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Compiled by Benjamin Shaffer 

The Addendum to The Doctrine and Covenants is an unofficial collection of selected divine revelations not currently found in the standardized canon of the Doctrine and Covenants. As such it is Deutero-Canonical, or in other words, while identical in nature to the canonized revelations found in the current edition of the Doctrine and Covenants, these sections have not yet been presented for inclusion in future editions of the Doctrine and Covenants, to a general conference of the Church for a sustaining vote.

However, the validity of revelation, its truth or falsity, is not established by the operation of the law of common consent. There is no provision in the Lord’s plan for the members of his Church to pass upon the validity of revelations by a vote of the Church. If any person rejects, or fails to accept, any of the revelations given of the Lord in this dispensation, thereby presuming to stand in judgment upon the Lord, they only destroy their own authority, cut the thread that bound them to the Prophet and to God and sink themselves to hell.

Each section in this addendum was given by the Lord as revelation to the Church in the latter days; as such, each is “scripture given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness” (2 Tim 3:16).  These divine revelations are evidence of the Lord’s loving guidance and direction given through his prophets.  These revelations, and many others, have previously been printed in church publications. They are now presented in this convenient booklet that can be inserted into the back cover of your scriptures. It is hoped that this will make a few of the most oft quoted and significant revelations more accessible to the members of the church. It is hoped that Latter-Day Saints everywhere will read and ponder the truths contained in this little collection of scripture and gain a testimony of the truth of the principles of the gospel as presented to the world by the Lord’s Prophets.

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     8 Sections comprised of unpublished revelations from Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, John Taylor, and Wilford Woodruff