“Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources: The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources (2025)
“The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources
The Family: A Proclamation to the World
Historical Background
President Russell M. Nelson
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
President Dallin H. Oaks
First Counselor in the First Presidency
The Teachings of “The Family: A Proclamation to the World”
President Henry B. Eyring
Second Counselor in the First Presidency
The Sacred Responsibility of Parenthood
President M. Russell Ballard
Former Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, 1928–2023
The Proclamation on the Family: Transcending the Cultural Confusion
Elder Bruce C. Hafen
First Quorum of the Seventy, 1996–2010
Places
Maps and information about places associated with the revelations from The Joseph Smith Papers, Historic Sites, and other helpful sources
The circle of the family emphasizes the importance of this unit in our heavenly parents’ plan so that “the earth might answer the end of its creation” (Doctrine and Covenants 49:16). Agrippa Ndongwe, Happy Family of Six Sealed for Time and All Eternity, 1993, opal, Church History Museum.