In the office notes of President David O. McKay, dated January 8, 1960, we read the following comment about Bruce McConkie's book, Mormon Doctrine:
Such should serve as a warning to those critics who wish to cite McConkie's book was being as authoritative a source as they wish for it to be at times.
Further Reading:
Bruce R. McConkie and the Fallibility of the Chapter Headings
We [the First Presidency of the church] decided that Bruce R. McConkie’s book, 'Mormon Doctrine' recently published by Bookcraft Company, must not be re-published, as it is full of errors and misstatements, and it is most unfortunate that it has received such wide circulation. It is reported to us that Brother McConkie has made corrections to his book, and is now preparing another edition. We decided this morning that we do not want him to publish another edition. (as cited by Erich Robert Paul, Science, Religion, and Mormon Cosmology [Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1992], 179)
Such should serve as a warning to those critics who wish to cite McConkie's book was being as authoritative a source as they wish for it to be at times.
Further Reading:
Bruce R. McConkie and the Fallibility of the Chapter Headings
