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“The prophet does not have to say "Thus saith the Lord" to give us scripture. Sometimes there are those who haggle over words. They might say the prophet gave us counsel but that we are not obligated to follow it unless he says it is a commandment... Said Brigham Young, "I have never yet preached a sermon and sent it out to the children of men, that they may not call scripture"” - Ezra Taft Benson, LDS Church President, BYU Devotional, Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the Prophet, February 26, 1980 | wasmormon.org
“The prophet does not have to say "Thus saith the Lord" to give us scripture. Sometimes there are those who haggle over words. They might say the prophet gave us counsel but that we are not obligated to follow it unless he says it is a commandment... Said Brigham Young, "I have never yet preached a sermon and sent it out to the children of men, that they may not call scripture"” - Ezra Taft Benson, LDS Church President, BYU Devotional, Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the Prophet, February 26, 1980