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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.

{{LDS|display text|book name|chapter|verse|end verse|footnote (deprecated)|cross ref flag (deprecated)|nonconsecutive end verse flag|website}}
Note: This template does not use parameter names (with the exception of the "website" parameter for specifying the website that hosts the text); parameter names below are only for documentation purposes. Parameters must be passed in the order given.

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

Template Data

For citing to Latter Day Saint movement scriptures on Wikisource (or the LDS church website)

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
display text1 display display name

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.
Stringsuggested
book name2 book

name of book (or abbreviation of book used by LDS Church website)

Example
1-ne
Stringsuggested
chapter3 chap section

chapter (or section) of scripture being cited

Example
12
Numberoptional
verse4 initial verse

verse of scripture being cited

Example
4
Numberoptional
end verse5 end verses

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
Stringoptional
footnote6 footnote

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.

Example
d
Stringdeprecated
cross ref flag7

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)

Example
x
Unknowndeprecated
nonconsecutive end verse flag8 end verse flag

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
Stringoptional
websitewebsite host site source

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
Stringoptional

Examples

Wikitext Result Notes
{{LDS|Eth.|Ether|12}} Eth. 12 Cite to entire chapter
{{LDS|Doctrine and Covenants|dc|130|22}} Doctrine and Covenants 130:22 Cite to specific verse
{{LDS|1 Nephi|1_ne|22|22|24}} 1 Nephi 22:22–24 Cite to consecutive range of verses; note the en dash automatically added between beginning and ending verses
{{LDS|John|john|3|5}} John 3:5 Cite to KJV of the Bible
{{LDS|John|john|3|5|–14, 16|||x}} John 3:5–14, 16 Cite to nonconsecutive range of verses; note that the en dash must be manually added

See also