“Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources: Doctrine and Covenants 58–59,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources (2025)
“Doctrine and Covenants 58–59,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources
Doctrine and Covenants 58–59
Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, USA. The composition depicts the temple site in the background, the courthouse in which Joseph Smith purchased the temple property, and Newel K. Whitney’s log cabin as they might have appeared in the summer of 1831. Al Rounds, Independence, Missouri, 1831, 1985, watercolor.
Historical Background
Revelations in Context
Essays on the background of each revelation
D&C 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 71, 73
Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days
Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations
Volume 1, Chapter 12
Volume 1, Chapter 26
A Latter-day Zion in Missouri
“Little more than a year after the Church was organized, Joseph Smith traveled from Kirtland, Ohio, to Independence, Missouri, and there dictated a revelation designating Missouri as the land of Zion.”
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
Topics
Essays on subjects related to the revelations
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