The Doctrine & Covenants
The number of sections in the Doctrine and Covenants
What is 138?
The name or title of this section
What is the Lord’s preface?
This section is known as "The Vision" and depicts the 3 degrees of glory
What is section 76?
The name of the church's app for study and other materials
What is the Gospel Library app?
Most of the revelations in the Doctrine & Covenants were received through him
Who is Joseph Smith?
The year the Doctrine & Covenants was first published
1835
“Search these _____, for they are true and faithful, and the prophecies and promises which are in them shall all be fulfilled.” (v. 37)
What are “commandments”?
This section contains the wording from John the Baptist's conferral of the Aaronic Priesthood upon Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery
What is section 13?
The title of one of two sections at the top of the "Topics and Questions" page in Gospel Library that provides guidance and help for those who may have questions or are experiencing challenges to faith.
What is "Seeking Answers to Questions" or "Helping Others with Questions?"
The individual through whom section 138 (the vision of the Spirit World) was received
Who is Joseph F. Smith?
The name by which Joseph Smith‘s revelations were to be published in Independence, Missouri in 1833 before a mob destroyed the Saints’ printing press
What is the Book of Commandments?
What this section would be numbered if it were placed in the Doctrine & Covenants chronologically like most of the other revelations (within 10 - for example, the 20s, 30s, etc.)
What is the 60s?
This section was known as the "Articles and Covenants of the Church of Christ," and contains various aspects of church doctrine and governance
What is section 20?
The name of the new 4-volume history of the church (for which the final volume was just published)
What is "Saints?"
The individual to whom section 25 was received.
Who is Emma Smith?
The ”Doctrine” portion of the Doctrine & Covenants (in editions before 1925)
What are the Lectures on Theology or Lectures on Faith?
“Wherefore I the Lord, knowing the ______ which should come upon the inhabitants of the earth, called upon my servant, Joseph Smith, Jr., and spake unto him from heaven, and gave him commandments.” (1:17)
What is “calamity?”
This revelation was known as the "The Olive Branch"
What is section 88?
The nationally recognized church historical project that has published and produced all known documents and related materials produced by Joseph Smith
What is the Joseph Smith Papers project?
Rather than a typical revelation received through Joseph Smith, section 102 is the minutes of a meeting of this group
The High Council of the Church of Christ or Kirtland High Council
The number of known existing copies of the Book of Commandments
What is 30?
At the same conference of 10 elders (held on Nov. 1, 1831) in which section 1 was received, the number of other written revelations received and attached to the conference minutes
What is two? (Sections 67 and 68)
The first Joseph Smith revelation for which a text has survived. It is the earliest surviving record of Joseph's revelatory voice.
What is section 3?
The name of some additional resources on the Gospel Library app for understanding the historical background for each section
What is "Joseph Smith's Revelations," "Revelations in Context," "Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources," or "Church History Topics"
The author who penned the formal announcement of the deaths of Joseph and Hyrum Smith that is now section 135.
Who is "we don't know for sure" but most likely Willard Richards or William W. Phelps?