Church History
Doctrine and Covenants 18


Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources: Doctrine and Covenants 18, Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources (2025)

Doctrine and Covenants 18, Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources

Doctrine and Covenants 18

Log home surrounded by lush green trees and a low, split-rail fence.

The reconstructed Peter and Mary Musselman Whitmer home in Fayette, New York, USA. While living in the Whitmer home, Joseph received the revelation now contained in Doctrine and Covenants 18.

Historical Background

Revelations in Context

Essays on the background of each revelation

“Build Up My Church”

D&C 18, 20, 21, 22

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

Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations

Volume 1, Chapter 19

Stewards over This Ministry

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

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, June 1829–B [D&C 18]