The Section Explorer is the heart of the Doctrine and Covenants Project, designed to make Restoration scripture accessible, searchable, and available to all. This feature allows users to navigate our growing library of sections from various versions of the Doctrine and Covenants, providing a unique opportunity to explore the words that have shaped the Latter Day Saint movement.
Whether you’re studying the text as scripture, seeking historical understanding, or simply curious about the similarities and differences between versions, the Section Explorer offers a straightforward and powerful tool for discovery. Each section is presented in its original wording from multiple editions, such as the Community of Christ’s version and earlier editions like the 1833 Book of Commandments.
Section 8 (The Revelations of James Strang)
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Testimony of Witnesses who dug up the Voree Plates at the Prophet’s request, on September 18, 1845. 1a On the thirteenth day of September, 1845, we, Aaron Smith, Jirah B. Wheelan, James M. Van Nostrand, and Edward Whitcomb, assembled at the call of James J. Strang, who is by us and many others approved…
Section 7 (The Revelations of James Strang)
Reading Time: 3 minutes Revelation to the Prophet James J. Strang, concerning the Voree Plates, and also a Vision of where the Plates were buried, Received on September 1, 1845. 1a The Angel of the Lord came unto me, James, on the first day of September, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-five, and the light shined about him…
Section 6 (The Revelations of James Strang)
Reading Time: 3 minutesA Revelation to the Prophet James J. Strang, concerning the service required of the saints, received on September 17, 1845. 1 On the seventeenth day of January, in the year eighteen hundred and forty- five, the word of the Lord came unto James J. Strang, the Prophet of the Most High God and Revelator unto…
Section 5 (The Revelations of James Strang)
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Ordination of James Strang under the hand of the Angel, administered on June 27, 1844. This occurred at the exact moment of Joseph Smith’s death. 1 On the twenty-seventh day of June, 1844, at five and a half o’clock in the afternoon, James J. Strang was in the Spirit, and the Angel of God…
Section 4 (The Revelations of James Strang)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Vision of Voree, to The Prophet, James J. Strang, given on June 18, 1844. 1 On the eighteenth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-four, James J. Strang was in the Spirit, and he was in the grove above the stone quarry on White River, 2 And he had a vision; and behold, he…
Section 3 (The Revelations of James Strang)
Reading Time: 4 minutesDelivery of the Letter of Appointment 1a This letter was received at Burlington by regular course of mail, coming through the distributing office at Chicago, and bears the Nauvoo post-mark of June 19, the day following its date. 1b It arrived at Burlington July 9th, and was immediately taken from the office by C. P….
Section 2 (The Revelations of James Strang)
Reading Time: 3 minutesHistory of the James’s baptism and ordination by the Smith brothers, blessings that foretell his calling, and the details of the Letter of Appointment. 1a And now it appears that this letter was written on this wise: 1b In February, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-four, James J. Strang, in company with Aaron Smith…
Section 1 (The Revelations of James Strang)
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Letter of Appointment, from the Prophet Joseph Smith, appointing James Strang by Revelation as his successor, and appointing Voree as a stake of Zion. Written from Nauvoo, June 18th, 1844, nine days prior to his Martyrdom. 1 My Dear Son: Your epistle of May 24th, proposing the planting a stake of Zion in Wisconsin…
Section 165 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 4 minutesPresident Stephen M. Veazey submitted the following counsel to the church and to the World Conference on April 14, 2013. The counsel was presented to the quorums, councils, and orders of the church and to the World Conference again on Monday, June 6, 2016, to be considered for inclusion in the Doctrine and Covenants. President…
Section 164 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 8 minutesPresident Stephen M. Veazey released counsel to the church on January 17, 2010, at the Temple in Independence, Missouri. Counsel also was printed in the February 2010 Herald. The church had time to consider the counsel and its implications before World Conference. President Veazey formally submitted the following counsel to the World Conference on Sunday, April 11,…