History Literature / DoctrineAndCovenants

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Sections 77 and 113 use a Question and Answer format.

* AgainstMyReligion: for LDS, D&C 89 serves as a well known example, forbidding the consumption of strong drinks (which the LDS Church interprets as drinks with any quantity of alcohol), hot drinks (which the LDS Church interprets as tea and coffee, regardless of temperature) and tobacco (which prohibition the LDS Church extends to apply to marijuana and to hard drugs), and also requesting moderation of meat intake (although this doesn't tend to be preached or policed to the same extent). It was originally presented as "not by commandment, or constraint, but by revelation and the word of wisdom", and has acquired the name Word of Wisdom, although the LDS Church tends to teach that it has since been made a commandment, and it is required to qualify for a temple recommend (the Community of Christ still tends to view it as a [[HundredPercentCompletion voluntary covenant]] to a greater extent, doesn't have a concept of temple worthiness, and does not share the LDS interpretation of "hot drinks").

** [[https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/book-of-commandments-1833/64 Chapter 28]] of the Book of Commandments (now LDS section 27 or [=CofC=] section 26) was considerably shorter than in later editions. The additions include elaboration on the remark about the Armour of God, notably adding the statement that "ye shall be caught up, that where I am ye shall be also", and a lengthy elaboration on "those whom my Father hath given me out of the world" in terms of holders of various priesthood keys, equating the ArchangelMichael to Adam, and identifying an "Elias" distinct from Elijah[[labelnote:*]]an interpretation of Matthew 17:11-13: "Elias" is normally the name Elijah with a Greek declining suffix, and indeed more recent Bible translations simply render it "Elijah", though Joseph Smith seems to have understood the "spirit of Elias" and "spirit of Elijah" to be different things[[/labelnote]] as the angel who appeared to Zacharias in the Gospel of Luke to announce the future conception of John the Baptist. Some smaller denominations dispute the longer version of this section.

* AgainstMyReligion: for LDS, D&C 89 serves as a well known example, forbidding the consumption of strong drinks (which the LDS Church interprets as drinks with any quantity of alcohol), hot drinks (which the LDS Church interprets as tea and coffee, regardless of temperature) and tobacco (which prohibition the LDS Church extends to apply to marijuana and to hard drugs), and also requesting moderation of meat intake (although this doesn't tend to be preached or policed to the same extent). It was originally presented as "not by commandment, or constraint, but by revelation and the word of wisdom", and has acquired the name Word of Wisdom, although the LDS Church tends to teach that it has since been made a commandment, and it is required to qualify for a temple recommend (the Community of Christ still tends to view it as a [[HundredPercentCompletion voluntary covenant]]).

* OrwellianRetcon: Several sections differ from their text in the original edition (i.e. Book of Commandments), with no acknowledgement that they have been changed. David Whitmer of the Three Witnesses, after breaking with Joseph Smith, later [[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/An_Address_to_All_Believers_in_Christ/Part_Second/Chapter_VIII highlighted several of these changes]] as evidence for his claims that Joseph Smith had been called to bring forth the Book of Mormon but subsequently started teaching false doctrine. Although the LDS Church and Community of Christ both use the later versions of the sections, i.e. consider the revisions to also be inspired, some smaller denominations side with Whitmer on this.

** [[https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/book-of-commandments-1833/14 Chapter 4]] of the Book of Commandments (now section 5 in both editions) states that Joseph Smith "has a gift to translate the book, and I have commanded him that he shall pretend to no other gift, for I will grant him no other gift", which could be interpreted as making Joseph Smith's claims to prophetic calling after the Book of Mormon was finished invalid. Later editions describe it as the "first gift", and that he would receive no other gift "until it is finished".

** Some Mormon denominations reject certain sections of the LDS edition because they believe they weren't inspired or written by Joseph Smith. For example, the LDS Church omitted a verse in D&C 101 affirming monogamy because it was believed to have been written by Oliver Cowdery; and the Community of Christ rejects the teachings on plural marriage in LDS D&C 132. Also, the Cutlerites continued following the Law of Consecration and believe the sections on tithing weren't written by Joseph Smith.

* OrwellianRetcon: Several sections differ from their text in the original edition (i.e. Book of Commandments). David Whitmer of the Three Witnesses, after breaking with Joseph Smith, later [[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/An_Address_to_All_Believers_in_Christ/Part_Second/Chapter_VIII highlighted several of these changes]] as evidence for his claims that Joseph Smith had been called to bring forth the Book of Mormon but subsequently started teaching false doctrine. Although the LDS Church and Community of Christ both use the later versions of the sections, i.e. consider the revisions to also be inspired, some smaller denominations side with Whitmer on this.

