Church History
Doctrine and Covenants 106–108


“Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources: Doctrine and Covenants 106–108,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources (2025)

“Doctrine and Covenants 106–108,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources

Doctrine and Covenants 106–108

Painting of the Kirtland Temple under construction, with scaffolding along one wall.

Walter Rane, Construction of the Kirtland Temple, 2002, oil on canvas, Church History Museum.

Historical Background

Revelations in Context

Essays on the background of each revelation

Warren Cowdery

D&C 106

Restoring the Ancient Order

D&C 102, 107

“Wrought Upon” to Seek a Revelation

D&C 108

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

Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations

Volume 1, Chapter 26

A Holy and Consecrated Land

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

Adjustments to Priesthood Organization

Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood

Solemn Assemblies

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, 25 November 1834 [D&C 106]

Revelation, 11 November 1831–B; Instruction on Priesthood, between circa 1 March and circa 4 May 1835 [D&C 107]

Revelation, 26 December 1835 [D&C 108]