REL 325 - The Doctrine & Covenants
Spring Semester 2023 - Class Schedule
(Tentative
)
Br. Martins

Hyperlinks will open Lecture Notes
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
April 2023
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Introduction
(video online)


Reading Assignments:
1. D&C sections 76 & 137
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Weekly Quizzes #1
(on the Canvas System)
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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
May 2023
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2. sections 77-78

3. sections 79-83
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4. sections 84-87

and
Paper: The Doctrine of the Priesthood and Gender Issues (2016)

Video #10: Introduction to Priesthood and Family
(2020)
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Weekly Quizzes
#2, #3 and #4
(on the Canvas System)
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5. sections 88-89

Optional essay: "To Be Learned is Good":
A Meditation on Priesthood and Time (2017)
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6. sections 90-93

and
7. sections 94-99
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Weekly Quizzes
#5, #6 and #7
(on the Canvas System)
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8. sections 100-101
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9. sections 102 & 107 and OD-2

PaperForty Years After 126 Years: Reflections from
an Aging Black Man in Zion
(2018)


Essay: Insights on Names and Ordinances

Video #10: Introduction to Priesthood and Family (2020)
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Weekly Quizzes
#8 and #9
(on the Canvas System)
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10. sections 103-106

and

Video #11: Fundamental Principles of
the Law of Consecration and Stewardship
(2021)
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Midterm Exam
(on the Canvas System)
From reading assignments #1 thru #8
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11. sections 108-110

and

Essay: Sealing by the Holy Spirit of Promise (2017)

Video: The Gospel of Abraham (2019)
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Weekly Quizzes
#10 and #11
(on the Canvas System)
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12. sections 111-120

Essay: The Name of the Church:
A Matter of Identity and Doctrine
(2018)

and

13. sections 121-122
 

 

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
June 2023
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Weekly Quiz #13
(on the Canvas System)

 
(No quiz for #12)
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14. sections 123-128

Video: Two Apostles Lead a Virtual Tour of the Rome Italy Temple (2019)

A Sacred House of the Lord - Washington D.C. Temple
 (2022)

and Paper:
The Body: First Stewardship & Liahona of the Spirit (2014)

Video: Instructions for the Response Paper
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15. sections 129-130

Video #7: The Ministry of Angels in the Work of Salvation


16. section 131

Video: Instructions for the Response Paper
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Weekly Quizzes
#14, #15 and #16

(on the Canvas System)
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Paper Due
(upload to the
Canvas System)

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17. section 132; OD-1

and Essays: Sealing by the Holy Spirit of Promise (2017) &

Eternal Marriage: The Analogy of the Concrete Slab
(2015)


Video #3: Why Aspire to an Eternal Marriage? (2020)

Video #4: Remarks on Sealings (2020)

Video #2:
Divorces and Sealings (2014)
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18. sections 133-136
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Weekly Quizzes
#17 and #18

(on the Canvas System)
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Juneteenth Holiday
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Weekly Quiz #19
(on the Canvas System)
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19. section 138

Optional: Quotations on the Spirit World
(from REL 431H)

Last day of classes
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Final Exam
(on the Canvas System)
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Final Exam
(on the Canvas System)



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