Paul H. Dunn teaches that the Journal of Discourses and other prophetic writings contain examples of leaders "speaking personal opinions" but are sometimes mistakenly quoted as revelation by Church members.
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- Speech / Court Transcript
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- Paul H. Dunn LDS
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Paul H. Dunn, “Truth or Speculation?,” address given at Provo MTC, 1990, 2-3, repr., Dennis B. Horne, Determining Doctrine: A Reference Guide for Evaluating Doctrinal Truth (Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2005), 22
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- Eborn Books
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- Paul H. Dunn
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- Reading Public
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The Journal of Discourses and other prophetic writings are delicate, because oftentimes you have a prophet, particularly in yesteryear, who is speaking personal opinion which today gets quoted as “thus saith the Lord.”
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