Originally published in 1835, in Kirtland, Ohio.  A new, complete, hardback edition is now available.  The 1835 Edition was the only edition approved by the Presidency, High Council, and General Assembly.  It consisted of two parts:  (1) Doctrine [Lectures on Doctrine by Joseph Smith], and (2) Covenants, Revelations, and Commandments.  Joseph Smith was martyred in 1844, making this the only edition acceptable to all Mormon groups.  A second edition of the Doctrine and Covenants was published in Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1846.  This edition included all recognized commandments given through Joseph Smith until his death in 1844.  Sections 101 to 111 were added to the Kirtland Edition.   These are included in the Utah Edition as sections 103, 105, 112, 119, 124, 127, 128, and 135.

When the Utah, Brighamite Church published their edition of the Doctrine and Covenants in 1876, they deliberately left out Part One on Doctrine, leaving only a Book of Commandments.  The teachings of Joseph Smith in Part One did not agree with the new doctrines on the character of God taught by Brigham Young.  Section 101 in the Kirtland Edition (109 in the Nauvoo Edition), Marriage, was not included in the Utah Edition; as it did not agree with Brigham Young's new doctrine on marriage.  The new Utah Edition contains many erroneous sections attributed to Joseph Smith; which were added by Brigham Young after the death of Joseph and printing of the Nauvoo Edition. Sections 108, 109, 110, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 123, 125, 126, 129, 130, 131, 132, and 136 were added by Brigham Young.  Sections 121, 122, and 123 are letters of Joseph from prison.  Section 130 is simply teachings given by Joseph.  Section 135 addresses the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith.  The only section attributed to Brigham Young is section 136.  Had the other alleged revelations in these added sections been legitimate they would have been included in the 1846 Nauvoo Edition.  A Pearl of Great Price Section was added; but was not a part of either the Kirtland, or the Nauvoo editions.  The paragraph format of the Kirtland and Nauvoo editions was discontinued in favor of a verse format.  This often changes the meaning found in the original paragraph format.

A new, hardback, edition (Copyright 2000) is available from Samuel E. West, for $20.00 (plus $4 shipping).  Three changes were made to the original 1835 Kirtland Edition:  (1) sections from the 1846 Nauvoo edition were included, (2) sections in the commandments were organized to agree with the 1876, Salt Lake City Edition, (3) verse numbers from the Salt Lake City edition were included.  The original paragraph format was retained.  Sections added by Brigham Young were not included.

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