Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources: Doctrine and Covenants 12–17; Joseph Smith—History 1:66–75, Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources (2025)
Doctrine and Covenants 12–17; Joseph Smith—History 1:66–75, Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources
Doctrine and Covenants 12–17; Joseph Smith—History 1:66–75
The woods near Joseph and Emma Smith’s home in Harmony, Pennsylvania, USA, is where John the Baptist conferred the Aaronic Priesthood on Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery on May 15, 1829.
Historical Background
Days of Harmony
“And so, my journey to finally meet Joseph Smith began. For nearly three days his brother Samuel and I trekked in the spring rain toward his home. I planned to ask him my questions and then to offer him my help.”
Days of Harmony
The Priesthood Restored: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast
The Priesthood Restored: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast is a six-part miniseries from the Joseph Smith Papers Project that explores the events and circumstances that played a role in the restoration of the priesthood.
Episode 1: “The Great Strife and Noise”
Episode 2: “Days Never to be Forgotten”
Episode 3: “The Voice of Peter, James, and John”
Episode 4: “The Fulness of the Priesthood”
Episode 5: “The Priesthood Organization”
Episode 6: “Sacred Sites and Ongoing Restorations”
Avard T. Fairbanks, Restoration of the Priesthood, 1962, cast bronze, Priesthood Restoration Site, Harmony, Pennsylvania, USA.
Revelations in Context
Essays on the background of each revelation
The Knight and Whitmer Families
The Knight and Whitmer Families
The Contributions of Martin Harris
Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days
Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations
Volume 1, Chapter 7
A Day for the Eternities
“There are moments in every person’s life that change them forever. This was mine.”
A Day for the Eternities
Glen Hopkinson, The Sacred Susquehanna, 2000, oil on canvas, Church History Museum.
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
Linda Curley Christensen and Michael Malm, Upon You My Fellow Servants, oil on canvas, Church History Museum.
Events
Timeline placing each revelation in the context of key events in the Church’s first century
Topics
Essays on subjects related to the revelations
Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood
Restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood
Witnesses of the Book of Mormon
Olinda Hoehne Reynolds, The Eight Witnesses, 2001, pen and ink on paper, Church History Museum.
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, May 1829–B [D&C 12]
Excerpt from JS History, vol. A-1, circa May 1838–B [D&C 13]
Revelation, June 1829–A [D&C 14]
Revelation, June 1829–C [D&C 15]
Revelation, June 1829–D [D&C 16]
Revelation, June 1829–E [D&C 17]
The reconstructed Peter and Mary Whitmer home in Fayette, New York, USA. While living in the Whitmer home Joseph received the revelations now contained in Doctrine and Covenants 14–17.