How do Mormons view Our Lady?

[LivingWaters7]

Judas, I am happy to see you understand that concept. LDS prophets, apostles, General Authorities have never professed they are perfect.

In the words of Joseph Smith:
"I told them I was but a man, and they must not expect me to be perfect; if they expected perfection from me, I should expect it from them; but if they would bear with my infirmities and the infirmities of the brethren, I would likewise bear with their infirmities.”

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As already mentioned (and discussed pages ago in this thread), we do not expect LDS prophets, seers, and revelators to be perfect. The Biblical prophets certainly were not perfect. Only one man was/is perfect, Jesus Christ. This is a straw man.

Are your religious leaders perfect? Do they ever say or write things in speculation?

See above. Also, Catholic leaders frequently write many books, scholarly articles, etc. I’m a big fan of the dozens of books Pope Benedict XVI has written. The important thing is that these books are based on Catholic theology, and while Catholic leaders are certainly entitled to, and do, express their opinions and views on certain matters, the Catholic Church has various measures where we can know when something is official, when a book does not contain anything that goes against Catholic faith and morals, etc.

And of course, Catholic leaders, though inspired and guided by the Holy Spirit by various means (such as the Bishops in council together as successors to the Apostles holding their apostolic office and authority, the Pope by virtue of him succeeding Peter as leader of the Church, etc), they are not prophets per se (though Catholic history has many examples of post-New Testament prophets and prophetesses).

It would be hard to know what your leaders have said, because the vast majority of Catholics and Catholic Reverts posting are not explaining and defending their Catholic faith, or providing sources of such beliefs, or even using this blog as a means to explain or defend Catholicism.

I’ve gone through pages of this blog, and don’t even know why Mary is referred to as “Our Lady” by the Catholics.

Disappointed,

mrgloop

1. This isn’t a blog. It is a forum/message board.
2. This is the Non-Catholic Religions section of the forum. Here, we discuss…Non-Catholic Religions. Sometimes, we may bring up points of Catholic doctrine in a comparative manner (I’m not sure if you’ve actually read this thread, however this has been done multiple times in this very thread), however the purpose is to discuss faiths that are not Catholic. Many of the posters, though Catholic, may also be former members of that faith, and share their personal experiences. If you actually have a question about Catholicism, you can ask it, and you can also view and post in the multitude of other sub-forums here that deal with specific aspects of Catholicism.

 

[Judas_Thaddeus]

As already mentioned (and discussed pages ago in this thread), we do not expect LDS prophets, seers, and revelators to be perfect. The Biblical prophets certainly were not perfect. Only one man was/is perfect, Jesus Christ. This is a straw man.

I beg to differ a little, though you might not have meant different than I,
but if one bears the title prophet, seer, and/or revelator etc, one ought
to be perfect in what they say. For example, Practicing polygamy as
early as 1831 doesn’t exactly make Smith Not a prophet, as we are
all sinners, but to declare in 1835 that polygamy was forbidden THEN
in 1843 sanction it as a commandment from God presents a great in-
consistency in the so-called “Prophet”, thereby ruling out the perfec-
tion of Smith in his words. Do I expect a prophet to be sinless? No,
but the course that Smith took is simply inexcusable in my book.

 

[RebeccaJ]

Pretending one’s own sins are divinely mandated actions that all should follow, and then calling that “prophetic” is more than problematic.

 

[TexanKnight]

Pretending one’s own sins are divinely mandated actions that all should follow, and then calling that “prophetic” is more than problematic.

exactly