Church History
Doctrine and Covenants 98–101


“Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources: Doctrine and Covenants 98–101,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources (2025)

“Doctrine and Covenants 98–101,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources

Doctrine and Covenants 98–101

Fields with a wooden fence in the foreground.

Clay County, Missouri, USA, where the main body of the Saints in Missouri had gathered following persecution and eviction from Jackson County by the end of 1833.

Historical Background

Revelations in Context

Essays on the background of each revelation

Waiting for the Word of the Lord

D&C 97, 98, 101

“I Quit Other Business”: Early Missionaries

D&C 42, 75, 79, 80, 84, 99

A Mission to Canada

D&C 100

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

Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations

Volume 1, Chapter 17

Though the Mob Kill Us

Volume 1, Chapter 18

The Camp of Israel

Volume 1, Chapter 19

Stewards over This Ministry

Volume 1, Chapter 25

Move on to the West

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

Jackson County Violence

Opposition to the Early Church

Slavery and Abolition

Vigilantism

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, 6 August 1833 [D&C 98]

Revelation, 29 August 1832 [D&C 99]

Revelation, 12 October 1833 [D&C 100]

Revelation, 16–17 December 1833 [D&C 101]