Section 19 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 2 minutesRevelation given through Joseph Smith, Jr., the prophet, on the day the church was organized, April 6, 1830, at Fayette, Seneca County, New York, before or, possibly, during the organization meeting, and is addressed to both Joseph and the church. It refers to the organization in the past tense and gives instruction concerning the ordination…
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Section 17 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 9 minutesThis section is a compilation of instructions received from time to time in connection with the organization of the church. The “Book of Commandments” describes the section as “the Articles and Covenants of the Church of Christ, given in Fayette, New York, June, 1830,” but that part of the instruction which set the date for…
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