Mormonism and doctrine/Establishing new doctrine

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Establishing new Mormon doctrine

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• Church publications as doctrine

Procedures to establish or modify Mormon doctrine

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• "Approaching Mormon Doctrine," LDS Newsroom (May 2007): "Not every statement made by a Church leader, past or present, necessarily constitutes doctrine"
• Question: How does the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints establish new doctrine?
• Question: Is "Mormon doctrine" constantly changing?

Establishment of Mormon doctrine

Summary: How is new doctrine established in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?

Changing Mormon doctrine

Summary: Is LDS doctrine constantly changing? It is claimed that Mormon doctrine is very elusive - very little is claimed to be official, which makes it easy to repudiate certain doctrines when they become unpleasant or unfashionable.

Church publications as doctrine

Summary: Are Church publications considered doctrine? It is claimed that anything that is, or ever was, officially published by the Church at any time ought to represent doctrine, thus define what Latter-day Saints really believe. However, just as Brigham Young taught principles that applied to the 19th-century saints, modern prophets teach us what we need for our particular time.

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• Question: Is everything that is published by the Church considered doctrine?
• Question: Are some publications misrepresented as "official" publications of the Church?