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Tuesday. April 23, 1974
University Daily Kansan
Mormons Await God's Permission for Black Priests
By DENNIS ELLSWORTH
Kansas Staff Responder
baptism for the dead and polygamy are controversial issues surrounding the world's fastest growing church, the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, better known as the Mormon church.
"God reveals his wishes through the living prophet (the church president) and we follow what the prophet tells us," Chris Turner, an elder of the church, said last week.
Clemmer said that it had been revealed to the prophet that blacks couldn't yet become priests, but that they would be able to do so, some time in the future.
The Morning church isn't racist, Clemmer said. A lack of understanding of Morrnthain has caused the controversy. He said God would reveal the time when he would be permitted to be priests, a position that 764,000 members of the church new hold.
Women can't be priests either, however, in principle, they are priests through their husbands. Chiemmer said. He said that when a man is a priest, but that they didn't seem to care.
Clemmer said that most Mormon women were happy with their positions and that the women in her study were very happy.
extensive involvement of women in all phases of church work as evidence of their
Through the status of women and blacks in the church is a new concern, polygamy is
Randall Green, another church elder, said polygamy was begun in the church about 1850. The westward trek across America had taken a heavy toll on the males of the pioneer group. Brigham Young, successor to Joseph Smith, the church founder, preached to the mothers of males and the fatherless children. According to Young's account, polygamy was revealed to him to be a practice in the early church.
The practice was officially discontinued in 1890 after another revelation. This revelation came at a time of stricter legislation against polygamy and increased persecution of the Mormons for their beliefs and practices, Green said.
Although some out-of-touch Mormons retained polygamy, the church said members would be excommunicated if they did so, he said.
"While we don't think we are doing anything wrong by following the revelations of God, we have been continually persecuted for doing so," Clermer said.
Strict adherence to the Biblical teachings
"We're the only church that I know of that has this," he said.
supports the Morronn practice of per-
sonal care for those who have died. Green man,
their family, is also encouraged.
Baptism is essential, yet it is an earthly thing, Green said. Because Mormons believe in life after death, ceremonies by proxy are performed for deceased persons who were expelled from the church and decreased to accept the saving principles of the gospel, he said.
Green said the Mormon church was the modern-day counterpart of the original church of Jesus. The Mormon church was founded in 1830 by a priest and president of the church, in 1830.
At 14, Smith prayed to God to ask him which of the many churches he should join. According to Smith, God and His son, Christ Jesus, told him not to join any church at that time. Smith said he was told that if he proved himself worthy, he would be in charge of the church, and Jesus, the church, founded by Jesus. That church had fallen after the death of the apostles.
Three years later, in 1823, the angel Moroni directed Smith to a hill near his home town of Palmyra, N.Y. There he saw engraved metal plates containing the history of ancient American civilization that had existed from 2200 B.C. to 420 A.D.
Smith said that in 1827 he was permitted to take the plates to his home, where he prayed to God about them and God revealed he would create the Egyptian-like symbols into English.
The Book of Mormon takes its name from Moroni's father, Mormon, who lived 1,400 years ago. It, along with the Bible, the Doctrine of Conventions by Smith, and the Declaration of Independence, has a history of ancient times in the Old World, provides the basis for all Mormon beliefs.
These translations were compiled into the Book of Mormon and include accounts of the ministry of Jesus on the American continent in his crucifixion, resurrection and ascension.
Green said the structure of Jesus' church had been followed completely in the organization of the Mormon church. The president of the Mormon church, Joseph Wesley was, and acts as "mouthpiece" for him. Moreover, the Council of Twelve Apostles follows the president in authority and directs the spiritual and temporal affairs of the 3.5 million-member church, be
Clemmer said rules regarding dress and hair length at Mormon institutions weren't rules of the church, but rather rules of the institutions.
On the other hand, rules prohibiting the drinking of alcohol, coffee, tea and the use of tobacco are enforced.
Three KU Profs Help Design Dome
According to Clemmer, if a member violates a conventan, he isn't a member in good standing. Because a priest must prove that he is a member of the vanitant can become a priest. A member will be communicated only for actions such as murder and repeated adultery, he
given to Smith in 1833. Green said.
Three University of Kansas faculty members assisted in the design of the world's largest all-aluminum dome, which was built recently in Caracas, Venezuela.
This revelation, known as the Word of Wisdom, prohibited the use of nicotine and caffeine long before the surgeon general warned against nicotine and before recent findings on the low nutritional value of caffeine, he said.
Charles H. Kahn, professor of architecture and urban design and dean of the school; William M. Lucas, professor of architecture and urban design and
An excommunicated member may be readmitted by the same initiation a new
"The prophet told us not to partake of anything harmful to our bodies," Green said.
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The dome, which is geodesic, sits atop the new Polledro de Caracas arena and measures 125 feet high by 468 feet in length. The field is equivalent to one and one half football fields.
associate dean of the school; and Howard Smith, associate professor of aerospace engineering and recently appointed associate dean of engineering, have acted as consultants for Synergetics, Inc. of Raleigh, N.C. for the past two years.
Green stressed that Mormons believed in a literal interpretation of the Bible and in the doctrine of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost is a spiritual being, he said.
member goes through, but Clemmer said, he would be "raked over the coals" in the process.
The arena, which is air-conditioned, seats about 17,000 people for a variety of functions ranging from athletic events to theatrical productions. It was the site of the recent World Cup finals between Andres Perez and the Foreman and North heavyweight championship fight.
Green emphasized that they aren't necessarily preparing for the ministry, but they need to push our religion on anybody, and are sure happy to answer questions," he said.
Clemmer and Green are among thousands of young men of the church who have volunteered to be missionaries for two years anywhere in the world. Missionaries will return home during their mission and they receive little training before embarking.
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