Post Date: 14th May, 2014 - 9:34pm / Post ID:
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Mormon Prophet Infallibility Studies Doctrine Mormon
QUOTE This group as a whole doesn't lead the church astray!
Because....?
Any scriptural support for what you are saying would be appreciated. Thanks.
Post Date: 17th May, 2014 - 3:43am / Post ID:
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Infallibility Prophet Mormon
Don't ask ME. You stated:
QUOTE This group as a whole doesn't lead the church astray!
All I am asking is how do you know that, share some back up scriptures. Whether they are 12 or 20 does not make a difference.
Post Date: 22nd May, 2014 - 8:02am / Post ID:
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Mormon Prophet Infallibility
As long as they are men, the possibility of leading astray is there whether big or small.
EAG:
QUOTE I find the fact that some (I'm talking about member exclusively) have such a distrust prophets teachings not corroberated in scripture disturbing.
Disturbing? What is disturbing about praying and receiving confirmation for ourselves when the Prophet speaks?
What do you all think about this quote of Pres. Joseph F. Smith:
QUOTE "It makes no difference what is written or what anyone has said, if what has been said is in conflict with what the Lord has revealed, we can set it aside. My words, and the teachings of any other member of the Church, high or low, if they don't square with the revelations, we need not accept them. Let us have this matter clear. We have accepted the four standard works as the measuring yardsticks, or balances, by which we measure every man's doctrine.
"You cannot accept the books written by the authorities of the Church as the standards of doctrine, only in so far as they accord with the revealed word in the standard works
"Every man who writes is responsible, not the Church, for what he writes. If Joseph Fielding Smith writes something which is out of harmony with the revelations, then every member of the Church is duty bound to reject it. If he writes that which is in perfect harmony with the revealed word of the Lord, then it should be accepted." (Doctrines of Salvation, vol. 3, pp. 203-204)