So the LDS founder, Joseph Smith, is "no true Scotsman." Oh, what a tangled web we weave.
BTW, Grig, please don't post those lengthy URLs as you did at #54. It is because of that post that we now have to scroll left to right to read the page.
Instead of the way you did it, put the entire URL in the code section only and something like "Link" in the textual designation section.
Thanks.
No tangled web here, although your understanding of how we view prophets.what we consider doctrine, and how doctrine is accepted into the church seems rather jumbled.
We do not view prophets as being inherently mystical men who know anything and everything they want to know. They are ordinary men, called by God to at times receive revelations from God on behalf of God’s people.
On matters where a prophet has not received revelation, they are free to form and express their own opinions and those opinions are no more binding on the church than that of any other member. Revelations are canonized into doctrine via a formal process that includes all the other General Authorities of the Church (who also hold the keys of prophecy) seeking and recitatives a confirming witness from the Holy Spirit.
There has been no attempt I know of to canonize that idea, it remains as a personal opinion of Joseph’s, not doctrine of the church and members are not required to accept it as doctrine.
Some must think that volume = content!