“Those men and women who persist in publicly challenging basic doctrines, practices, and establishment of the Church sever themselves from the Spirit of the Lord and forfeit their right to place and influence in the Church…

“There is a certain arrogance in thinking that any of us may be more spiritually intelligent, more learned, or more righteous than the Councils called to preside over us.”

James E. Faust, General Conference Reports “Keeping Covenants and Honoring Priesthood” (Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 1993).