William McCary was an African American convert to Mormonism who was expelled from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in 1847 for claiming to be a prophet. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Mormonism is a term used to describe the religious, ideological and cultural elements of certain branches of the Latter Day Saint movement The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common In Religion, a prophet (or prophetess) is a person who has encountered the Supernatural or the divine and serves as an intermediary Some researchers have suggested that McCary's actions led to the LDS Church's subsequent policy of not allowing people of black African descent to hold the priesthood or participate in temple ordinances. The term black people usually refers to a racial group of Humans with dark Skin color, but the term has also been used to categorise a number of diverse See also Priesthood (Latter Day Saints In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the largest denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement, In the In Mormonism, an ordinance is a religious Ritual of special significance often involving the formation of a covenant with God

Contents 1 Conversion to Mormonism 2 Prophet and excommunication 3 Effect on LDS Church policy 4 See also 5 Notes

Conversion to Mormonism

Little is known about McCary's life prior to his conversion to Mormonism in 1846 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Council Bluffs is a city in and the County seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States and is on the east bank of the Missouri River The State of Iowa ( is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. He was half-African American and half-Native American and was a skilled ventriloquist and musician. Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a ^[1] McCary was baptized into the church by Apostle Orson Hyde and he probably was ordained to the Melchizedek priesthood. In Christianity, baptism ( Greek, "immersing" "performing Ablutions " is the ritual act with the use of water by which one is admitted Orson Hyde ( January 8, 1805 &ndash November 28, 1878) was a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement and an original member The Melchizedek priesthood is the greater of the two (or sometimes three orders of priesthood recognized in Mormonism. ^[1] In the winter of 1846–1847, he joined the Latter Day Saints in Winter Quarters, Nebraska. A Latter Winter Quarters was an encampment formed by approximately 2500 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as they waited during the winter of 1846-1847 for better Nebraska ( is a state located on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States and ^[2]

Prophet and excommunication

While in Winter Quarters, McCary began claiming powers of prophesy and transfiguration — he claimed to have the power to appear as various biblical and Book of Mormon figures. Prophecy, generally describes the disclosing of Information that is not known to the Prophet by any ordinary means Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin The Book of Mormon is a Sacred text of the churches in the Latter Day Saint movement. ^[2] In early 1847, McCary was excommunicated from the church for apostasy and expelled from Winter Quarters. ^[1] Shortly after his expulsion, Hyde preached a sermon against McCary and his claims. ^[2]

McCary settled a short distance from Winter Quarters and began attracting some followers from Winter Quarters. He instituted plural marriage among his followers, and had himself sealed to several white wives. In Mormonism, a sealing is an ordinance (ritual performed in temples by a person holding the Sealing power. White People is the second album by Handsome Boy Modeling School. ^[2][1]

Effect on LDS Church policy

McCary's behavior angered many of the Latter Day Saints in Winter Quarters. Researchers have stated that his marriages to his white wives "played an important role in pushing the Mormon leadership into an anti-Black position"^[2] and may have prompted Brigham Young to institute the priesthood and temple ban on black people. Brigham Young (June 1 1801 &ndash August 29 1877 was an American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. ^[1][2][3] A statement from Young to McCary in March 1847 suggested that up until that point, race had nothing to do with priesthood eligibility^[4] and the earliest known statement about blacks being restricted from the priesthood from any Mormon leader was made by Apostle Parley P. Pratt a month after McCary was expelled from Winter Quarters. Parley Parker Pratt ( 12 April 1807 &ndash 13 May 1857) was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and an original member of ^[1] Speaking of McCary, Pratt stated that he "was a black man with the blood of Ham in him which linege was cursed as regards the priesthood". ^[5]

The LDS Church generally did not allow men of black African descent to hold the priesthood again until 1978 (although some male descendants of Elijah Abel did hold it). Elijah Abel ( July 25, 1810 – December 25, 1884) was the first black elder and seventy in the Latter

See also

• Blacks and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Blacks and the Latter Day Saint movement
• Official Declaration—2

Notes

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