Doctrine and Covenants 1 D&C 1 “My Preface” Eight years after the earliest section (Section 2), the Lord instructed the Prophet Joseph Smith to compile the revelations into what was titled Book of Commandments, published in 1833 (the Lord referred to the revelations as “commandments” in D&C 1:6, 17-18, 24, 30, 37). This first Book […]