Section 1

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An Overview of the Doctrine and Covenants: How it Came to Be and What it Contains

Topics from Doctrine Covenants 1:1-38

Joseph Smith History 1:1-26

Joseph Smith’s Childhood

The First Vision

Doctrine and Covenants 2; Joseph Smith—History 1:27–65

The Angel Moroni Appears to Joseph Smith

Joseph Smith Learns about the Gold Plates

Elijah and the Sealing Keys

Doctrine and Covenants 3–5

Joseph Begins to Translate the Gold Plates

Martin Harris and the Lost 116 Pages

Doctrine and Covenants 6-9

Oliver Cowdery and Joseph work on Translation

Oliver Cowdery Tries to Translate

Doctrine and Covenants 10-11

Joseph and Oliver wonder if they should Retranslate the Lost 116 Pages

Hyrum Smith asks Joseph to Seek the Lord’s Will on His Behalf

Doctrine & Covenants 12-13 and Joseph Smith—History 1:66–75

Joseph Knight wanted to know how he could help in the work of the Lord. The Lord’s answer is D&C 12.

John the Baptist restores the Aaronic Priesthood.

Joseph and Oliver are Baptized

Doctrine and Covenants 14-17

The Whitmer Family: Miracle of the Plowed Field, Joseph and Oliver Stays with them while Translating, and a Revelation for the Whitmer Family

The Three Witnesses and the Eight Witnesses

Doctrine and Covenants 18-19

Printing of the Book of Mormon

Doctrine and Covenants 20-22

Restoration of the Church

Doctrine and Covenants 23-26

People disrupt baptisms and break dam and make trouble for the church and Joseph

Revelation for Emma, including selecting hymns for the saints to sing

Doctrine and Covenants 27-28

An angel tells Joseph not to buy wine from their enemies for the sacrament.

Hiram Page claims to receive revelations for the church

Oliver Cowdery’s mission to the Lamanites

Doctrine and Covenants 29

The Gathering of God’s People and Second Coming Revelation

Doctrine and Covenants: Easter

Some scriptures in the D&C about the death, resurrection, and atonement of Jesus Christ

Doctrine and Covenants 30-36

First Missionaries

Doctrine and Covenants 37-40

The Saints are Commanded to Gather to Kirtland, Ohio

James Covel covenants to obey the commandments but doesn’t keep his promise.

Doctrine and Covenants 41-44

Early Days in Kirtland

The First Bishop: Edward Partridge

Law of Consecration

Doctrine and Covenants 45

Revelation about Second Coming

Doctrine and Covenants 46-48

Gifts of the Spirit

Church Historian Called

Doctrine and Covenants 49-50

Leman Copley and the Shakers

False Spirits Manifest in Strange Behavior

Doctrine and Covenants 51-57

Leman Copley breaks his covenant to allow the Coleman saints to settle on his land

Doctrine and Covenants 58-59

Saints begin to settle in Missouri, including the Coleman saints

Doctrine and Covenants 60-62

Joseph and the missionaries travel to and from Missouri.

The Missouri River is dangerous traveling on.

Some of the missionaries are chastised for not sharing the gospel.

Doctrine and Covenants 63

Ezra Booth converted by a healing and then falls away from church.

Preparations to move to Zion

Warnings to dissenters

Doctrine and Covenants 64-66

Building Zion Difficulties

William E. McLellin receives answers to his questions through a revelation

Doctrine and Covenants 67-70

The Latter-day Revelations Are Published (the Doctrine of Covenants)

Doctrine and Covenants 71-75

Ezra Booth publishes letters trying to discredit the church. Joseph and Sydney go on a mission to teach the truth.

Newel K. Whitney is called to serve as bishop in Kirtland.

Joseph Smith is commanded by the Lord to work on inspired revisions to the Bible.

Doctrine and Covenants 76

Vision of the Three Degrees of Glory

Doctrine and Covenants 77-80

Joseph receives answers to questions about the Book of Revelations

Organizing the United Firm (United Order)

Doctrine and Covenants 81-83

Frederick G. Williams called to be a counselor to the Prophet Joseph Smith

Instructions reiterated to establish a firm—known as the United Firm

Doctrine and Covenants 84

Revelation about the Priesthood

Doctrine and Covenants 85-87

85 Letter to William W. Phelps about those who had not obeyed commandment to consecrate their properties

86 Revelation about the meaning of the Second Coming wheat and tares parable.

87 Civil War Prophecy

Doctrine and Covenants 88

School of the Prophets

The Lord wants the Saints to build a temple, a “house of God.”

Doctrine and Covenants 89-92

Word of Wisdom

Establishment of First Presidency

Revelation about Apocrypha

Doctrine and Covenants 93

Revelation about Jesus Christ and Premortal Life

Doctrine and Covenants 94-97

The Saints are Commanded to Build the Kirtland Temple

Doctrine and Covenants 98-101

The Saints Are Expelled from Jackson County, Missouri

Doctrine and Covenants 102-105

Zion’s Camp

Doctrine and Covenants 106-108

Priesthood Organization

Doctrine and Covenants 109-110

Dedication of the Kirtland Temple

Jesus Christ, Moses, Elias, and Elijah appear to Joseph and Oliver in Kirtland Temple

Doctrine and Covenants 11-114

Financial difficulties and apostasy in the church

Doctrine and Covenants 115-120

Name of the Church

Tithing

Adam-ondi-Ahman

Doctrine and Covenants 121-123

More Mobs in Missouri

Joseph Smith in Liberty Jail

The Saints leave Missouri

Doctrine and Covenants 124

Nauvoo

Saints Commanded to Build the Nauvoo Temple

Doctrine and Covenants 125-128

Baptisms for the Dead

Doctrine and Covenants 129-132

Revelation about Eternal Marriage

Doctrine and Covenants 133-134

Appendix to Book of Commandments

Doctrine and Covenants 135-136

Martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph Smith

Brigham Young is the new leader of the church

The Saints leave Nauvoo and establish Winter Quarters.

Doctrine and Covenants 137-138

Joseph Smith’s vision of brother Alvin in Celestial Kingdom.

Salvation for the dead

Joseph F. Smith’s vision about the Spirit World

The Articles of Faith and Official Declarations 1 and 2

Articles of Faith

End of the practice of plural marriage

Blessings of the priesthood made available to people of all races.

The Family: A Proclamation to the World

Christmas: The Living Christ