Template:LDS/doc

This template makes it easy to create links to Latter Day Saint movement scriptures, including to specific chapters/sections and verses inside those texts. By default, the template links to the texts as stored on Wikisource, but adding the optional "website=lds" parameter will create links to the LDS Church's website instead.

The most common usage for the template, citing to a single scripture verse, uses four parameters: {{LDS|display text|book name|chapter|verse}}

For example, {{LDS|Eth.|Ether|12|4}} renders as Eth. 12:4.

Additional parameters can be provided to cite to a range of verses and/or to the LDS Church website instead of Wikisource, as explained below.

Basic usage

{{LDS|Eth.|Ether|12|4}}

Results:

1. Creates html link to https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Book_of_Mormon_(1981)/Ether#12:4
2. Jumps to verse on page
3. Displays in the article text as: Eth. 12:4

Note

The first two parameters ("display text" and "book name") in many cases may be the same or similar, but they should always both be provided. For example, to produce Alma 7:11 you should type {{LDS|Alma|alma|7|11}}. Forgetting to provide the book name when it is the same or similar to the display text is the most common error when using this template.

Template Data

For citing to LDS scriptures on Wikisource (or the LDS church website)

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
display text	1	text to display to user before the chapter/verse numbers; usually the full book name ("First Nephi") or an abbreviation ("1 Ne."), but it could be anything (e.g., "My favorite book of scripture") or even left blank (useful if citing to multiple different chapters of the same book and you don't want to repeat the book name) Default LDS Standard Works Example 1 Ne.	String	suggested
book name	2	name of book (or an alias/abbreviation); this parameter is not case sensitive (e.g., 'alma' is the same as 'Alma') Example 1-ne	String	suggested
chapter	3	chapter (or section) of scripture being cited Example 12	Number	suggested
verse	4	verse of scripture being cited Example 4	Number	suggested
end verse	5	end verse(s) of a series of cited verses, such as the 5 in "John 3:4–5" or the "–5, 16" in "John 3:4–5, 16". An en dash is automatically added between this parameter and the verse# parameter unless the end verse flag has a value (see the end verse flag parameter for more info about that usage) Example 5	String	optional
footnote	6	[DEPRECATED] letter of footnote to cite to. If this parameter has any value, it changes the citation to link to the verse *and* highlights the footnote matching the letter. If no match found, does not highlight anything.	String	deprecated
cross ref flag	7	[DEPRECATED] if this has any value, then it changes the citation to link to the verse only and displays all verses that cross reference to it in the LDS church website's sidebar. (Ignores the value in footnote, if any)	Unknown	deprecated
nonconsecutive end verse flag	8	if this has any value at all, then the hyphen before the 'end verse' parameter will not be automatically added. This allows for quoting of non-contiguous verses such as "John 3:5, 16" — the end verse parameter in this example should be ", 16" Example y	String	optional
website	website	website to which to link; default is wikisource, but set this (named!) parameter to "lds" to cite to the LDS Church's website instead Default wikisource Example lds	String	optional

Book Name parameter aliases

The book name parameter can be the full name of the book of scripture cited (e.g., Alma, 1 Nephi, Moses, or 2 Kings) or any of these common aliases/abbreviations:

