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appendix a Examples of Oracular Versus Inspirational Modes of Prophetic Rhetoric Recorded in the LDS Doctrine and Covenants Selected Joseph Smith Pronouncements march 1830: ‘‘I am Alpha and Omega, Christ the Lord; yea, even I am he, the beginning and the end, the Redeemer of the world. . . . I command you to repent, and keep the commandments which you have received by the hand of my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., in my name.’’ (D&C 19:1, 13) april 6, 1830: ‘‘Behold, there shall be a record kept among you; and in it thou [Joseph Smith] shalt be called a seer, a translator, a prophet, an apostle of Jesus Christ, an elder of the church through the will of God the Father, and the grace of your Lord Jesus Christ, being inspired of the Holy Ghost to lay the foundation thereof. . . . Wherefore thou shalt give heed unto all his words and commandments which he [Joseph Smith] shall give unto you as he receiveth them. . . . For his word ye shall receive, as if from mine own mouth.’’ (D&C 21:1–5) november 1, 1831: ‘‘Hearken, O ye people of my church, saith the voice of him who dwells on high . . . the voice of warning shall be unto all people, by the mouths of my disciples, whom I have chosen in these last days. And they shall go forth and none shall stay them, for I the Lord have commanded them. Behold, this is mine authority, and the authority of my servants, and my preface unto the book of my commandments, which I have given them to publish unto you, O inhabitants of the earth.’’ (D&C 1:1–6) january 19, 1841: ‘‘Let this house [the Nauvoo Temple] be built unto my name that I may reveal mine ordinances therein unto my people; for I deign to reveal unto my church things which have been kept hid from before the foundation of the world, things that pertain to the dispensation of the fullness of times. And I will show unto my servant Joseph all things pertaining to this house, and the priesthood thereof.’’ (D&C 124:40–42) PAGE 121 ................. 18278$ APPA 08-30-12 08:36:26 PS 122 appendix a july 12, 1843: ‘‘Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you my servant Joseph, that inasmuch as you have inquired of my hand to know and understand wherein I, the Lord, justified my servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as also Moses, David and Solomon, my servants, as touching the principle and doctrine of their having many wives and concubines . . . prepare thy heart to receive and obey the instructions which I am about to give unto you. . . . I reveal unto you a new and an everlasting covenant; and if ye abide not that covenant, then are ye damned; for no one can reject this covenant and be permitted to enter into my glory.’’ (D&C 132:1–4) Selected Post–Joseph Smith Pronouncements january 14, 1847: ‘‘The Word and Will of the Lord concerning the Camp of Israel in their journeyings to the West: Let all the people of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and those who journey with them, be organized into companies, with a covenant and promise to keep all the commandments and statutes of the Lord our God. Let the companies be organized with captains of hundreds, captains of fifties, and captains of tens, with a president and two counselors at their head, under the direction of the Twelve apostles. And this shall be our covenant—that we will walk in all the ordinances of the Lord.’’ (D&C 136:1–4) october 6, 1890: ‘‘I [Wilford Woodruff], therefore, as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, do hereby, in the most solemn manner, declare. . . . Inasmuch as laws have been enacted by Congress forbidding plural marriages, which laws have been pronounced constitutional by the court of last resort, I hereby declare my intention to submit to those laws, and to use my influence with the members of the Church over which I preside to have them do likewise. . . . And I now publicly declare that my advice to the Latter-day Saints is to refrain from contracting any marriage forbidden by the law of the land.’’ (D&C Official Declaration 1) june 8, 1978: ‘‘Aware of the promises made by the prophets and presidents of the Church who have preceded us that at some time, in God’s eternal plan, all of our brethren who are worthy may receive the priesthood . . . we [The First Presidency] have pleaded long...

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