** [[https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/book-of-commandments-1833/64 Chapter 28]] of the Book of Commandments (now LDS section 27 or [=CofC=] section 26) was considerably shorter than in later editions. Some smaller denominations dispute the longer version of this section.

** [[https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/book-of-commandments-1833/64 Chapter 28]] of the Book of Commandments (now LDS section 27 or CofC section 26) was considerably shorter than in later editions. Some smaller denominations dispute the longer version of this section.

* OrwellianRetcon: Several sections differ from their text in the original edition (i.e. Book of Commandments). David Whitmer of the Three Witnesses, after breaking with Joseph Smith, later [[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/An_Address_to_All_Believers_in_Christ/Part_Second/Chapter_VIII highlighted several of these changes]] as evidence for his claims that Joseph Smith had been called to bring forth the Book of Mormon but subsequently started teaching false doctrine. Although the LDS Church and Community of Christ both use the later versions of the sections, some smaller denominations side with Whitmer on this.

* OrwellianRetcon: [[https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/book-of-commandments-1833/23 Section 7]] of the Book of Commandments (now section 8 in both editions) contains some explanation about how Oliver Cowdery's success with using a dowsing or divining rod only worked due to a gift of the Spirit, and that there was nothing else that would allow it to work. This section originally referred to Oliver's gift as "the gift of working with the rod", but the wording was changed to the more cryptic "the gift of Aaron" in later editions.

** The LDS D&C has 132 sections and two official declarations, compared to 111 in the last of the three editions published in Joseph Smith's lifetime. The LDS Church mostly focused on adding additional documents from Joseph Smith's lifetime (including the disputed plural marriage section), with the only sections originating after Joseph Smith being 136 and 138 (plus both Official Declarations). Some of the added sections were excerpted from Literature/ThePearlOfGreatPrice: sections 2 and 13 are excerpts from Joseph Smith–History, and sections 77, 87 and (much later) 137 and 138 first appeared in the Pearl of Great Price before being moved.

* ArtifactTitle: the name of Doctrine and Covenants was adopted for the second edition, which combined the expanded Book of Commandments (renamed the Book of Covenants) with the newly added Lectures of Faith (or Book of Doctrine) in a [[{{Omnibus}} single volume]]. Neither the LDS Church nor the Community of Christ consider the Lectures of Faith canon today, but both continue to use the name Doctrine and Covenants for what is now just the Covenants part (plus the Official Declarations, in the LDS edition).

** The LDS D&C has 132 sections and two official declarations, compared to 111 in the last of the three editions published in Joseph Smith's lifetime. The LDS Church mostly focused on adding additional documents from Joseph Smith's lifetime (including the disputed plural marriage section), with the only sections originating after Joseph Smith being 136 and 138 (plus both Official Declarations). Some of the added sections were excerpted from Literature/ThePearlOfGreatPrice: sections 2 and 13 are excerpts from Joseph Smith–History, and sections 77, 87 and (much later) 137 and 138 briefly appeared in the Pearl of Great Price before being moved.

** The LDS D&C has 132 sections and two official declarations, compared to 111 in the last of the three editions published in Joseph Smith's lifetime. The LDS Church mostly focused on adding additional documents from Joseph Smith's lifetime (including the disputed plural marriage section), with the only sections originating after Joseph Smith being 136 and 138 (plus both Official Declarations). Some of the added sections were excerpted from Literature/ThePearlOfGreatPrice: sections 2 and 13 are excerpts from Joseph Smith–History, and sections 77 and (much later) 137 and 138 briefly appeared in the Pearl of Great Price before being moved.

* AgainstMyReligion: for LDS, D&C 89 serves as a well known example, forbidding the consumption of strong drinks, hot drinks (which the LDS Church interprets as tea and coffee, regardless of temperature) and tobacco, and also requesting moderation of meat intake (although this doesn't tend to be preached or policed to the same extent). It was originally presented as "not by commandment, or constraint, but by revelation and the word of wisdom", and has acquired the name Word of Wisdom, although the LDS Church tends to teach that it has since been made a commandment, and it is required to qualify for a temple recommend (the Community of Christ still tends to view it as a [[HundredPercentCompletion voluntary covenant]]).

