Church History
Doctrine and Covenants 88


“Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources: Doctrine and Covenants 88,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources (2025)

“Doctrine and Covenants 88,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources

Doctrine and Covenants 88

Photo of a room in the Newel K. Whitney store.

Second floor room in the Newel K. Whitney Co. store, Kirtland, Ohio, USA, where, during a conference of high priests held December 27–28, 1832, Joseph Smith received the revelation canonized as section 88 of the Doctrine and Covenants.

Historical Background

Revelations in Context

Essays on the background of each revelation

“A House for Our God”

D&C 88, 94, 95, 96, 97, 109, 110, 137

A School and an Endowment

D&C 90

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

Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations

Volume 1, Chapter 15

Holy Places

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

School of the Prophets

Solemn Assemblies

Temple Building

Washing of Feet

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, 27–28 December 1832 [D&C 88:1–126]

Revelation, 3 January 1833 [D&C 88:127–137]

Minutes, 27–28 December 1832