Several years ago, the Mormon Newsroom put out a guide on approaching Mormon doctrine which clarifies some of the misunderstandings that some people have when it comes to defining doctrine, namely that isolated statements aren't necessarily doctrine, and that not all doctrine is core doctrine.
I think it is fair to define our doctrine as being able to answer in the affirmative to the following questions:
- Is it scriptural?
- Is it coming from the unified voice of the first presidency and the quorum of the twelve?
Is that definition of doctrine doctrinal? As in, can I use this definition to discover if it applies to itself? I say yes. After the jump-break are a list of quotes from the standard works and general conference that would support such a definition:
