Footnotes

1. [1]

   Revelation, June 1829–B [D&C 18:3–5].

2. [2]

   Articles and Covenants, ca. Apr 1830 [D&C 20]; Minutes, 9 June 1830.

3. [3]

   Cowdery’s Articles is related textually not only to Articles and Covenants, ca. Apr. 1830 [D&C 20], but also to Revelation, June 1829–B [D&C 18], both of which are in Revelation Book 1. Articles of the Church of Christ is the only non-JS text copied into that manuscript volume. The editors of the Book of Commandments marked it up as if they intended to include it in the Book of Commandments, but they did not. (See Revelation Book 1, pp. 23–24.)

4. [4]

   If Whitmer considered Articles of the Church of Christ to be an early version of Articles and Covenants, it is unlikely that he would have included both in Revelation Book 1. Even when a revelation was expanded after its first version, Whitmer only included one version of each revelation.

5. [5]

   JS History, vol. A-1, 17–18; Oliver Cowdery, Norton, OH, to William W. Phelps, 7 Sept. 1834, LDS Messenger and Advocate, Oct. 1834, 1:15–16.

   Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate. Kirtland, OH. Oct. 1834–Sept. 1837.

6. [6]

   Revelation, June 1829–B [D&C 18:3–4].

7. [7]

   Some of the same Book of Mormon passages were also used in JS’s later Articles and Covenants.

8. [8]

   Revelation, June 1829–B [D&C 18:3]. Once the Book of Mormon was published, the prayers on the Lord’s Supper printed therein became readily available for reference and guidance. Before then, Articles provided the only accessible copy of the prayers found in the Book of Mormon. After the publication of the Book of Mormon, some of the extant versions of JS’s Articles and Covenants referenced the published prayers found in the Book of Mormon instead of reproducing the text. (See Articles and Covenants, ca. Apr. 1830 [D&C 20:72–79]; and Coltrin, Diary, [9].)

   Coltrin, Zebedee. Diaries, 1832–1834. CHL. MS 1443.

9. [9]

   After Jesus Christ ascended to heaven following his ministry on the American continent, the twelve disciples were given “power that on him whom ye shall lay your hands, ye shall give the Holy Ghost.” (Book of Mormon, 1830 ed., 574 [Moroni 2:2].)

10. [10]

    JS History, vol. A-1, 26–27.

11. [11]

    JS History, vol. A-1, 37–38.

12. [12]

    Differences between the featured version of this document and the copy found in Revelation Book 1 are noted in footnotes to the text.

13. [13]

    Cowdery recorded the original manuscript of the Book of Mormon from April to June 1829, after which he created a copy to be used by the printer to typeset the Book of Mormon. Cowdery repeatedly made the same kinds of changes throughout the printer’s manuscript, such as capitalizing words and changing “&” to “and.” Based on comparison of the passages of Cowdery’s Articles that were copied from the Book of Mormon with the Book of Mormon manuscripts themselves, it appears that the earliest known copy of Articles (found in Revelation Book 1) was copied from the original manuscript and that the copy of Articles featured here (the second extant copy) was copied from the printer’s manuscript. All of the changes made to the copy featured here match the common changes that Oliver Cowdery made to the printer’s manuscript: there were fifty-one capitalization changes, one instance of “has” being changed to “hath,” six instances of an ampersand being changed to “and,” one instance of “shew” being changed to “show,” one instance of “wherefore” being changed to “therefore,” three instances of “ye shall” being changed to “shall ye,” and one instance of “man nor of men” being changed to “of men nor of man.” (See Skousen, “Translating the Book of Mormon,” 110–111.)

    Skousen, Royal. “Translating the Book of Mormon: Evidence from the Original Manuscript.” In Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited: The Evidence for Ancient Origins, edited by Noel B. Reynolds, 61–93. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1997.