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| + | *Elder Packer was speaking at a Church Educational System symposium. Here is the quote in context: | ||
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| + | There is a temptation for the writer or the teacher of Church history to want to tell everything, whether it is worthy or faith promoting or not. | ||
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| + | Some things that are true are not very useful. | ||
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| + | Historians seem to take great pride in publishing something new, particularly if it illustrates a weakness or mistake of a prominent historical figure. For some reason, historians and novelists seem to savor such things. If it related to a living person, it would come under the heading of gossip. History can be as misleading as gossip and much more difficult—often impossible—to verify. | ||
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| + | The writer or the teacher who has an exaggerated loyalty to the theory that everything must be told is laying a foundation for his own judgment. He should not complain if one day he himself receives as he has given. Perhaps that is what is contemplated in having one’s sins preached from the housetops. | ||
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| + | Elder Boyd K. Packer, [https://si.lds.org/bc/seminary/content/library/talks/ces-symposium-addresses/the-mantle-is-far-far-greater-than-the-intellect_eng.pdf "The Mantle is Far, Far Greater than the Intellect], CES symposium on the Doctrine and Covenants and church history, 22 august 1981, Brigham Young University | ||
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A FAIR Analysis of the online document Letter to a CES Director section "Other Concerns & Questions"
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