Joseph Smith—History
1:15–20
Joseph Smith “saw two Personages, whose brightness and glory defy all description.”
He mortgaged his farm for $3,000 to pay for the publishing of the first 5,000 copies of The Book of Mormon.
Martin Harris
“The only true and living church.”
Doctrine and Covenants 1:30
Instead of chapters, the Doctrine and Covenants is a book of scripture divided into these.
Sections
Doctrine and Covenants 1:37–38
“Whether by mine own voice or by the voice of my servants, it is the same.”
One of the three witnesses of the Gold Plates, he later left the church, never to return.
David Whitmer
“Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not.”
Doctrine and Covenants 6:36
The Aaronic priesthood was restored under the direction of Jesus Christ through this resurrected being.
John the Baptist
Doctrine and Covenants
8:2–3
“I will tell you in your mind and in your heart, by the Holy Ghost.”
Identify this man
Oliver Cowdery, school teacher and scribe to Joseph Smith
The Aaronic Priesthood “holds the keys of the ministering of angels, and of the gospel of repentance, and of baptism."
Doctrine and Covenants 13:1
Joseph and Oliver knelt on the banks of this river to ask in prayer about the authority to baptize.
The Susquehanna River
Doctrine and Covenants 18:10–11
“The worth of souls is great in the sight of God.”
In Doctrine and Covenants 11, the Lord told him to "first seek to obtain my word" before attempting to preach it.
Hyrum Smith
“How great will be your joy if you should bring many souls unto me!”
Doctrine and Covenants 18:15–16
Had the 116-page manuscript not been lost, it would have been published as this book.
The Book of Lehi
Doctrine and Covenants 21:4–6
The prophet’s “word ye shall receive, as if from mine own mouth."
Though he never accepted the restored gospel, Joseph Smith, Jr's father-in-law, did, at times, support the work of translating the Book of Mormon.
Isaac Hale
“I, [Jesus Christ], have suffered these things for all.”
Doctrine and Covenants 19:16–19
We know it today as the Doctrine and Covenants, but prior to the 1835 edition, it was known as this.
The Book of Commandments