Revelation, September 1830–B [D&C 28]

Even as Aaaron to declare faithfully the commandments

Generally, a divine mandate that church members were expected to obey; more specifically, a text dictated by JS in the first-person voice of deity that served to communicate knowledge and instruction to JS and his followers. Occasionally, other inspired texts...

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&  the Revelations with power & authority unto the Church

The Book of Mormon related that when Christ set up his church in the Americas, “they which were baptized in the name of Jesus, were called the church of Christ.” The first name used to denote the church JS organized on 6 April 1830 was “the Church of Christ...

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& if  thou art led at any time by the comforter to speak or  teach or at all times by the way of Commandment unto  the Church thou mayest do it But thou shalt not write  by way of Commandment unto the Church but by  wisdom & thou shalt not command him which is at thy  head & at the head of the Church for I have given him  the keys

In the early church, the term keys referred to JS’s authority to unlock the “mysteries of the kingdom.” Early revelations declared that both JS and Oliver Cowdery held the keys to bring forth “those parts of my scriptures which have been hidden because of...

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of the mysteries of the Revelations which are  sealed until I shall appoint unto him another in his  stead & now Behold I say unto you that thou shalt go unto  the Lamanites

A name used in the Book of Mormon to refer to the descendants or followers of Laman, one of the sons of Lehi. The Book of Mormon explained that Lehi and his Israelite family migrated from Jerusalem to America around 600 BC. After Lehi’s death, his family ...

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& Preach my Gospel unto them & cause my  Church to be established among them & thou shalt have  Revelations but write them not by the way of Commandment  & Now Behold I say unto you that it is not Revealed & no man  knoweth where the City shall be built But it shall be given  hereafter Behold I say unto you that it shall be among the  Lamanites[.] thou shalt not l[e]ave this place until after the  Conference

A meeting where ecclesiastical officers and other church members could conduct church business. The “Articles and Covenants” of the church directed the elders to hold conferences to perform “Church business.” The first of these conferences was held on 9 June...

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& my servent Joseph shall be appointed to rule  the conference by the voice of it & what he saith to thee  that thou shalt tell And again thou shalt take thy  Brother Hyram [Hiram Page]

1800–12 Aug. 1852. Physician, farmer. Born in Vermont. Married Catherine Whitmer, 10 Nov. 1825, in Seneca Co., New York. One of the Eight Witnesses of the Book of Mormon, June 1829. Baptized into LDS church by Oliver Cowdery, 11 Apr. 1830, at Seneca Lake,...

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Between him & thee alone & tell him  that those things which he hath written from that Stone  are not of me & that Satan deceiveth him for Behold  those things have not been appointed unto him Neither  shall any thing be appointed unto any of this Church  contrary to the Church Articles & Covenants

A foundational document presented at the first conference of the church for the approval of church members. The articles and covenants included a brief historical prologue, a declaration of beliefs, and a description of the offices, ordinances, and procedures...

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for all things  must be done in order & by Common consent in the Church  by the prayer of faith & thou shalt settle all these things  according to the Covenants of the Church before thou shalt  take thy Journey among the Lamanites & it shall be  given thee from the time that thou shalt go until the  time that thou shalt return what thou shalt do & thou  must open thy mouth at all times declaring my  Gospel with the sound of Rejoiceing even so amen [p. 41]