D&C 12:1-9

Doctrine & Covenants > Section 12

Outline and brief summary

Section 12 can be outlined as follows:

Historical setting

Received:

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The immediate setting of D&C 12 was

Detailed discussion

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Relation to other scriptures

Related sections and chapters

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Parallel passages

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Text transmission and circulation

• The oldest surviving copy of D&C 12 is ______.

• D&C 12 was first published in the 1833 Book of Commandments, the earliest edition of what we now call the Doctrine & Covenants.

• The text of D&C 12 in significant editions of the Doctrine & Covenants can be found at:

• 1833 Book of Commandments, chap. 11, p. 31
• 1835 Doctrine & Covenants, sec. 38, p. 169
• 1844 Doctrine & Covenants, sec. 38, p. 250-51
• 1876 Doctrine & Covenants, sec. 12, p. 99-100
• 1921 Doctrine & Covenants, sec. 12, p. 20
• current 1981 Doctrine & Covenants, sec. 12, p. 23-24

• Changes to the text of D&C 12:

Questions for further thought and study

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