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| − | == Church sources discussing issues with Changes to the Doctrine and Covenants==
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| − | ===Changes to D&C revelations===
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| − | ====The ''Ensign''====
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| − | *'''January 2013 ''Ensign''''': '''Many Revelations Were Later Revised by Joseph Smith through Inspiration.''' Over the course of the first five years of the Church, Joseph and others under his direction made changes and corrections to some of the early revelation texts in an attempt to more closely portray the intent of the revelation. Other times, especially as the revelations were being prepared for publication, Joseph was inspired to update the contents of the revelations to reflect a growing Church structure and new circumstances. At times this process resulted in substantial additions to the original text.5 As early as November 1831, a Church conference resolved that “Joseph Smith Jr. correct those errors or mistakes which he may discover by the Holy Spirit while reviewing the revelations and commandments and also the fullness of the scriptures.”<br>—{{Ensign1|author=Gerrit Dirkmaat|article=Great and Marvelous Are the Revelations of God|date=January 2013}} {{link|url=http://www.lds.org/ensign/2013/01/great-and-marvelous-are-the-revelations-of-god?lang=eng}}
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| − | *'''July 2009 ''Ensign''''': In some instances, when a new revelation changed or updated what had previously been received, '''the Prophet edited the earlier written revelation''' to reflect the new understanding. Thus, as his doctrinal knowledge clarified and expanded, so did the recorded revelations. They were characterized by the changing nature of his understanding of the sacred subject matter. The Prophet did not believe that revelations, once recorded, could not be changed by further revelation. <br>—{{Ensign1|author=Marlin K. Jensen|article=The Joseph Smith Papers: The Manuscript Revelation Books|date=July 2009|start=46–51}}{{ea}} {{link|url=http://www.lds.org/ensign/2009/07/the-joseph-smith-papers-the-manuscript-revelation-books}}
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| − | *'''February 1985 ''Ensign''''': Many of the '''editing changes occurred after the revelations were printed''' in the Book of Commandments. <br>—{{Ensign1|author=Melvin J. Petersen|article=Preparing Early Revelations for Publication|date=February 1985|start=14}}{{link|url=http://www.lds.org/ensign/1985/02/preparing-early-revelations-for-publication?lang=eng}}
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| − | *'''January 1985 ''Ensign''''': However, a correct understanding of the nature of the revelations the Prophet Joseph Smith received and how he updated them in light of continued revelation explains why many changes occurred. Indeed, '''each of the sections has been edited to some degree''', demonstrating that Joseph Smith did not receive all these revelations as word-for-word dictations from the Lord (although he may have received some this way). Rather, he received inspiration and wrote the revelations using his own words, often couched in Victorian English. <br>—{{Ensign1|author=Robert J. Woodford|article=How the Revelations in the Doctrine and Covenants Were Received and Compiled|date=January 1985|start=27}} {{ea}} {{link|url=http://www.lds.org/ensign/1985/01/how-the-revelations-in-the-doctrine-and-covenants-were-received-and-compiled?lang=eng}}
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| − | *'''December 1984 ''Ensign''''': This was the beginning of controversies and charges made by persons who do not know or understand that '''the text of recorded revelation can be edited and “changed.”''' First, we must recognize that Joseph Smith’s purposeful changes are in a different category from copying errors. <br>—{{Ensign1|author=Robert J. Woodford|article=The Story of the Doctrine and Covenants|date=December 1984|start=32}} {{ea}} {{link|url=http://www.lds.org/ensign/1984/12/the-story-of-the-doctrine-and-covenants?lang=eng}}
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| − | *'''May 1974 ''Ensign''''': Some have alleged that these books of revelation are false, and they place in evidence changes that have occurred in the texts of these scriptures since their original publication. They cite these changes, of which there are many examples, as though they themselves were announcing revelation. As though they were the only ones that knew of them. '''Of course there have been changes and corrections'''. Anyone who has done even limited research knows that. When properly reviewed, such corrections become a testimony for, not against, the truth of the books. <br>—{{Ensign1|author=Boyd K. Packer|article=We Believe All That God Has Revealed|date=May 1974|start=93}} {{ea}} {{link|url=http://www.lds.org/ensign/1974/05/we-believe-all-that-god-has-revealed?lang=eng}}; also in {{CR1|author=Boyd K. Packer|date=April 1974|article=We Believe All That God Has Revealed|start=137}}
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