Difference between revisions of "D&C 89"

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Doctrine & Covenants > Section 89

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Historical setting

• Received:
• Prior section in chronological order: D&C 88
• Next section in chronological order: D&C 90

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Brief outline and summary

This revelation straightforwardly divides itself into five differentiable parts:

• Verses 1-3 - An introduction to the revelation.
• Verses 4-6 - Instructions regarding wine in (and out of) the sacrament.
• Verses 7-9 - A list of prohibitions for the Latter-day Saints.
• Verses 10-17 - Counsel concerning the consumption of plans and animals.
• Verses 18-21 - A postscript outlining promises.

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 89 is hard to determine. There are three contenders: the handwritten copy Wilford Woodruff produced and inserted into his own copy of the Book of Commandments, the copy included in the manuscript Book of Commandments and Revelations see here, and the copy to be found in book B of the Book of Laws and Commandments.

• D&C 89 was first published in December 1833 or January 1834, in the form of a broadside.

• D&C 89 was first included in the Doctrine & Covenants in the 1835 edition.

• The text of D&C 89 in significant editions of the Doctrine & Covenants can be found at: <NEED TO UPDATE REFERENCES>

• 1835 Doctrine & Covenants, sec. 80, p. 207-208
• 1844 Doctrine & Covenants, sec. 81, p. 318-319
• 1876 Doctrine & Covenants, sec. 89, p. 293-294
• 1921 Doctrine & Covenants, sec. 89, p. 154-155
• current 1981 Doctrine & Covenants, sec. 89, p. 175-176

• Changes to the text of D&C 89:

Complete outline and pagemap

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Questions for further study and reflection

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Footnotes

Additional resources

• See Clyde Ford's essay on the historical origins of D&C 89 (pp. 129-154) for a most helpful contextualization of the several parts of the revelation.

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