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 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 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 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 100 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 5 minutesA delegation arrived in Kirtland, February 22, 1834, with information for the First Presidency regarding the condition of the Saints in Missouri. The following revelation was given through Joseph Smith two days later. For “Baurak Ale” read “Joseph Smith.” This revelation was first published without conference approval in 1844 and its retention was specifically approved…
Section 99 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis is not a revelation, although it states that the High Council was “appointed by revelation”; it is the minutes of the organization of the Council at Kirtland, February 17, 1834. The day after the Council was organized, President Smith reviewed and corrected the minutes of the initial meeting. On February 19 the Council reassembled,…
Section 98 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 10 minutesRevelation given through Joseph Smith, Jr., December 16, 1833, at Kirtland, Ohio. The revelation is addressed to the Saints in Ohio and is concerned with the “brethren who had been afflicted and persecuted and cast from their land of inheritance.” 1 A. Verily, I say unto you, concerning your brethren who have been afflicted, and…
Section 97 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 2 minutesRevelation given through Joseph Smith, Jr., at Perrysburg, New York, October 12, 1833. Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon had stopped here at the home of Freeman Nickerson. They were on a mission to Canada and the East. 1 A. Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you my friends, Sidney, and Joseph, your families are well;…
Section 96 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 2 minutesRevelation given through Joseph Smith, Jr., to Elder John Murdock, in August 1832, at Kirtland, Ohio. Murdock’s wife Julia had died on April 30, 1831, after giving birth that day to twins, Julia and Joseph. Joseph and Emma Smith soon adopted these twins. In 1832 Murdock sent his older three children (with means for their…
Section 95 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 5 minutesRevelation given through Joseph Smith, Jr., August 6, 1833, at Kirtland, Ohio. No word of the culmination of the Missouri troubles had yet reached the Saints in Kirtland. The contents of this revelation are particularly significant in view of this fact. 1 A. Verily I say unto you, my friends, Fear not, let your hearts…
Section 94 (Community of Christ)
Reading Time: 4 minutesRevelation given through Joseph Smith, Jr., at Kirtland, Ohio, August 2, 1833. This has to do with the work of the church in Zion. Before the revelation was given the Saints in Independence had been forced to sign an agreement to leave Jackson County (July 23, 1833). Word of the agreement did not reach Kirtland…