The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has twice issued Official Declarations to clarify significant doctrinal issues. [1] Official Declaration 1 was added to the church's official scripture, Doctrine and Covenants, in 1908; Official Declaration 2 in 1981. [2] [1] [3]
Both declarations came in response to controversies surrounding church policies ( polygamy and the race ban, respectively) although in neither case did the declaration explicitly repudiate the doctrine as understood, [4] leaving decades to effect the full change the declarations proclaimed. [5] [6]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has twice issued Official Declarations to clarify significant doctrinal issues. [1] Official Declaration 1 was added to the church's official scripture, Doctrine and Covenants, in 1908; Official Declaration 2 in 1981. [2] [1] [3]
Both declarations came in response to controversies surrounding church policies ( polygamy and the race ban, respectively) although in neither case did the declaration explicitly repudiate the doctrine as understood, [4] leaving decades to effect the full change the declarations proclaimed. [5] [6]