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DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS - CHANGES AND ADDITIONS BETWEEN EDITIONS

    Along with the B. of M. and the P. of G. P., the D. & C. is one of the unique LDS books of scripture. Soon after Mormonism began in 1830, Joseph Smith began compiling his "revelations" for publication. They were being printed under the title, Book of Commandments, when conflict between the LDS and Missourians resulted in the destruction of the press on July 20, 1833. Only about 20 copies have survived from that printing. The current D. & C., Section 1, was the preface to that edition.

    In 1835, the first edition of the D. & C. was published in Kirtland, Ohio. Between the 1833 and 1835 editions, Smith added to or changed several of the "revelations." Why did the Lord need to change His revealed truth after only two years? He did not do that with the Bible! The following are some examples of the D. & C. changes.

Changes Between Editions

    1. Chapter IV of the Book of Commandments says of Joseph Smith, in verse 2: "He 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." That became D. & C. XXXII in the 1835 edition, and verse 1 said: "You have a gift to translate the plates; and this is the first gift that I bestowed upon you, and I have commanded that you should pretend to no other gift until my purpose is fulfilled in this; for I will grant unto you no other gift until it is finished." D. & C. 5:4 in the current edition reads the same as the 1835 D. & C. If God actually revealed it the way it was in the Book of Commandments, the current reading cannot possibly be true unless God can contradict Himself. But, II Tim. 2:13 says God "cannot deny (contradict) Himself.

    2. Compare the Book of Commandments, Chapter 24, verses 44-45, with the 1835 D. & C., Sec. II, Verses 15-18 or the current D. & C. 20:64-68 to see another change. The "revelation" in the Book of Commandments did not mention high priests or a high priesthood, but from 1835 to the present, it does. Which way did God reveal it? The original "revelation" claims to have been given in June of 1830. The 1835 edition gives no date. The current heading claims it was given in April of 1830, and that it "pointed out to us the precise day upon which...we should proceed to organize his Church once more upon the earth." Since the LDS Church was established on April 6, 1830, the original date of June 1830, would be a bit late to tell them to establish the Church the preceding April!

    3. The Book of Commandments Chapter XXVIII was dated September 4, 1830, and had only seven short verses. But in 1835, it became D. & C. 50, was dated September 1830 and it had about 13 additional verses! In the current edition it is D. & C. Sec. 27 dated August 1830 and the added verses are verses 5 to 18. Yet, McConkie claimed that because the B. of M., D. & C., and the P. of G.P. were revealed in English they "are accepted without qualification" (M.D., p. 764). But, which way were they revealed? Both ways cannot be accepted without qualification!

    4. Joseph Smith recorded that in January, 1835, "I was engaged in the school of the Elders, and in preparing the lectures on theology for publication in the book of Doctrine and Covenants, which the committee appointed last September were now compiling" (D.H.C., Vol. II, p. 180). Those lectures became the seven "Lectures on Faith" which made up the first part of the D. & C. from 1835 until 1921. Their deletion in 1921 was no small matter since they comprised 70 pages in the original D. & C. and 75 pages in the D. & C. editions after that. In our chapter on God, we mentioned that Joseph Smith's description of God in "Lecture Fifth" does not agree with the current LDS teachings about God. That is one reason for their deletion. Were the LDS misled by the D. & C. from 1835 to 1921? If they were not misled, why were the "Lectures on Faith" deleted when Joseph Smith himself prepared them for inclusion in the D. & C.?

Additions to the Doctrine and Covenants

    In the current D. & C., 135 out of 138 sections were given by Joseph Smith. Yet, LDS claim, "With prophets and new revelation for the current guidance of the people also comes new scripture, for as the divinely-given revelations are recorded they are added to the existing volume of holy writ and in this way the body of scripture grows. This then is another sign of the true church... Revelation, therefore, is an essential part of the true church, constant, current revelation (editorial, Deseret News, Church News Section" September 3, 1966, p. 16).

    With the exception of the 1890 "Official Declaration," which is usually called the Woodruff Manifesto, until 1976 the most recent addition to the D. & C. was Section 136 by Brigham Young, dated January 14, 1847. Then on April 3, 1976, the LDS Church voted to add Joseph Smith's January 21, 1836, "Vision of the Celestial Kingdom" and Joseph F. Smith's October 3, 1918, "Vision of the Redemption of the Dead" to the P.of G.P. But, neither 1836 nor 1918 can be considered current revelations! Since neither of those visions were "scripture" until 1976, why didn't God wait until 1976 to give them? Then they really would be current revelations. Those two visions were deleted from the P. of G.P. and became Section 137 and 138 in the D. & C. in 1981. President Spencer Kimball's June 8, 1978, statement allowing "all worthy male member of the (LDS) Church" to hold the LDS priesthood was also added to the D. & C. in 1981. It is called "Official Declaration-2" and was given to end LDS discrimination against the Negroid race. Black men could not be ordained into the LDS Priesthood prior to 1978 which also excluded them from LDS temple rites. The 1890 Manifesto which was given to end LDS polygamy is now "Official Declaration-1." Many LDS consider this 1890 declaration to be a revelation. But it simply says, "I now publicly declare that my advice to the Latter-day saints is to refrain from contracting any marriage forbidden by the law of the land." It was signed by the 4th LDS Prophet, Wilford Woodruff, but Charles Penrose and others compiled it. Since only LDS Prophets can receive revelation for the LDS church (D. & C. 43:3-6), can the Woodruff Manifesto be a revelation? The LDS already had the 12th Article of Faith, which says: "We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law." So, why did the LDS need "Official Declaration -1" unless they were breaking the law regarding marriage? Both "Official Declarations" came when the LDS Church was under enormous social and legal pressure to abandon polygamy and to stop discriminating against Blacks. Does God reveal His will only under pressure?

- from "Mormon Claims Answered", by Marvin W. Cowan, 1997, utlm.org