Editing Lectures on Faith (section)

==Authorship==
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Although authorship of the lectures is uncertain, studies suggest that the actual wording was largely by [[Sidney Rigdon]],<ref name="Reynolds">{{cite journal |last1=Reynolds |first1=Noel B. |author1-link=Noel B. Reynolds |title=The Case for Sidney Rigdon as Author of the Lectures on Faith |journal=[[Journal of Mormon History]] |date=Fall 2005 |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=1–41 |url=https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2481&context=facpub |access-date=10 August 2021}}</ref> with substantial involvement and approval by Smith and possibly others.<ref name="Dahl&Tate">{{cite book |editor1-last=Dahl |editor1-first=Larry E. |editor2-last=Tate |editor2-first=Charles D. |title=The Lectures on Faith in Historical Perspective |date=1990 |publisher=[[Religious Studies Center]], [[Brigham Young University]] |location=Provo, Utah |isbn=0884947254 |url=http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/rsc,30122 |access-date=10 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref>{{rp|7–10, 16 n. 8}} Smith was involved, both in their authorship in November 1834 and in their later preparation for publication in January 1835.<ref>{{cite book |title=[[History of the Church (Joseph Smith)|History of the Church]], Volume 2 |pages=169–170 |access-date=10 August 2021 |chapter=12|chapter-url=https://byustudies.byu.edu/further-study-lesson/volume-2-chapter-12/}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=[[History of the Church (Joseph Smith)|History of the Church]], Volume 2 |page=180 |access-date=10 August 2021 |chapter=13|chapter-url=https://byustudies.byu.edu/further-study-lesson/volume-2-chapter-13/}}</ref>

The original title of each lecture was "Of Faith". It was not until 1876, in an edition of the D&C edited by [[Church Historian and Recorder|Church Historian]], [[Orson Pratt]], of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)|Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]] of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church), that the title was given as "Lectures on Faith".