Devout Latter-day Saints consider the Doctrine and Covenants (D&C) one of the standard works of scripture, along with the Bible and the Book of Mormon. The D&C is especially revered because it is thought to offer guidance and moral precepts in response to distinctly modern needs. Moreover, ...
The Word of Wisdom is a dietary code with many head-scratching restrictions, squishy provisos, and openly flouted prohibitions. Don’t take my word for it; read the original passed on to the world via Joseph Smith in 1833 in Doctrine and Covenants section 89, available at http://www.lds...
TheDoctrine and Covenants, in keeping with Latter-day Saint tradition more generally, describes teaching and learning as a religious imperative both cross-disciplinary in scope and salvific in purpose. Framing the superlative sanctity of the educative endeavor, the text presents the following principles...