** In Section 132, the Lord explains that the ancient prophets like Abraham, Moses, and Solomon were justified in taking multiple wives because He commanded them to do so. God then gives the same commandment to Joseph Smith. This section is included by the LDS Church, although the Doctrine and Covenants of the main-line LDS Church includes Official Declaration 1, which denounces and prohibits the practice of plural marriage.[[note]]It continued in the highest echelons of the church behind the president's back for some time later, on the assumption that OD1 was merely to placate secular authorities and section 132 was the "real" commandment, and rival "fundamentalist" Mormon denominations still practice it, citing section 132 as their scriptural basis.[[/note]]

* MarryThemAll: In Section 132, the Lord explains that the ancient prophets like Abraham, Moses, and Solomon were justified in taking multiple wives because He commanded them to do so. God then gives the same commandment to Joseph Smith. This section is included by the LDS Church, although the Doctrine and Covenants of the main-line LDS Church includes Official Declaration 1, which denounces the practice of plural marriage.[[note]]It continued in the highest echelons of the church behind the president's back for some time later, and rival "fundamentalist" Mormon denominations still practice it, with section 132 as scriptural basis.[[/note]] RLDS tradition does not consider this section to be true scripture, seeing that it goes against at least a surface reading of Literature/TheBookOfMormon,[[note]]which generally condemns polygamy, but leaves open the possibility for God to instruct otherwise in particular circumstances—in particular, however, the Book of Mormon portrays David and Solomon as having sinned for having multiple wives, while section 132 [[{{Retcon}} portrays them as having not sinned]][[/note]] and indeed the Community of Christ D&C forbids it in its section 111 (which does not have an LDS edition number, because the LDS have not included it since 1876).

* MarryThemAll: In Section 132, the Lord explains that the ancient prophets like Abraham, Moses, and Solomon were justified in taking multiple wives because He commanded them to do so. God then gives the same commandment to Joseph Smith. This section is included by the LDS Church, although the Doctrine and Covenants of the main-line LDS Church includes Official Declaration 1, which denounces the practice of plural marriage.[[note]]It continued in the highest echelons of the church behind the president's back for some time later, and rival "fundamentalist" Mormon denominations still practice it, with section 132 as scriptural basis.[[/note]] RLDS tradition does not consider this section to be true scripture, and indeed the Community of Christ D&C forbids it in section 111 (which the LDS have not included since 1876).

* MarryThemAll: In Section 132, the Lord explains that the ancient prophets like Abraham, Moses, and Solomon were justified in taking multiple wives because He commanded them to do so. God then gives the same commandment to Joseph Smith.

* CompressedAdaptation: Sections 121 through 123 of the LDS Church edition are modified from a couple of epistles sent by Joseph Smith from Liberty Jail ([[https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-to-the-church-and-edward-partridge-20-march-1839/1 first]], [[https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-to-edward-partridge-and-the-church-circa-22-march-1839/1 second]], [[https://faculty.cs.byu.edu/~clement/rel325/liberty-jail.htm cleaned up transcript of both]]). Section 121 consists of a number of cut-up excerpts from mostly the first epistle (plus the unrighteous dominion discourse from the second) stuck together, with no indication that the material between them has been removed. Sections 122 and 123 are single excerpts from the second one, although the fact that the first verse of 122 was supposed to directly follow the last verse of 121 is not indicated (this is the only place in the Doctrine and Covenants where this is the case, since the sections mostly originate as separate documents).

** The Community of Christ edition currently has 165 section numbers, although the actual section count is slightly different, due to the occasional annexed section with numbers like 149A, and five sections which are no longer included but which weren't renumbered. The RLDS Church focused on adding new material authored by prophet-presidents and canonised by conference vote, and took the opposite approach to the material from Joseph Smith's lifetime, demoting or removing five sections considered "historical", three of which were temple-related instruction from the Nauvoo period which was argued not to apply following Joseph Smith's death and the subsequent scattering and re-organisation of the church (for example [[http://www.scripturetoolbox.com/html/d_c/Section/107.html section 107]], equivalent to LDS section 124, was moved to a historical appendix in 1970 and then [[https://communityofchristscripture.blogspot.com/2013/09/d-section-107.html deleted in 1990]]). The exception is sections 22 and 36, which are excerpts from the Joseph Smith Translation (specifically from the part that the LDS Church calls the [[Literature/ThePearlOfGreatPrice Book of Moses]]).[[note]][=CofC=] section 36 contains part of the Zion of Enoch narrative, and corresponds to chapter 7 of the Pearl of Great Price Book of Moses and chapter 7 of the JST version of Genesis (the first part of which uses somewhat different chapter breaks to the non-JST bible due to the extra Enoch material, although they sync up later in the book). [=CofC=] section 22 contains the "this is my work and my glory" visions attributed to Moses, corresponding to Moses chapter 1 in the Pearl of Great Price and an untitled introduction attached to (but not included in) Genesis in the JST.[[/note]]

