Church History
Doctrine and Covenants 37–40


“Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources: Doctrine and Covenants 37–40,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources (2025)

“Doctrine and Covenants 37–40,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources

Doctrine and Covenants 37–40

Interior of a nineteenth-century log home showing the hearth and various furniture items.

The interior of the reconstructed Peter and Mary Whitmer home in Fayette, New York, USA. Joseph received the revelations now contained in Doctrine and Covenants 37–40 while in Fayette.

Historical Background

Revelations in Context

Essays on the background of each revelation

“Go to the Ohio”

D&C 35, 36, 37, 38

James Covel and the “Cares of the World”

D&C 39, 40

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

Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations

Volume 1, Chapter 10

Gathered In

Volume 1, Chapter 12

After Much Tribulation

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

Endowment of Power

Opposition to the Early Church

Zion/New Jerusalem

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, 30 December 1830 [D&C 37]

Revelation, 2 January 1831 [D&C 38]

Revelation, 5 January 1831 [D&C 39]

Revelation, 6 January 1831 [D&C 40]

Conference Minutes, 1 January 1831

Book of Commandments