Item Detail
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29940
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Journal Article
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English
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Luffman, Dale E.
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An Evolutionary Canon : The Development of the Doctrine and Covenants in the Early Reorganization and Beyond
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Restoration Studies
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Fall/Winter 2018
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38
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2
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Independence, MO
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John Whitmer Historical Association
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2018
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215-222
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Dale Luffman traces the formulation of the RLDS Doctrine and Covenants from the initial inheritance of the 1844 Nauvoo edition through the 1864 revision and the later decanonization of baptism for the dead and other early doctrines. Evolving change is noted in areas of message, administrative style, and the acceptance of scripture as open canon.