LDS Template Book Name Aliases

Standard Work	Book	Aliases
Bible (King James)	Deuteronomy	deut, dt
	Hosea	hos
	Nehemiah	neh
	Leviticus	lev, lv
	1 Samuel	1sam, 1sm, 1_sam, 1-sam, 1 sam
	Ruth	ru, ruth
	Malachi	mal
	Ecclesiastes	eccles, eccl, qoheleth
	John	jn
	Isaiah	isa, is
	Exodus	exod, ex
	Mark	mk
	2 Chronicles	2chron, 2chr, 2-chr, 2_chr, 2 chr
	1 Chronicles	1chron, 1chr, 1-chr, 1_chr, 1 chr
	1 Corinthians	1cor, 1-cor, 1_cor, 1 cor
	2 Corinthians	2cor, 2-cor, 2_cor, 2 cor
	Daniel	dan, dn
	Luke	lk
	Song of Solomon	songofsol, songofsongs, song, songs, sg, canticles, canticleofcanticles, songs of solomon
	Judges	judg, jgs
	Joel	jl
	Lamentations	lam
	Proverbs	prov, prv
	Psalms	ps, pss, psalm
	Joshua	josh, jo
	2 Timothy	2tim, 2tm, 2-tim, 2_tim, 2 tim
	1 Timothy	1tim, 1tm, 1-tim, 1_tim, 1 tim
	Esther	est, esth
	Ezekiel	ezek, ez
	2 John	2jn, 2-jn, 2_jn, 2 jn
	1 John	1jn, 1-jn, 1_jn, 1 jn
	Obadiah	obad, ob
	3 John	3jn, 3-jn, 3_jn, 3 jn
	Habakkuk	hab, hb
	Nahum	nah, na
	Micah	mic, mi
	Job	jb
	Titus	ti
	James	jas
	Zechariah	zech, zec, zach, zac
	Matthew	matt, mt
	Philemon	philem, phlm
	Ephesians	eph
	Numbers	num, nm
	Jude
	Jeremiah	jer
	1 Peter	1pet, 1pt, 1-pet, 1_pet, 1 pet
	Hebrews	heb, hebrew
	Jonah	jon
	Amos	am
	Colossians	col
	Ezra
	Philippians	phil, philip
	Revelation	rev, apocalypse, apoc, rv, revelations
	Galatians	gal
	Romans	rom, roman
	Acts	actsoftheapostles, the acts, acts of the apostles, the acts of the apostles
	Haggai	hag, hg
	Zephaniah	zeph, zep
	2 Thessalonians	2thess, 2thes, 2-thes, 2_thes, 2-thess, 2_thess, 2 thess, 2 thes
	1 Thessalonians	1thess, 1thes, 1-thes, 1_thes, 1-thess, 1_thess, 1 thess, 1 thes
	Genesis	gen, gn
	2 Kings	2kgs, 2-kgs, 2_kgs, 2 kgs
	1 Kings	1kgs, 1-kgs, 1_kgs, 1 kgs
2 Peter	2pet, 2pt, 2-pet, 2_pet, 2 pet
2 Samuel	2sam, 2sm, 2_sam, 2-sam, 2 sam
The Doctrine and Covenants	Official Declaration	od, official declaration
	The Doctrine and Covenants	dc, d-c, d&c, d & c, doctrine and covenants
Book of Mormon (1981)	Omni	omn
	Testimony of Three Witnesses	three, 3witnesses
	Mosiah
	Helaman	hel
	Title Page	ttl, ttlpg, title, title-page, title_page
	Enos	en
	Mormon	morm, mormon
	1 Nephi	1-ne, 1_ne, 1ne, 1 ne
	3 Nephi	3-ne, 3_ne, 3ne, 3 ne
	Testimony of Eight Witnesses	eight, 8witnesses
	Words of Mormon	w-of-m, wofm, w_of_m
	Ether
	Jacob	jac
	Moroni	moro, moroni
	4 Nephi	4-ne, 4_ne, 4ne, 4 ne
	Alma
	Jarom	jar
	2 Nephi	2-ne, 2_ne, 2ne, 2 ne
Lectures on Faith	Lectures on Faith	lof, l-o-f, l-of-f, loff, lectures
The Pearl of Great Price (1913)	History	js-h, jsh, js history, joseph smith history, js-hist, js hist
	Abraham	abr, fac-1, fac1, fac-2, fac2, fac-3, fac3
	JST Matthew	js-m, jsm, joseph smith matthew, jst matt, jst-matt, jst-matthew, js matthew
	Moses
	Articles of Faith	a-of-f, a_of_f, aoff, the articles of faith

Examples

Wikitext	Result	Notes
{{LDS}}	LDS Standard Works	Not providing any parameters produces a link to the LDS standard works listed in the Mormonism portal on Wikisource
{{LDS|Helaman|helaman}}	Helaman	Cite to entire book
{{LDS|The First Book of Nephi|1ne}}	The First Book of Nephi	The display text parameter can be used to specify exactly how the book name is displayed
{{LDS|Eth.|Ether|12}}	Eth. 12	Cite to entire chapter
{{LDS|Doctrine and Covenants|dc|130|11}}	Doctrine and Covenants 130:11	Cite to specific verse
{{LDS|Eth.|Ether|12|4|6}}	Eth. 12:4–6	Cite to consecutive range of verses simply by adding an end verse parameter (note the en dash automatically added between beginning and ending verses)
{{LDS|John|john|3|5|–14, 16|||y}}	John 3:5–14, 16	Cite to nonconsecutive verses (note that the en dash must be manually included in this instance)
Some famous scriptures in Ether are {{LDS|Eth.|Ether|12|4|, 6|||y}}; {{LDS||ether|13|9}}; and {{LDS||ether|15|31}}.	Some famous scriptures in Ether are Eth. 12:4, 6; 13:9; and 15:31.	Leave the display text parameter blank to only include the chapter/verse in the link
{{LDS|1 Ne.|1_ne|3|7|8|website=lds}}	1 Ne. 3:7–8	Include "website=lds" to link to the LDS Church's website (this simply calls the {{LDS/legacy}} template)

See also

• The LDSverse module's test cases page has many more usage examples, including citations to the KJV, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, the Pearl of Great Price, and the Lectures on Faith.
• {{LDS/legacy}}
• {{Bibleverse}}