[Dan]

Well, would you consider the prophet, over the pulpit in general conference, caliming it to be true and saying it is true in the name of the Lord as enough to satisfy the Official Doctrine threashhold? BY did that. He saw that it was taught for over 25 years. It was as official as you can get without either an official declaration or new cannonized revelation. However, official doctrine can always be changed by the ones currently in charge. Why do we try to hide AG these days? Well, to admit to the past in its regard, we in essence claim that Brigham was a false prophet, at least on that issue.

And, to argue that BY was just confused between the identity of Elohim or Jehovah or Adam which led to his 'false' concept just wont do. There are other issues involved in his concept that would not matter if he was talking about Elohim or Jehovah or Michael as the father of our spirits. If you take a few hours to read the information I posted in links last night, it will be pretty darn clear what BY believed on this topic. The Jehovah doctrine was not really even 'officially' cleared up until Talmage exounded the concept that Jesus was Jehovah, which today, most LDS accept without question. But if you delve into it, it just isn't as neat and tidy as one would think. Jehovah is claerly a name title for the Father of Adam as well as Elohim. there is much more involved there.