Fallible Mormon Prophets
Fallibility of prophets - Fair Latter-day Saints
Latter-day Saints do not believe that prophets and apostles are incapable of error, despite being called of God and receiving revelation.
former prophets are fallible, current prophets are infallible : r/mormon
The church officially teaches that prophets are fallible, in practice it tends to mean that previous prophets are considered fallible, while the current ...
Prophetic Fallibility - Mormonr
The idea that prophets, individuals entrusted with leading and guiding the Church while receiving divine revelation, are capable of making errors can be ...
Fallible Mormon Prophets: Why the Church of Jesus Christ Is and ...
Moses and other prophets made mistakes and were even chastised by the Lord at times for their failings.
Mormonism's Infallible Prophets - C. Randall Nicholson
Mormons who are confronted with some of the stupid and awful things their prophets have said and done are likely to say, "We don't teach that prophets are ...
Living with Fallibility - Fair Latter-day Saints
Mormons have a joke that is so old it has become a cliché: Catholic doctrine is that the pope is infallible, but they don't believe it; Mormon ...
The Mormon Version of Infallibility - Religion Dispatches
There's an old saying: “Catholics say the pope is infallible but don't really believe it; Mormons say the prophet is fallible but don't really ...
Searching for Infallible Prophets? - Faith Matters
Many Church members are becoming more comfortable thinking about long-dead prophets as fallible but nevertheless reliable.
The Importance of Prophetic Fallibility - Public Square Magazine
Prophetic fallibility is a controversial concept because it's an unmistakably orthodox principle that is far more useful in critiques of other Latter-day Saint ...
Does Mormonism need to come up with a better theology of prophets?
Fallibility was never part of the missionary discussions back when I served. We used to tell investigators that the prophet talked to God "face ...
President Nelson and the Problem of Prophetic Infallibility
If the prophet is fallible then that means that each member has the duty/opportunity by way of personal revelation & confirmation to accept or ...
Mormon Prophets Are Not Perfect
The Bible teaches that true prophets are indeed infallible as prophets. ... Furthermore, when a self-proclaimed prophet leads people to follow a ...
Can I trust and sustain fallible leaders? - Faith Matters
Mormons teach that their prophet is fallible, but nobody believes it.” In this video conversation for the Faith Matters Big Questions series, we speak with ...
Do Mormons Believe their Prophets are Infallible?
Infallibility, then, depends on the context of the information. Official, canonized doctrine is infallible because it comes directly from God. Opinions are ...
Watchmen on the Tower – On the Limits of Prophetic Fallibility
Among those members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who have decided to publicly oppose the apostles and prophets of the ...
The benefits of fallible prophets — Exponent II Blog
The prophets aren't here to become our fountain of truth and knowledge – they're here to steer us towards God and to bring us to Christ. When we hear their ...
Prophetic Fallibility, Institutional Revelation, and Institutional Salvation.
Joseph Smith often went back to revise written revelations and even the Book of Mormon itself because the language didn't always accurately ...
The Fallibility of Infallibility - Mormon Matters
The Prophet Joseph Smith said “ … a prophet was a prophet only when he was acting as such.” (History of the Church, Volume 5:265).
How can a Mormon determine when their prophet is being fallible ...
There is a joke that goes something like this, “Catholics are taught that the Pope is infallible -- but none of them believe it; Latter-day ...
What Is a Prophet? Are Mormon Prophets Infallible? - Thomas Monson
Prophets have the keys to the priesthood and can receive revelation and instruction for the entire Church. God's ultimate plan, however, is that ...