Doctrine and Covenants

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book of scripture canonical collection religious text

Doctrine and Covenants is a canonical collection of modern revelations and inspired declarations regarded as scripture by Latter-day Saint movement churches.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Doctrine and Covenants canonical	18
Doctrine and Covenants (1835 edition)	2
Community of Christ canon	1
Doctrine and Covenants (1921 edition)	1
Doctrine and Covenants (RLDS edition)	1
Doctrine and Covenants (Rigdonite/Bickertonite editions)	1
Doctrine and Covenants (early revelations)	1
Doctrine and Covenants 57	1
Doctrine and Covenants 84	1
Joseph Smith—History 1:5–26	1
LDS Church edition	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T337264 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Doctrine and Covenants
Context triple: [Latter-day Saint movement churches, hasTheologicalBasis, Doctrine and Covenants]

A. Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon is a sacred religious text of the Latter-day Saint movement that narrates the spiritual history of ancient peoples in the Americas and serves as a companion scripture to the Bible.
B. Aaronic priesthood
The Aaronic priesthood is the hereditary Israelite priestly order descended from Aaron, responsible in biblical tradition for performing temple sacrifices and overseeing ritual worship.
C. Book of Concord
The Book of Concord is the definitive collection of Lutheran confessional writings, compiling key creeds and doctrinal statements that articulate the theology of the Lutheran Reformation.
D. Torah
The Torah is the central and most sacred text of Judaism, comprising the foundational five books that outline Jewish law, teachings, and early history.
E. Word of God
The Word of God is a Christological title that identifies Jesus Christ as the divine self-revelation and ultimate expression of God’s will and truth.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Doctrine and Covenants
Target entity description: Doctrine and Covenants is a canonical collection of modern revelations and inspired declarations regarded as scripture by Latter-day Saint movement churches.

A. Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon is a sacred religious text of the Latter-day Saint movement that narrates the spiritual history of ancient peoples in the Americas and serves as a companion scripture to the Bible.
B. Aaronic priesthood
The Aaronic priesthood is the hereditary Israelite priestly order descended from Aaron, responsible in biblical tradition for performing temple sacrifices and overseeing ritual worship.
C. Book of Concord
The Book of Concord is the definitive collection of Lutheran confessional writings, compiling key creeds and doctrinal statements that articulate the theology of the Lutheran Reformation.
D. Torah
The Torah is the central and most sacred text of Judaism, comprising the foundational five books that outline Jewish law, teachings, and early history.
E. Word of God
The Word of God is a Christological title that identifies Jesus Christ as the divine self-revelation and ultimate expression of God’s will and truth.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book of scripture ⓘ canonical collection ⓘ religious text ⓘ
associatedWith	Community of Christ ⓘ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ linked to: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints other Latter Day Saint denominations ⓘ
compiledBy	Joseph Smith ⓘ early Latter Day Saint leaders ⓘ
contains	inspired declarations ⓘ revelations ⓘ
dateRangeOfRevelations	1820s–1840s ⓘ
firstEditionPublicationYear	1835 ⓘ
hasDifferentEditions	Community of Christ edition ⓘ linked to: Community of Christ LDS Church edition ⓘ linked to: Doctrine and Covenants other Latter Day Saint editions ⓘ
hasGenre	religious scripture ⓘ revelatory text ⓘ
hasPart	official declarations ⓘ linked to: Declarations (law) sections ⓘ
influenced	Latter-day Saint church structure ⓘ Latter-day Saint doctrine ⓘ Latter-day Saint practices ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
originalPublisher	Church of the Latter Day Saints ⓘ
partOf	Community of Christ canon ⓘ linked to: Doctrine and Covenants LDS Church canon ⓘ standard works of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication	Kirtland, Ohio ⓘ linked to: Kirtland, Ohio, United States
primaryAuthor	Joseph Smith ⓘ
regardedAs	scripture ⓘ
relatedWork	Bible ⓘ Book of Mormon ⓘ Pearl of Great Price ⓘ
religiousTradition	Latter-day Saint movement ⓘ linked to: Latter-day Saint movement churches
scripturalStatusInCommunityOfChrist	canonized ⓘ
scripturalStatusInLDSChurch	canonized ⓘ
subject	church organization ⓘ commandments ⓘ eschatology ⓘ ordinances ⓘ priesthood authority ⓘ revelation ⓘ theology ⓘ
usedFor	church governance ⓘ doctrinal instruction ⓘ personal study ⓘ
usedIn	Latter-day Saint teaching curricula ⓘ Latter-day Saint worship services ⓘ

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Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Latter-day Saint movement churches → hasTheologicalBasis → Doctrine and Covenants ⓘ

Independence Temple Lot → associatedScripture → Doctrine and Covenants ⓘ

Independence Temple Lot → associatedScriptureSection → Doctrine and Covenants 57 ⓘ