On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 19:30, Daniel Crookston wrote: > The book titled "Mormon Doctrine" is not, in fact, the definitive doctrine > of the LDS church. It's not published by the church, but by an independent > publisher of church-related materials. A more accurate titled for the book > would be "McConkie's Opinion".
It should be noted also that almost all books written by GAs, including the Prophet(s), fall in this category. Really even conference talks aren't completely authoritative (though they are very, very, very close). The only official doctrines are those that have been stated and ratified by the First Presidency, the Quorum of the Twelve, or both. Scripture must be canonized to become "official" doctrine as well. This requires a unanimous (in the traditional mormon sense of the word) sustaining vote from the membership of the church. There is, of course, a better way: let the Holy Spirit guide. There are some unofficial stipulations on this though, namely don't bug me about it unless you have authority to do so. If someone gets all fired up and preaches "doctrine" he "knows" is true that isn't "official" you can spit on his shoes and they won't take away your recommend. It's late and I probably shouldn't send this, but <shrug>... ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
