Joseph states a prophet is a prophet only when acting as such.

Date
Feb 8, 1843
Type
Personal Journal / Diary
Source
Joseph Smith, Jr.
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Reference

Manuscript History of the Church, D-1, February 8, 1843, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed August 11, 2021

Scribe/Publisher
Leo Hawkins
People
Leo Hawkins, Joseph Smith, Jr.
Audience
N/A
Transcription

This morning I read German, and visited with a brother and sister from Michigan who thought that “a Prophet is always a Prophet”, but I told them that a Prophet was a Prophet only, when he was acting as such.

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