Church History
Doctrine and Covenants 1


Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources: Doctrine and Covenants 1, Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources (2025)

Doctrine and Covenants 1, Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources

Doctrine and Covenants 1

Clapboard home with a split-rail fence in the foreground

The John and Elsa Johnson Home, Hiram, Ohio, USA, was the site of a special conference held in November 1831 to consider publishing the revelations received by Joseph Smith.

Historical Background

Revelations in Context

Essays on the background of each revelation

William McLellin’s Five Questions

D&C 1, 65, 66, 67, 68, 133

Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days

Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations

Volume 1, Chapter 13

The Gift Has Returned

People

Biographical facts and historical images of individuals associated with the revelations

Places

Maps and information about places associated with the revelations from The Joseph Smith Papers, Historic Sites, and other helpful sources

Events

Timeline placing each revelation in the context of key events in the Church’s first century

View the chronology

Topics

Essays on subjects related to the revelations

Book of Commandments

Doctrine and Covenants

Early Missionaries

Revelations of Joseph Smith

Sealing

Sources

Historical background and the earliest version of each section of the Doctrine and Covenants, as published in The Joseph Smith Papers and the Church History Library catalog

Revelation, 1 November 1831–B [D&C 1]

Minutes, 1–2 November 1831