Scripture
Summary
The sacred, written word of God containing the “mind & will of the Lord” and “matters of divine revelation.” Members of the church considered the Bible, the Book of Mormon, and JS’s revelations to be scripture. Revelations in 1830 and 1831 directed JS to “expound all scriptures.” A February 1831 revelation commanded the elders, priests, and teachers of the church to “teach the scriptures which are in the Bible & the Book of mormon.” The term scripture was also used in a broader sense; in November 1831, JS dictated a revelation to four elders of the church, which stated, “whatsoever they shall speak when moved upon by the Holy Ghost shall be Scripture.” At times, the term scriptures was used to refer only to the Bible, as in “the Book of Mormon, & the Holy Scriptures.”
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- Answers to Questions, between circa 4 and circa 20 March 1832 [D&C 77]
- Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830 [D&C 20]
- Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830, as Recorded in Coltrin, Diary [D&C 20]
- Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 20]
- Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 20]
- Classification of Scriptures, not before 17 July 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 6 August 1833
- Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 25 June 1833
- Letter to Edward Partridge and Others, 10 December 1833
- Letter to Moses Nickerson, 19 November 1833
- Letter to the Church, circa March 1834
- Letter to the Church in Thompson, Ohio, 6 February 1833
- Letter to the Church, circa February 1834
- License for John Whitmer, 9 June 1830
- Minutes and Discourse, 21 April 1834
- Minutes, 11 September 1833
- Minutes, 21 October 1831
- Plat of Kirtland, Ohio, not before 2 August 1833
- Revelation, 2 August 1833–A [D&C 97]
- Revelation, 2 August 1833–B [D&C 94]
- Revelation, September 1830–E [D&C 30:9–11]
- Revelation, 11 September 1831, John Whitmer Copy [D&C 64]
- Revelation, 11 September 1831, as Published and Recorded in Partridge copy of Book of Commandments [D&C 64]
- Revelation, 11 September 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 64]
- Revelation, 11 September 1831, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 64]
- Revelation, 12 October 1833 [D&C 100]
- Revelation, 26 April 1832 [D&C 82]
- Revelation, 4 February 1831 [D&C 41]
- Revelation, 6 May 1833 [D&C 93]
- Revelation, 7 December 1830, as Published in Ohio Star [D&C 35]
- Revelation, 7 December 1830, as Published in Howe, Mormonism Unvailed [D&C 35]
- Revelation, 9 February 1831, as Recorded in Coltrin, Diary [D&C 42:11–69]
- Revelation, 9 February 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 42:1–72]
- Revelation, April 1829–A [D&C 6]
- Revelation, July 1830–B [D&C 26]
- Revelation, July 1830–A [D&C 24]
- Revelation, July 1830–C [D&C 25]
- Revelations printed in Evening and Morning Star, January 1835–June 1836
- Revelations printed in The Evening and the Morning Star, June 1832–June 1833
- Visions of Moses, June 1830 [Moses 1]