Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources: Doctrine and Covenants 111–114, Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources (2020)
Doctrine and Covenants 111–114, Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources
Doctrine and Covenants 111–114
Far West, Missouri, USA, where Joseph Smith received a revelation in April 1838 calling faithful servants to preach the gospel.
Texts
Historical background and the earliest manuscript of each revelation, as published in The Joseph Smith Papers
Revelation, 6 August 1836 [D&C 111]
On 25 July 1836, after writing two letters concerning church members in Missouri, Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, Oliver Cowdery, and Sidney Rigdon left Kirtland, Ohio, to travel to the eastern United States. More …
Revelation, 23 July 1837 [D&C 112]
On 23 July 1837, Joseph Smith dictated the revelation featured here to Thomas B. Marsh, the president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. More …
Questions and Answers, between circa 16 and circa 29 March 1838–A [D&C 113:1–6]
Sometime in mid- or late March 1838, after Joseph Smith arrived in Far West, Missouri, he apparently answered a series of questions regarding the prophecies in Isaiah chapters 11 and 52. More …
Revelation, 11 April 1838 [D&C 114]
On 11 April 1838, Joseph Smith dictated a revelation for David W. Patten, directing him to settle his business affairs and prepare for a mission. More …
People
Biographical facts and historical images of individuals associated with the revelations
Historical Background
Revelations in Context
Essays on the background of each revelation
More Treasures Than One
In late July 1836, Joseph Smith Jr., Sidney Rigdon, Oliver Cowdery, and Hyrum Smith started traveling from Kirtland, Ohio, to the eastern United States. More …
The Faith and Fall of Thomas Marsh
Hoping to bolster quorum unity, Thomas Marsh returned to Kirtland in July, only to find that some Apostles had left for a mission to Great Britain and several others had apostatized. More …
Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days
Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations
Volume 1, Chapter 22
Try the Lord
In late June, William Phelps and other church leaders in Clay County wrote the prophet to tell him that local officials had summoned church leaders to the courthouse. More …
Volume 1, Chapter 24
Truth Shall Prevail
On the road from Far West to Kirtland, Thomas Marsh, David Patten, and William Smith were surprised to meet Parley Pratt headed the other direction. More …
Church History Topics
Essays on subjects related to the revelations
Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible
While translating the Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery found they held different views on the meaning of a passage in the Bible. More …
Kirtland Safety Society
In the fall of 1836, Joseph Smith and other Church leaders decided to found a bank in Kirtland, Ohio. More …
The Kirtland Safety Society was founded in 1836 as a community bank with the goal to provide credit and raise money for those in Ohio. By August 1837, the bank had been refused a charter by the state of Ohio, and a national financial crisis led to the bank’s collapse. This is one of the original notes issued by the Kirtland Safety Society.
Kirtland Safety Society note, 1837, Church History Library.
Quorum of the Twelve
The book of Ephesians taught that the New Testament church was “built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets.” More …
Quorums of the Seventy
The first members of the seventy were ordained on February 28, 1835, when Joseph Smith began to call and ordain special missionaries to “prune the vineyard for the last time.” More …
Places
Maps and information about places associated with the revelations from The Joseph Smith Papers, Historic Sites, and other helpful sources
Chronology
Timeline placing each revelation in the context of key events in the Church’s first century