Source Report Card
Chapter 30: Welcome to the Rumor Mill: How a Prophecy Rumor Gets Built
| Source | Who | When | Chain | Rung | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Thessalonians 2:2 (and JST) | Paul | 1st century | 1st-hand | 1: Scripture | A+ |
| D&C 28:2, 9, 11; D&C 43:3-6 | The Lord, through Joseph Smith | Sept 1830; Feb 1831 | 1st-hand | 1: Scripture | A+ |
| D&C 28 section heading (Page's revelations "concerning the upbuilding of Zion and the order of the Church") | Church editors | modern edition | 1st-hand | 2: Official Church | A |
| Matthew 24:36 | Jesus Christ | NT | 1st-hand | 1: Scripture | A+ |
| D&C 49:7 | The Lord, through Joseph Smith | May 1831 | 1st-hand | 1: Scripture | A+ |
| D&C 130:14-17 | Joseph Smith's account of a voice, recorded by William Clayton, later canonized | 2 Apr 1843 | 1st-hand (canonized from a clerk's notes) | 1: Scripture | A+ |
| Discourse notes, "about 1890" (see Chapter 15) | Joseph Smith, per Willard Richards' notes (then an apostle) | 6 Apr 1843 | 2nd-hand, single note | 4: Prophet, unofficial | C |
| "A Warning Voice," Improvement Era 16:1148-49 | First Presidency (President Joseph F. Smith; Anthon H. Lund, then First Counselor; Charles W. Penrose, then Second Counselor) | Sept 1913 | 1st-hand | 2: Official Church | A |
| Gospel Topics essay "Race and the Priesthood" | The Church | 2013 | 1st-hand | 2: Official Church | A |
| Newsroom statement on preparedness | The Church | 26 Sept 2015 | 1st-hand | 2: Official Church | A |
| Conference Report: White Horse "simply false" | Joseph F. Smith (then Church President) | Oct 1918 | 1st-hand | 3: Prophet, official | A |
| "Admonitions for the Priesthood of God" | Harold B. Lee (then Church President) | Oct 1972 | 1st-hand | 3: Prophet, official | A |
| "When Shall These Things Be?" (Ensign, Dec 1996; from a BYU devotional that March) | M. Russell Ballard (then Quorum of the Twelve) | 1996 | 1st-hand | 3: Apostle, official | A |
| "All Are Alike unto God," CES symposium (paraphrased) | Bruce R. McConkie (then Quorum of the Twelve) | 18 Aug 1978 | 1st-hand | 4: Apostle, unofficial | B |
| Stake-conference "somebody knows when" quotes | Unnamed, word of mouth | Ongoing | Untraceable | 6: Folk prophecy | F |