Orson F. Whitney teaches that LDS are not bound to what is printed in books but modern revelation.

Date
Oct 1916
Type
Speech / Court Transcript
Source
Orson F. Whitney
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

Orson F. Whitney, Conference Report (October 1916), 55

Scribe/Publisher
Conference Report
People
Orson F. Whitney
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

The Latter-day Saints do not do things because they happen to be printed in a book. They do not do things because God told the Jews to do them; nor do they do or leave undone anything because of the instructions that Christ gave to the Nephites. Whatever is done by this Church is because God, speaking from heaven in our day, has commanded this Church to do it. No book presides over this Church, and no book lies at its foundation. You cannot pile up books enough to take the place of God's priesthood, inspired by the power of the Holy Ghost. That is the constitution of the Church of Christ. . . . Divine revelation adapts itself to the circumstances and conditions of men, and change upon change ensues as God's progressive work goes on to its destiny. There is no book big enough or good enough to preside over this Church.

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