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− | This is one of many issues about which the Church has no official position. As President J. | + | This is one of many issues about which the Church has no official position. As President J. Reuben Clark taught under assignment from the First Presidency: |
:''Here we must have in mind—must know—that only the President of the Church, the Presiding High Priest, is sustained as Prophet, Seer, and Revelator for the Church, and he alone has the right to receive revelations for the Church, either new or amendatory, or to give authoritative interpretations of scriptures that shall be binding on the Church....'' | :''Here we must have in mind—must know—that only the President of the Church, the Presiding High Priest, is sustained as Prophet, Seer, and Revelator for the Church, and he alone has the right to receive revelations for the Church, either new or amendatory, or to give authoritative interpretations of scriptures that shall be binding on the Church....'' | ||
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:''Of these things we may have a confident assurance without chance for doubt or quibbling.'' | :''Of these things we may have a confident assurance without chance for doubt or quibbling.'' | ||
− | :—J. | + | :—J. Reuben Clark, Jr. "When Are the Writings or Sermons of Church Leaders Entitled to the Claim of Scripture?" Address to Seminary and Institute Teachers, BYU (7 July 1954); reproduced in ''Church News'' (31 July 1954); also reprinted in ''Dialogue'' 12/2 (Summer 1979): 68–81.] |
This was recently reiterated by the First Presidency (who now approves all statements published on the Church's official website): | This was recently reiterated by the First Presidency (who now approves all statements published on the Church's official website): |
This is one of many issues about which the Church has no official position. As President J. Reuben Clark taught under assignment from the First Presidency:
This was recently reiterated by the First Presidency (who now approves all statements published on the Church's official website):
(For further discussion of this principle see: FAIR wiki article: Official Church doctrine and statements by Church leaders.)
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