** The Community of Christ edition currently has 165 section numbers, although the actual section count is slightly different, due to the occasional annexed section with numbers like 149A, and five sections which are no longer included but which weren't renumbered. The RLDS Church focused on adding new material authored by prophet-presidents and canonised by conference vote, and took the opposite approach to the material from Joseph Smith's lifetime, demoting or removing five sections considered "historical", three of which were temple-related instruction from the Nauvoo period which was argued not to apply following Joseph Smith's death and the subsequent scattering and re-organisation of the church (for example [[http://www.scripturetoolbox.com/html/d_c/Section/107.html section 107]], equivalent to LDS section 124, was moved to a historical appendix in 1970 and then [[https://communityofchristscripture.blogspot.com/2013/09/d-section-107.html deleted in 1990]]). The exception is sections 22 and 36, which are excerpts from the Joseph Smith Translation (specifically from the part that the LDS Church calls the [[Literature/ThePearlOfGreatPrice Book of Moses]]).[[note]][=CofC=] section 36 contains part of the Zion of Enoch narrative, and corresponds to chapter 7 of the Pearl of Great Price Book of Moses and chapter 7 of the JST version of Genesis (the first part of which uses slightly different chapter breaks to the non-JST bible due to the extra Enoch material, although they sync up later in the book). [=CofC=] section 22 contains the "this is my work and my glory" visions attributed to Moses, corresponding to Moses chapter 1 in the Pearl of Great Price and an untitled introduction attached to (but not included in) Genesis in the JST.[[/note]]

** The Community of Christ edition currently has 165 section numbers, although the actual section count is slightly different, due to the occasional annexed section with numbers like 149A, and five sections which are no longer included but which weren't renumbered. The RLDS Church focused on adding new material authored by prophet-presidents and canonised by conference vote, and took the opposite approach to the material from Joseph Smith's lifetime, demoting or removing five sections considered "historical", three of which were temple-related instruction from the Nauvoo period which was argued not to apply following Joseph Smith's death and the subsequent scattering and re-organisation of the church (for example [[http://www.scripturetoolbox.com/html/d_c/Section/107.html section 107]], equivalent to LDS section 124, was moved to a historical appendix in 1970 and then [[https://communityofchristscripture.blogspot.com/2013/09/d-section-107.html deleted in 1990]]). The exception is sections 22 and 36, which are excerpts from the Joseph Smith Translation (specifically from the part that the LDS Church calls the [[Literature/ThePearlOfGreatPrice Book of Moses]]).[[note]][=CofC=] section 36 contains part of the Zion of Enoch narrative, and corresponds to chapter 7 of the Pearl of Great Price Book of Moses and chapter 7 of the JST version of Genesis (the first part of which uses slightly different chapters to usual due to the extra Enoch material, although they sync up later in the book). [=CofC=] section 22 contains the "this is my work and my glory" visions attributed to Moses, corresponding to Moses chapter 1 in the Pearl of Great Price and an untitled introduction attached to (but not included in) Genesis in the JST.[[/note]]

** The Community of Christ edition currently has 165 section numbers, although the actual section count is slightly different, due to the occasional annexed section with numbers like 149A, and five sections which are no longer included but which weren't renumbered. The RLDS Church focused on adding new material authored by prophet-presidents and canonised by conference vote, and took the opposite approach to the material from Joseph Smith's lifetime, demoting or removing five sections considered "historical", three of which were temple-related instruction from the Nauvoo period which was argued not to apply following Joseph Smith's death and the subsequent scattering and re-organisation of the church (for example [[http://www.scripturetoolbox.com/html/d_c/Section/107.html section 107]], equivalent to LDS section 124, was moved to a historical appendix in 1970 and then [[https://communityofchristscripture.blogspot.com/2013/09/d-section-107.html deleted in 1990]]). The exception is sections 22 and 36, which are excerpts from the Joseph Smith Translation (specifically from the part that the LDS Church calls the [[Literature/ThePearlOfGreatPrice Book of Moses]]).[[note]]CofC section 36 contains part of the Zion of Enoch narrative, and corresponds to chapter 7 of the Pearl of Great Price Book of Moses and chapter 7 of the JST version of Genesis (the first part of which uses slightly different chapters to usual due to the extra Enoch material, although they sync up later in the book). CofC section 22 contains the "this is my work and my glory" visions attributed to Moses, corresponding to Moses chapter 1 in the Pearl of Great Price and an untitled introduction attached to (but not included in) Genesis in the JST.[[/note]]

