“‘The Lord Has Directed’: Precedent and Revelation in Priesthood Ordination”

In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, women are not ordained to priesthood offices. The established pattern is assumed to be from God, and thus, must be overturned by God — if at all.However, there is no explicit divine direction to deny priesthood offices on the basis of gender, and the temple endowment currently grants priesthood power to all genders. Here, I explore ten common explanations for women’s exclusion from priesthood offices, and argue that none of them adequately justify current gendered divisions.1. Modern leaders have stated that there has been revelation that women aren’t eligible for ordination […]