Lectures on Faith, Collector's Edition

Lectures on Faith, Collector's Edition. leather_bound edition. ISBN: 9781591567332.

"Lectures on Faith" is a set of seven lectures on the doctrine and theology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, first published as the doctrine portion of the 1835 edition of the canonical Doctrine and Covenants, but later removed from that work by some branches of the faith. The lectures were originally presented by Joseph Smith to a group of elders in a course known as the "School of the Prophets" in the early winter of 1834–35 in Kirtland, Ohio. Although authorship of the lectures is uncertain, studies suggest that the actual wording was largely by Sidney Rigdon (1793 – 1876), a leader during the early history of the Latter Day Saint movement), with substantial involvement and approval by Smith and possibly others. Smith was involved, both in their authorship in November 1834 and in their later preparation for publication in January 1835. Mormon apologists give several reasons to explain why the Lectures were removed from the scriptural volumes of the LDS Church. Brigham Young Universitys Thomas G. Alexander has stated in a Sunstone article: “Revision [of the Doctrine and Covenants] continued through July and August 1921, and the Church printed the new edition in late 1921. The committee proposed to delete the Lectures on Faith on the grounds that they were lessons prepared for use in the School of the Elders, conducted in Kirtland, Ohio, during the winter of 1834-35; but they were never presented to nor accepted by the Church as being otherwise than theological lectures or lessons. How the committee came to this conclusion is uncertain.”