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\"Where<\/a>
The 1978 Revelation on Priesthood was received in the Salt Lake City Utah Temple
(LDS.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Earlier this evening, we had the largest screening to date of the Interpreter Foundation\u2019s theatrical film, Witnesses<\/em>.\u00a0 Somewhat more than fifty invited guests were in the audience in a large theater, masked and distanced.\u00a0 The film has been modified slightly since the previous screening.\u00a0 The feedback from these events is valuable.<\/p>\n

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On the general subject of witnesses, here are some quotations about the 1978 revelation on priesthood from Adventures of a Church Historian<\/em>, the memoirs of the late Dr. Leonard J. Arrington:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThose in attendance said that as he began his earnest prayer, they suddenly realized that it was not Kimball\u2019s prayer, but the Lord speaking through him. A revelation was being declared. Kimball himself realized that the words were not his but the Lord\u2019s. During that prayer some of the Twelve\u2014at least two who have said so publicly\u2014were transported into a celestial atmosphere, saw a divine presence and the figures of former presidents of the church . . . smiling to indicate their approval and sanction. Others acknowleged the voice of the Lord coming, as with the prophet Elijah, \u2018through the still, small voice.\u2019 The voice of the Spirit followed their earnest search for wisdom and understanding.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the heavenly manifestation, Kimball, weeping for joy, confronted the [other members of the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve], many of them also sobbing, and asked if they sustained this heavenly instruction. Embracing, all nodded vigorously and jubilantly their sanction. There had been a startling and commanding revelation from God\u2014an ineffable experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTwo of the apostles present described the experience as a \u2018day of Pentecost\u2019 similar to the one in the Kirtland Temple on April 6, 1836, the day of its dedication. They saw a heavenly personage and heard heavenly music. To the temple-clothed members, the gathering, incredible and without compare, was the greatest singular event of their lives. Those I talked with wept as they spoke of it. All were certain they had witnessed a revelation from God.\u201d[1]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is a common regret among Latter-day Saints that general authorities do not speak openly about their remarkable spiritual experiences in the way Joseph Smith and other early prophets used to do. Although they unquestionably do<\/em> have such experiences, they have said little about this one.\u201d[2]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Arrington terms this revelation \u201cindisputable evidence of God\u2019s presence and direction in these latter days\u2014divine reaffirmation of the faith and values of our church.\u201d[3]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]<\/a> Leonard J. Arrington, Adventures of a Church Historian<\/em> (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois, 1998), 177. On the preceding page, Professor Arrington remarks that \u201cAs a historian I sought to learn the particulars and record them in my private diary. The following account is based on dozens of interviews with persons who talked with church officials after the revelation was announced. Although members of the Twelve and the First Presidency with whom I sought interviews felt they should not elaborate on what happened, I learned details from family members and friends to whom they had made comments.\u201d He acknowledges that \u201cSome of these statements may have involved colorful, symbolic language that was taken literally.\u201d Arrington\u2019s entire chapter on the subject, \u201cThe Long-Promised Day,\u201d pp. 175-185, is of interest.<\/span><\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> Arrington, Adventures of a Church Historian<\/em>, 176 (emphasis in the original).<\/span><\/p>\n

[3]<\/a> Arrington, Adventures of a Church Historian<\/em>, 176.<\/span><\/p>\n

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