In Friedman's book, he makes the point that there was a distinction between priests and prophets. Priests were part of a lineage and served a distinct role. Whereas prophets did not need to be a priest, they could emerge from any of the tribes, they could be anyone. Someone with "the gift."
We see this in the Book of Mormon in the personage of Samuel the Lamanite.
In the LDS church there is no recognition of such, the argument being, I suppose, that God is a god of "order." We are taught that it is not possible for our president (I.e. High priest) to lead us astray. So by definition, it seems, a rebuke directed towards him is a rebuke of God.
Samuel, climb down, we have no need for you. We are infallible in toto.
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