Citations

Weve noticed a few people struggling to cite the Lectures on Faith, Joseph Smith History, Book of Abraham, and Testimony of St. John. Here's what we imagined when we structured them for citation:

Though each of them is a section within the T&C, those section numbers are just place holders. Each should be cited as it's own "book":

Lectures on Faith (or LoF) 2:104 (meaning lecture 2, paragraph 104)

Abraham (or Abr.) 4:6

Joseph Smith History (or JSH) 5:2 (meaning Joseph Smith History, part 5, paragraph 2)

Testimony of St. John (or TSJ) 8:9

With only 4 section numbers to remember, this seemed to be the cleanest approach.

Hope this helps.

Book of Mormon - Compact Size

Some have requested a stand-alone Book of Mormon to share with others, or simply to be less obvious. We have formatted one like we did with the Large Print version. This new compact version measures 5.25" x 8" and has 550 pages - that's the best we could do. It will be available on Amazon, we hope, as of Monday the 8th... It's now live.

NOTE: If Amazon shows that one of the books is OUT OF STOCK or does not give a price for a NEW copy, that simply means we are in the process of uploading and approving an update that is adding to or fixing the current version. It will be available again within 24 hours.

SECTION 176?

The Lord has given an answer with regards to the adoption of a statement of principles by this people. It can be found here. He has accepted our statement.


We have a living canon of scriptures. We therefore have a need to determine how our scriptures are to grow. A temporary solution is given below, but we need to formalize some sort of process. The next general conference will include the opportunity to have such discussions. Until then, the process given below will only function as a temporary solution.

It is easy to assume that a revelation from the Lord (see Part 3) would automatically be added to the T&C. However, no one, whether Chris Hamill, or the disbanded scriptures committee, or even Denver himself, has the authority to simply add it. That permission must come from the voice of the people. And there are two steps involved in the process: preparing it for the T&C, and formal adoption of the revelation as scripture.

The first step can be accomplished only after permission is given. The simplest and quickest means would be to poll this people online, as we have already done several times, including for the statement of principles. With the finalization of the text for the T&C likely being done by the end of this year, it would be useful to include this new revelation in the text. An online poll would allow for that.

The second step requires the formal adoption of the revelation as scripture. Such would be appropriate in the next general conference. An overwhelmingly positive response to the poll would indicate that the revelation will likely be adopted as scripture and therefore would be safe to include in the finalized T&C text.


By way of update, we hope to have both the New Testament and the T&C texts ready by the end of the year. That is a HOPE, not an expectation. We also have someone working on ebook versions of all of the scriptures that will be downloadable for free, though Kindle versions will also be made available. And a smaller print, stand-alone version of the Book of Mormon has been requested for sharing with others. That should be available by the end of the week on Amazon.

SECTION 175

The Lots document was accepted and sustained as a statement of principles by this people, to be printed in the scriptures. As the original assignment was to write a replacement for D&C 20, this statement will therefore become a section in the T&C. McKay has asked Denver to join with those who are asking the Lord for His approval.

VOTE HERE

TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ONLINE VOTE, PLEASE CLICK

HERE

NOTICES:

1. The reason for requiring a name is so that an effort can be made to monitor for people trying to vote both online and in person. The names will not be saved or used for any other purpose.

2. Due to misinformation, the voting was chosen to end at 11:00 a.m. MDT. It will now be extended to 3:00 p.m. Mountain to correct that problem.

Two Clarifications on voting

Several have asked about the wording of the vote in Layton. Lots of people have made wording suggestions. We have carefully considered every one. 

Here is the online wording we have chosen. The wording at the conference will differ only in that the conference will be asked to stand before voting as a visual cue to the witnesses. 

“If you are willing to adopt the Lots Statement of Principles and have it printed in our scriptures as a guide and standard, please vote yes.”

“If you cannot accept the Lots Statement of Principles and do not wish to have it printed in our scriptures as a guide and standard, please vote no.”

Feel free to pass this along.

Several online comments suggest this vote in Layton is from the scriptures committee. That committee has been disbanded and this effort is being brought forward by myself and Gordon Platt and others not from the scriptures committee.

-McKay

Scriptures.info update

The Book of Mormon text has been finalized!

That text is now live on scriptures.info