“Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources: The Articles of Faith and Official Declarations 1 and 2,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources (2025)
“The Articles of Faith and Official Declarations 1 and 2,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources
The Articles of Faith and Official Declarations 1 and 2
The Salt Lake Tabernacle, ca. 1890, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, was the primary gathering space for semiannual general conferences for 132 years. In October 1890, President Wilford Woodruff’s Manifesto was read during general conference here, discontinuing the practice of plural marriage. Photograph by Samuel Horrocks, ca. 1890–1910, Church History Library, PH 8796.)
Historical Background
Revelations in Context
Essays on the background of each revelation.
Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days
Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations
Volume 2, Chapter 39
Volume 2, Chapter 40
Volume 4, Chapter 18
All the Blessings of the Gospel
Volume 4, Chapter 19
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 on Priesthood Accepted, Church Officers Sustained, General Conference, 30 September 1978
Every Faithful, Worthy Man in the Church May Now Receive the Priesthood, Ensign, July 1978
Restored ordinances bless the lives of all God’s children. Working in batik, a traditional art form in Sierra Leone, artist Emile Wilson shows local members officiating in the priesthood. Emile Wilson, Confirmation in Sierra Leone, 1992, batik, Church History Museum.