Elucidate please. Exactly which doctrines were removed form D&C when and how? What so you mean when you say additions to D&C were negotiated? Please use specific examples and give and sources you can.
this is stuff which should be taught in church
so as to prevent members such as the author of that article from shooting their mouth off with a subliminal arrogant attitude of being "better" than mainstream Christianity. when reality would demonstate being worse by allowing lay people to negotiate and compromise canonized scripture.
On September 24, 1834 a committee was appointed by the general assembly of the church to organize a new volume containing the most significant Latter Day Saint revelations. This committee of Presiding Elders, consisting of Joseph Smith, Jr., Oliver Cowdery, Sidney Rigdon, and Frederick G. Williams, began to review and revise numerous revelations for inclusion in the new work. The committee eventually organized the book into two parts: a "Doctrine" part followed by a "Covenants" part.
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On February 17, 1835, after the committee had selected the book's contents, the committee wrote that the resulting work represents "our belief, and when we say this, humbly trust, the faith and principles of this society as a body.
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At the end of the conference, the church "by a unanimous vote" agreed to accept the compilation as "the doctrine and covenants of their faith" and to make arrangements for its printing.
that's how the Bible was put together, by allowing the uneducated to vote on what goes in and what stays out.
The following sections are not revelations, but letters, reports, statements, and so forth: 102, 123, 127–131, 134, and 135
something which is NOT revelation... does not contain any reason to believe God wanted such canonized.
letters and reports... were added because humans negotiated and compromised to get them in there.
In 1921, the LDS Church removed the "Lectures on Faith" portion of the book, with an explanation that the Lectures "were never presented to nor accepted by the Church as being otherwise than theological lectures or lessons".[12] The Lectures contain theology concerning the Godhead and emphasize the importance of faith and works.
WHAT IN GOD'S NAME?
in 1920 the canon was in ERROR, it was INVALID, it was WRONG, it was MISTAKEN, it was INCORRECT.
of course God has no concern AT ALL for erroneous canon... you think He knows what the canon says, or cares what it contains????????
FugetAboutIt, no clue, no care.
who in their right mind canonized the LECTURES?
a canonizing process which makes mistakes, I don't recall off hand, how many times has mainstream Christianity CORRECTED the canonizing process.
the LDS process of canonizing needs to closely study the mainstream canonizing process so it can one day hope to eliminate MISTAKES.
