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Why the lds church felt compelled to change the book of commandments to the D&C, and why did they change the revelations from the book of commandments when they printed the d&c

2007-04-06 13:43:56 · 4 answers · asked by Matthew H 2 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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Mormons are intelligent and stupid because they always eat chocolate and I cant have coffee. both have caffiene yet chocolate deserts have fat.

2007-04-06 14:00:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

This comes from an excerpt from a talk that describes the whole history of the Doctrine and Covenants:
"The change of the name from Book of Commandments to Doctrine and Covenants reflected a change in the contents of the book. The Book of Commandments contained only revelations. The Doctrine and Covenants contained the “Lectures on Faith”—seven theological treatises—in the first part, which was titled “On the Doctrine of the Church of the Latter-day Saints”; and the revelations, or “PART SECOND, Covenants and Commandments” in the second part. The title, “Doctrine and Covenants,” probably came from the titles of the two parts of the book. In 1921 the “Lectures on Faith” were removed from the Doctrine and Covenants, “not because they were called in question, for they are excellent lectures of great value on the the principles of faith, but because they were not revelations.” (Hyrum M. Smith and Janne M. Sjodahl, Doctrine and Covenants Commentary, Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1957, p. xvii.)"

I highly suggest you read the whole talk here, as it offers much more detail and understanding of how the book came to be from start to finish:
http://www.lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=b23605481ae6b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1

Thanks

2007-04-07 05:39:30 · answer #2 · answered by daisyk 6 · 0 0

This is a twist into final cutting-off.

2007-04-06 13:51:55 · answer #3 · answered by Harvard 4 · 0 0

When it comes to our scriptures, we do what God tells us. No more, no less.

2007-04-06 18:50:49 · answer #4 · answered by mormon_4_jesus 7 · 2 0

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