Church History
Doctrine and Covenants 67–70


“Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources: Doctrine and Covenants 67–70,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources (2025)

“Doctrine and Covenants 67–70,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources

Doctrine and Covenants 67–70

Book of Commandments opened to its title page

The Book of Commandments, printed in Independence, Missouri, USA, in 1832. In late 1831, Joseph Smith convened a conference at the home of John and Elsa Johnson in Hiram, Ohio, USA, where a group of Saints determined to print these revelations.

Historical Background

Revelations in Context

Essays on the background of each revelation

William McLellin’s Five Questions

D&C 1, 65, 66, 67, 68, 133

The Book of John Whitmer

D&C 47, 69

Newel K. Whitney and the United Firm

D&C 70, 78, 82, 92, 96, 104

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

Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations

Volume 1, Chapter 13

The Gift Has Returned

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

View the chronology

Topics

Essays on subjects related to the revelations

Bishop

Restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood

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 2 November 1831 [D&C 67]

Revelation, 1 November 1831–A [D&C 68]

Revelation, 11 November 1831–A [D&C 69]

Revelation, 12 November 1831 [D&C 70]

Minutes, 1–2 November 1831

Conference Minutes, 11 November 1831

Conference Minutes, 12 November 1831