Church History
Doctrine and Covenants 64–66


“Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources: Doctrine and Covenants 64–66,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources (2025)

“Doctrine and Covenants 64–66,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources

Doctrine and Covenants 64–66

a stream running through the foreground in an autumn scene with an old wooden building in the distance

The reconstructed Kirtland ashery, built on the original site, Kirtland, Ohio, USA.

Historical Background

Revelations in Context

Essays on the background of each revelation

Ezra Booth and Isaac Morley

D&C 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 71, 73

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

Bishop

Restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood

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, 11 September 1831 [D&C 64]

Revelation, 30 October 1831 [D&C 65]

Revelation, 29 October 1831 [D&C 66]