Section 101 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 10 minutesRevelation given through Joseph Smith, Jr., April 23, 1834, at Kirtland, Ohio. A “United Order of Enoch” had been established to manage the temporal affairs of the church in Kirtland and in Zion. The Order was now in financial difficulties, largely because of losses sustained through mob action. In accordance with this revelation, the Order…
Section 102 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 5 minutesRevelation given through Joseph Smith, Jr., June 22, 1834, at Fishing River, Missouri. The company of Saints known as “Zion’s Camp” left Kirtland, Ohio, for Missouri, May 8, 1834 (D. and C. 100:5–6). They reached an elevated piece of land between two branches of the Fishing River June 19 and were obliged to stay there…
Section 103 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRevelation given through Joseph Smith, Jr., at Kirtland, Ohio, November 25, 1834. It was addressed to Warren A. Cowdery of Freedom, New York. 1 A. It is my will that my servant, Warren A. Cowdery, should be appointed and ordained a presiding high priest over my church in the land of Freedom, and the regions…
Section 104 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 11 minutesThe first members of the Council of Twelve of the Restoration were chosen February 14, 1835. At a meeting held to prepare for their first mission as a quorum of apostles, the brethren asked Joseph Smith to inquire of God and attain a revelation for their comfort and for their enlightenment concerning their duty. In…
Section 105 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 5 minutesRevelation given through Joseph Smith, Jr., July 23, 1837, at Kirtland, Ohio. Having been received subsequent to the publication of the first (1835) edition of the Doctrine and Covenants, it was included in the second (1844) edition as Section 104. This edition was issued after the death of Joseph Smith. Specific approval for the continued…
Section 106 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis revelation was first published in the second (1844) edition of the Doctrine and Covenants as Section 107. By action of the 1970 World Conference its inclusion was confirmed. It was given through Joseph Smith, Jr., at Far West, Missouri, July 8, 1838, in answer to the petition, “O Lord, show unto thy servants how…
Section 107 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 2 minutes(Placed in the Appendix by action of the 1970 World Conference; the Appendix was subsequently removed by the 1990 World Conference.) This section refers to the Doctrine of the Baptism of the Dead. 1970 World Conference Resolution #1080 (Sections Omitted) H. Section 107 was first printed in 1844. It contains considerable controversial material, including the…
Section 108 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 8 minutesRevelation received through Joseph Smith, Jr., prophet and seer to the church, November 3, 1831, at Hiram, Ohio. The revelation, originally given as the “Preface” to the “Book of Commandments,”* given November 1, 1831, is now Section 1 of the Doctrine and Covenants. The following revelation was to constitute the “close” or “appendix” to the…
Sections 109 & 110 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: < 1 minute(Placed in the Appendix by action of the 1970 World Conference; the Appendix was subsequently removed by the 1990 World Conference.) This section is omitted by virtue of the Community of Christ Doctrine & Covenants. Both are available in other editions of the Doctrine and Covenants.
Section 111 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis section on marriage is not a revelation. It was prepared while the Book of Doctrine and Covenants was being compiled and was read by W. W. Phelps at the general assembly of August 17, 1835. It was adopted unanimously by that assembly as part of the Book of Doctrine and Covenants. It has been…