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Contents
Criticism
Joseph Smith made revisions, additions, and deletions to his early revelations when preparing them for publication. Critics claim that revelations from God are inerrant and should never be changed, and this proves that Joseph Smith did not receive revelation. [needs work]
Further reading
FAIR wiki articles
- Book of Mormon textual changes
- Lectures_on_Faith_removed_from_Doctrine_and_Covenants
- God a personage of spirit?
- Pearl of Great Price textual changes
FAIR web site
- FairMormon Topical Guide: Changes in the D&C FairMormon link
External links
- Stephen R. Gibson, "Why Did Joseph Smith Make Changes In the Doctrine & Covenants?," One-Minute Answers to Anti-Mormon Questions (Bountiful, Utah: Horizon Publishers) off-site
- Melvin J. Petersen, "Preparing Early Revelations for Publication," Ensign (February 1985): 14.off-site
- Melvin J. Petersen, A Study of the Nature of and the Significance of the Changes in the Revelations as Found in a Comparison of the Book of Commandments and Subsequent Editions of the Doctrine and Covenants, master's thesis, Brigham Young University, 1955. off-site
- Robert J. Woodford, "Doctrine and Covenants Editions," in Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 4 vols., edited by Daniel H. Ludlow, (New York, Macmillan Publishing, 1992), 1:425–427.off-site
- Robert J. Woodford, "How the Revelations in the Doctrine and Covenants Were Received and Compiled," Ensign (January 1985): 27. off-site
- Robert J. Woodford, "The Story of the Doctrine and Covenants," Ensign (December 1984): 32. off-site
Printed material
- Boyd K. Packer, Conference Report (April 1974), 137.
- Robert J. Woodford, The Historical Development of the Doctrine and Covenants, Ph.D. dissertation (3 volumes), Brigham Young University, 1974. (Available from UMI Dissertation Express; order number 8027231.)