“Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources: Doctrine and Covenants 125–128,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources (2025)
“Doctrine and Covenants 125–128,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources
Doctrine and Covenants 125–128
Historical Background
Revelations in Context
Essays on the background of each revelation
Organizing the Church in Nauvoo
“Take Special Care of Your Family”
Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days
Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations
Volume 1, Chapter 39
Volume 1, Chapter 46
Recording Baptisms for the Dead
A Church historian displays rarely seen records of baptisms for the dead that illustrate important principles
Worship Services in the Unfinished Nauvoo Temple
A Church historian explains how Latter-day Saints in Nauvoo worshipped in the still-unfinished Nauvoo temple
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, circa Early March 1841 [D&C 125]
Revelation, 9 July 1841 [D&C 126]
Letter to “All the Saints in Nauvoo,” 1 September 1842