** The Community of Christ edition currently has 165 section numbers, although the actual section count is slightly different, due to the occasional annexed section with numbers like 149A, and five sections which are no longer included but which weren't renumbered. The RLDS Church focused on adding new material authored by prophet-presidents and canonised by conference vote, and took the opposite approach to the material from Joseph Smith's lifetime, demoting or removing five sections considered "historical", three of which were temple-related instruction from the Nauvoo period which was argued not to apply following Joseph Smith's death and the subsequent scattering and re-organisation of the church (for example [[http://www.scripturetoolbox.com/html/d_c/Section/107.html section 107]], equivalent to LDS section 124, was moved to a historical appendix in 1970 and then [[https://communityofchristscripture.blogspot.com/2013/09/d-section-107.html deleted in 1990]]). The exception is sections 22 and 36, which are excerpts from the Joseph Smith Translation (specifically from the part that the LDS Church calls the [[Literature/ThePearlOfGreatPrice Book of Moses]]).

* CompressedAdaptation: Sections 121 through 123 of the LDS Church edition are modified from a couple of epistles sent by Joseph Smith from Liberty Jail ([[https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-to-the-church-and-edward-partridge-20-march-1839/1 first]], [[https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-to-edward-partridge-and-the-church-circa-22-march-1839/1 second]], [[https://faculty.cs.byu.edu/~clement/rel325/liberty-jail.htm cleaned up transcript of both]]). Section 121 consists of a number of excerpts from mostly the first epistle (plus the unrighteous dominion discourse from the second) stuck together, with no indication that the material between them has been removed. Sections 122 and 123 are single excerpts from the second one, although there is no indication that the first verse of 122 was supposed to directly follow the last verse of 121 (the only place in the Doctrine and Covenants where this is the case, as opposed to the sections being separate documents in mostly chronological order).

* CompressedAdaptation: Sections 121 through 123 of the LDS Church edition are modified from a couple of epistles sent by Joseph Smith from Liberty Jail ([[https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-to-the-church-and-edward-partridge-20-march-1839/1 first]], [[https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-to-edward-partridge-and-the-church-circa-22-march-1839/1 second]], [[https://faculty.cs.byu.edu/~clement/rel325/liberty-jail.htm cleaned up transcript of both]]). Section 121 consists of a number of excerpts from mostly the first epistle (plus the unrighteous dominion discourse from the second) stuck together, with no indication that the material between them has been removed. Sections 122 and 123 are single excerpts from the second one, although there is no indication that the first verse of 122 was supposed to directly follow the last verse of 121 (the only place in the Doctrine and C

ovenants where this is the case, as opposed to the sections being separate documents in mostly chronological order).

* OrwellianRetcon:
** [[https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/book-of-commandments-1833/23 Section 7]] of the Book of Commandments (now section 8 in both editions) contains some explanation about how Oliver Cowdery's success with using a dowsing or divining rod only worked due to a gift of the Spirit, and that there was nothing else that would allow it to work. This section originally referred to Oliver's gift as "the gift of working with the rod", but the wording was changed to the more cryptic "the gift of Aaron" in later editions.
** Sections 121 through 123 of the LDS Church edition are modified from a couple of epistles sent by Joseph Smith from Liberty Jail ([[https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-to-the-church-and-edward-partridge-20-march-1839/1 first]], [[https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-to-edward-partridge-and-the-church-circa-22-march-1839/1 second]], [[https://faculty.cs.byu.edu/~clement/rel325/liberty-jail.htm cleaned up transcript of both]]). Section 121 consists of a number of excerpts from mostly the first epistle (plus the unrighteous dominion discourse from the second) stuck together, with no indication that the material between them has been removed. Sections 122 and 123 are single excerpts from the second one, although there is no indication that the first verse of 122 was supposed to directly follow the last verse of 121 (the only place in the Doctrine and Covenants where this is the case, as opposed to the sections being separate documents in mostly chronological order).