Among the topics covered in the Lectures on Faith include the importance of having a correct idea of the nature of God in order to have true faith in him
"The first part of the book will be found to contain a series of Lectures as delivered before a Theological class in this place, and in consequence of their embracing the important DOCTRINE OF SALVATION, we have arranged them into the following work." signed by Joe Smith Preface to the 1835 Edition of the Doctrine and Covenants
"Now the Prophet did know something about these Lectures on Faith, because he helped to prepare them, and he helped also to revise these lectures before they were published�" (Jos Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, Vol. 3, page 195)
The reasons for the omission of these Lectures from the Doctrine and Covenants beginning in the 1921 edition and all the subsequent editions as given by John William Fitzgerald
"It was thought by Elder James E. Talmage, chairman, and other members of the committee who were responsible for their omission that to avoid confusion and contention on this vital point of belief, it would be better not to have them bound in the same volume as the commandments or revelations which make up the Doctrine and Covenants.� " (A Study of the Doctrine and Covenants, M.A. Thesis, Brigham Young University, page 344)
To avoid "confusion and contention" the Mormon leaders slyly removed the Lectures on Faith from the Doctrine and Covenants, even though Joseph Smith had thought them important enough to be included. John William Fitzgerald states as follows on page 345 of his thesis, A Study of the Doctrine and Covenants: "The �Lectures on Faith� were voted on unanimously by the conference assembled August 17, 1835 to be included in the forthcoming book of doctrine and covenants. The writer could find no documentary evidence that they were voted on by the general conference of the Church to be omitted in the 1921 and all subsequent editions of the Doctrine [and] Covenants."
The confusion is found in the fact that they teach among other problematic things:
The godhead is made up of TWO personages
The Father being a personage of spirit ( had no body)
The Father being a personage of spirit ( had no body)
The Son a personage of tabernacle (had a body)
5:1We shall in this lecture speak of the Godhead; we mean the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
5:2There are two personages who constitute the great, matchless, governing, and supreme power over all thing
5:2 The Father being a personage of spirit
5:2 The Son, who was in the bosom of the Father, a personage of tabernacle
Question 3 Q. How many personages are there in the Godhead?
A. Two: the Father and the Son (Lecture 5:1).
A. Two: the Father and the Son (Lecture 5:1).
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