women from receiving sacred temple ordinances the Church considers necessary for exaltation.<ref>"Race and the Prieshtood," ''Gospel Topics Essays'', December 6, 2013, https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics-essays/race-and-the-priesthood?lang=eng.</ref>
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| − | During this time, members and leaders of the Church theorized that African men and women were descendants of Cain, Ham, and Canaan—lineages that were thought to be cursed. Members and leaders used these theories to justify the priesthood and temple restrictions.
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| − | Also during this time, [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/patriarch?lang=eng patriarchs] proclaimed African members of the Church as a part of these lineages during patriarchal blessings—ostensibly because the patriarchs were influenced to by leaders of the Church who, in official capacities, were proclaiming that blacks belonged to these lineages.<ref>Matthew L. Harris, "[https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V51N03_4.pdf Mormons and Lineage: The Complicated History of Blacks and Patriarchal Blessings, 1830-2018]," ''Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought'' 51, no. 3 (2018): 83–129.</ref>
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| − | How can one reconcile this?
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| − | ===Response to Question===
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| − | ====Another Article on Unfulfilled Patriarchal Blessings====
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| − | FAIR has another article that they have written that gives several different possibilities for why this occurred. Members are encouraged to read it and come to their own conclusions about why this happened while remembering that the Church has no official position on this issue.
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| − | {{Main| Question: How can one reconcile unfulfilled promises in patriarchal blessings?}}
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