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● What are several key principles to remember when considering Doctrine and Covenants revelations— including why written revelations have sometimes been altered? - Transcription errors Additional revelation received Wanted to make clarifications, wanted explain better for the members Typesetting mistakes by the printer 4 types of doctrine - Core, supportive, policy, esoteric 5 factors for evaluating a historical source - Primary source Contemporary account Objective perspective Rela...

What are the six foundational time periods of Church history covered in this class (titles and years)? - Beginnings: Two church centers: Nauvoo: Church in the West: Expansion: Worldwide Church: 1990-present What is "doctrine"? - Teachings of the church What are the four types of doctrine? - Core - unchanging truths of salvation Supportive- timely expandings on core doctrine Policy- timely statements relating to application Esoteric- unknown or partially revealed truths Wh...

What are the six foundational time periods of Church history covered in this class(titles and years)? - Beginnings () Two Church Centers () Nauvoo () Church in the west () Expansion () Worldwide Church (1990-Present) What is "doctrine"? - An authorized teaching What are the four types of doctrine? - Esoteric- unknown or only partially revealed or yet to be revealed truths policy- timely statements related to applications of supportive or core doctrine Supportive- elaborate, descri...

What are the Manuscript Revelation Books? - Answer The book of commandments and revelations and the Kirtland revelation book. Most revelations that were recorded on loose leaf paper and then put together into books What is the 1833 Book of Commandments? - Answer First book of Joseph's revelation that was hindered in its printing due to the printing shop being burned down

How did we get The Pearl of Great Price, and when was it canonized? - Answer Apostle Franklin D. Richards compiled the Pearl of Great Price while serving as president of the British mission. The book was widely used as the church grew, and in 1880 church leaders voted it into the canonized standard works. Where was the Church first commanded to gather in this dispensation? - Answer Kirtland, Ohio

Which Doctrine and Covenants section is the great revelation on the three degrees of heavenly glory? - correct answer D&C 76 What was Joseph Smith doing immediately prior to receiving D&C 76? - correct answer PRAYING! Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon moved to Hiram, Ohio, in order to have more time to work on the "New Translation" of the Bible or "JST". What is a central message of D&C 76? - correct answer PLAN OF SALVATION- groundbreaking doctrine regarding the nature of the afterlife a...

Which Doctrine and Covenants section is the great revelation on the three degrees of heavenly glory? - correct answer D&C 76 What was Joseph Smith doing right before he received Doctrine and Covenants 76 ? - correct answer -JS and Sidney Rigdon (currently living in Hiram, Ohio), were engaged in translating the gospel of John, and after reading John 5:29, they stopped to ponder the meaning of resurrection of the dead. -JS marveled at the meaning of the verse and sought revelation from God for...

By what names have Joseph's Bible translation been known? - Answer New Translation Inspired Version Joseph Smith Translation What types of changes to the Bible did Joseph Smith make? - Answer copying editing adding to taking from rephrasing interpreting

REL C 225 - Foundations of the Restoration - Sweat BYU Final What was Joseph Smith doing immediately prior to receiving Doctrine and Covenants 76? ANSWER Translating John and reading about the resurrection of the dead What is a central message of section 76? ANSWER 3 degrees of glory "The Vision" (D&C 76) actually consists of how many smaller individual visions? What are they? ANSWER 6, Vision of the Father and the Son, Vision of Satan, Vision of the Sons of Perdition, Vision of the C...