How Our View of the Word of Wisdom Has Changed from 1833 to Now

Most faithful Latter-day Saints settle on the common ground of abstaining from alcohol, tobacco, coffee, tea, and harmful drugs.

How Has the LDS Interpretation of the Word of Wisdom Changed ...

So, why do we interpret this so strictly today when they didn't back then? Well, our modern interpretation of the Word of Wisdom is not the ...

How has the Latter-day Saint interpretation of the Word of Wisdom ...

Latter-day Saints today adhere to a rather strict interpretation of the Word of Wisdom, but it wasn't always that way.

Word of Wisdom implementation over time - Fair Latter-day Saints

Early Latter-day Saints were not under the same requirements for the Word of Wisdom as today's Saints are ... Observance of the Word of Wisdom has changed over ...

I Live the Word of Wisdom Differently Than You, and Why That's a ...

... that Mormons should or shouldn't eat or drink. ▻ You may also like: How Our View of the Word of Wisdom Has Changed from 1833 to Now. But ...

Evolution of the Word of Wisdom – Stories We Tell - wasmormon.org

The Word of Wisdom is the health code that today is required for full participation in the church. Filled mainly with restrictions on what ...

"An Historical Analysis of the Word of Wisdom" by Paul H. Peterson

The Word of Wisdom was announced by Joseph Smith as a revelation from God in 1833. The revelation prohibited the use of alcohol, tobacco, tea, and coffee.

The Word of Wisdom - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Like many other revelations in the early Church, Doctrine and Covenants 89, also known today as the Word of Wisdom, came in response to a problem.

The Word of Wisdom - Simplified

We show our faith and obedience by keeping the Word of Wisdom as it has evolved through the prophets. Interesting to me is that in my ...

How has the LDS Word of Wisdom changed since its introduction?

Became a commandment. When it was first revealed (1833), the Word of Wisdom was "a principle of promise" but not a commandment. · Hot drinks.

Word of Wisdom/History and implementation - Fair Latter-day Saints

The Word of Wisdom was enforced differently in the 19th century than today. Observance of the Word of Wisdom has changed over time, due to on-going ...

Did Joseph Smith Obey the Word of Wisdom? - Steven C. Harper

“Our spirits were generally dull and heavy,” Taylor said, “and it was sent for to revive us,” the way saints today might have a coke in the ...

Overview of Joseph Smith and the Word of Wisdom - LDS Discussions

The prophet Joseph Smith received the word of wisdom by revelation in 1833. He wrote the revelation down and canonized it in a collection of revelations called ...

Word of Wisdom (D&C 89)

In 1833, Joseph Smith received a revelation called the Word of Wisdom, now canonized as Doctrine and Covenants 89. The revelation is best known today for ...

Word of Wisdom - MormonWiki

Many people that are not members of the Church know that members in ... How Our View of the Word of Wisdom Has Changed from 1833 to Now ...

Revelation, 27 February 1833 [D&C 89] - The Joseph Smith Papers

In a meeting of the Quorum of the Twelve and high priests on 7 November 1841, Brigham Young stated that he would not be violating the Word of Wisdom if he went ...

Temperance Day and the Word of Wisdom 1833

Since that time, the inspiration in the Word of Wisdom has been proven many times over in the lives of the Saints, its power and divinity ...

“In what ways was the Word of Wisdom far ahead of its time?” – By ...

Answer: It wasn't. The Word of Wisdom was not ahead of its time in any way whatsoever. Of course, longtime readers of the Bloggernacle ...

When did the Word of Wisdom become a commandment? - Reddit

After the Saints moved to Utah, in 1851, after patriarch John Smith have a talk on the Word of Wisdom during General Conference, Brigham ...

The Word of Wisdom in Early Nineteenth-Century Perspective

As one Mormon physician has written, “in 1833 when the Prophet Joseph Smith ... Early nineteenth-century medical orthodoxy held that most of what we now know ...