This is not a separate work: it is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' own Gospel Topics essay on race and the priesthood, one essay inside the same continuously maintained series this atlas also records as a general source. It descends from that series rather than standing beside it, so citing this essay alongside the general Gospel Topics Essays record, or alongside another of its essays, is one institutional voice, not corroboration. Its real limit is the series' own limit: an institutional self-account published on the church's own site, notable for what it concedes about the church's own history, but not independent historical or scientific assessment, which needs a source outside the church itself.
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Reliability Tier2
This is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' own Gospel Topics essay, published on its own website, the middle tier reflecting an institutional self-account, notable for what it concedes about the church's own history, rather than independent historical or scientific assessment produced outside the church. NotesThe church's own published statement on the priesthood and temple restriction, issued without a byline in December 2013. It sets out the history of the restriction, states that it began under Brigham Young rather than Joseph Smith, and disavows in explicit terms the explanations advanced for it in the past. It is the tradition's own account and is cited as such; it is also the document that made the church's current position on the matter unambiguous and quotable.
Citation
AuthorThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
PublisherThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Publication Year2013
URLhttps://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics-essays/race-and-the-priesthood?lang=eng
Source Typechurch body
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This record's own Title carries the parenthetical (Gospel Topics essay) and its Author is the Church itself rather than a named individual, for its essay on Race and the Priesthood; one essay inside the Church's own continuously maintained Gospel Topics Essays series, not a witness independent of it.
Claims Backed By This Source (17 claims)
This source backs 17 claims across the atlas. As facts: 13 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 connected.
- Doctrines, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Articles, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Historical Figures, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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