Foundations
Prophetic Authority
Prophetic and apostolic teaching that addresses Proclamation-related doctrine — family, marriage, gender, parenting, sexuality, sanctity of life, or the gospel framework (Plan of Salvation, eternal…
What's at issue
Prophetic and apostolic teaching that addresses Proclamation-related doctrine — family, marriage, gender, parenting, sexuality, sanctity of life, or the gospel framework (Plan of Salvation, eternal nature) underlying these teachings. Includes direct discussion of "The Family: A Proclamation to the World," the Family Proclamation, or the Proclamation on the Family — its divine origin, the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles solemnly proclaiming doctrine, conference talks and apostolic statements defending these doctrines; the principle of how living prophets speak for God on moral matters; defense of revealed authority on family-related teaching. Not every utterance from an apostle qualifies — a conference talk on personal conversion, missionary methodology, church administrative changes, or a Book-of-Mormon archaeology study is NOT prophetic-authority unless the talk substantively engages family/gender/marriage doctrine or defends prophetic authority as such.
Where it appears in the Proclamation
- Preamble — Why Was The Family Proclamation Given?
- Paragraph 1 — Marriage & Family
- Paragraph 4 — God's Design for Sexual Intimacy & Having Children
- Paragraph 5 — Sanctity of Life
- Paragraph 7 — Marriage, Children & the Roles of Mothers and Fathers
- Paragraph 8 — Warnings About Chastity and Family Breakdown
- Paragraph 9 — A Call to Action
Reading
- 3 Sure-fire Ways to Detect Doctrinal Truth
- How a young missionary’s viral Instagram post changed my understanding of truth forever
- How Can I Know When a Prophet Is Really Speaking for the Lord?
- How Do I Follow a Prophet When I Still Have Questions?
- How Do I Know When a Prophet Is Really Speaking for God?
- Is It Okay to Have Questions About Parts of the Proclamation?
- Is The Family Proclamation scripture or inspired counsel?
- People of the Proclamation: Jaime’s Story
- People of the Proclamation: Olivia’s story
- Sister Nelson: Why we need to replace question marks with exclamation points after words of prophets
- The “Istanbul Miracle” and The Family Proclamation
- This Prophetic Proclamation