“Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources: Doctrine and Covenants 84,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources (2025)
“Doctrine and Covenants 84,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources
Doctrine and Covenants 84
Newel K. Whitney Co. store, Kirtland, Ohio, USA. This building served as Church headquarters for 18 months while Joseph and Emma Smith lived here.
Historical Background
Revelations in Context
Essays on the background of each revelation
“I Quit Other Business”: Early Missionaries
Temple lot in Independence, Missouri, USA, in the foreground, with the Independence cityscape in the background, ca. 1900. Church History Library, PH 7529.
Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days
Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations
Volume 1, Chapter 15
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
Revelation, 22–23 September 1832 [D&C 84]
Harvesting is a metaphor for missionary work and the gathering of Israel in the latter-days. Just as these women bind their gathered wheat into bundles, Israel is gathered and bound to Jesus Christ in the temple. James Harwood, The Gleaners, 1890, oil on canvas, Church History Museum.