Jurisprudence and the Problem of Church Doctrine
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Mormons frequently refer to “Church Doctrine” in their theological discussions. For example, Sister Smith might express her belief that the earth is no more than five or six thousand years old and that the theory of evolution is a Satanically inspired plot. Brother Young responds by noting, “Those are just your opinions. That is not Church Doctrine.” Whatever else the term Church Doctrine might mean in this exchange, it is clearly functioning as a theological authority, delineating those beliefs that have a claim on Brother Young from those that do not. Like most Mormons, Brother Young seems to be conceptualizing Church Doctrine as some set of authoritative teachings promulgated by the Church, 1 and Brother Young thinks that it is possible to identify them. Yet how we differentiate between Church Doctrine and mere opinion is unclear. I argue that we can analogize the problem of “What is Church Doctrine?” to the jurisprudential problem of “What is the law?” The answers offered by the philosophy of law to the second of these questions illuminates the sorts of answers that we can give to the first. Ultimately, I conclude that we discover Church Doctrine not by application of any hard and fast rule that allows us to identify it but rather through a process of interpretation. Jurisprudential Solutions to the Problem of Church Doctrine
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