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The immediate setting of D&C 1 was a conference at Hiram, Ohio attended by ten elders including Joseph Smith. The conference was held on November 1-2, 1831, a year and a half after the organization of the Church. The purpose of the conference was to make plans for publishing Joseph Smith’s revelations for the first time. The conference determined to print several thousand copies of the revelations in book form under the name Book of Commandments. D&C 1 was received on the first day of this conference. William McLellin later recalled that: | The immediate setting of D&C 1 was a conference at Hiram, Ohio attended by ten elders including Joseph Smith. The conference was held on November 1-2, 1831, a year and a half after the organization of the Church. The purpose of the conference was to make plans for publishing Joseph Smith’s revelations for the first time. The conference determined to print several thousand copies of the revelations in book form under the name Book of Commandments. D&C 1 was received on the first day of this conference. William McLellin later recalled that: | ||
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Revision as of 02:06, 20 May 2012
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Contents
Brief outline and summary
Section 1 falls into five sections:
- Lord’s word will go forth and be fulfilled (1-10)
- Lord's anger is kindled against the world and wicked will be cut off (11-16)
- Lord's servants preach to the world so weak break down strong (17-23)
- Lord teaches his servants who repent so come to understanding (24-33)
- Lord’s word will be fulfilled (34-39)
D&C 1 opens and closes with statements that the Lord’s word is unstoppable. It will go forth and it will be fulfilled, whether spoken by himself or his servants.
In between the Lord gives three lists: (1) reasons why the Lord's anger is kindled against the world, (2) reasons why the Lord's servants are to preach these commandments to the world, and (3) reasons why these commandments have been given to his servants.
Historical setting
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The immediate setting of D&C 1 was a conference at Hiram, Ohio attended by ten elders including Joseph Smith. The conference was held on November 1-2, 1831, a year and a half after the organization of the Church. The purpose of the conference was to make plans for publishing Joseph Smith’s revelations for the first time. The conference determined to print several thousand copies of the revelations in book form under the name Book of Commandments. D&C 1 was received on the first day of this conference. William McLellin later recalled that:
- A committee had been appointed to draft a preface [to the Book of Commandments], consisting of himself [William McLellin], [Oliver] Cowdery and [probably] Sidney Rigdon, but when they made their report the conference picked it all to pieces. The conference then requested Joseph to inquire of the Lord about it, and he said that he would if the people would bow in prayer with him. This they did, and Joseph prayed. When they arose, Joseph dictated by the Spirit the Preface found in the book of Doctrine & Covenants [D&C 1] while sitting by a window of the room in which the conference was sitting, and Sidney Rigdon wrote it down. [1]
In Revelation Book 1 the following explanation introduces D&C 1:
- A Preface or instructions upon the Book of Commandments which were given of the Lord unto his Church through him who he appointed to this work by the voice of his Saints through the prayer of faith. Revelation Book 1
From this background we learn that D&C 1 is the Preface or Introduction to the Doctrine & Covenants, the book of the Lord’s commandments to the inhabitants of the earth. It is thus intended to orient the reader to the content and purpose of the entire Doctrine & Covenants.
During this conference D&C 1 was soon followed by D&C 67 and D&C 68. Two days later Joseph Smith also received D&C 133, which was placed at the end of the Doctrine & Covenants as the other bookend to the Doctrine & Covenants.
Text transmission
D&C 1 was written down by Sidney Rigdon as it was received during the conference. The oldest surviving copy is the one copied by John Whitmer into Revelation Book 1 soon after its receipt.
D&C 1 was first published in the March 1833 issue of the Evening & Morning Star newspaper printed by William Phelps in Jackson County Missouri. D&C 1 was also included as Chapter 1 in the 1833 Book of Commandments, the earliest edition of what we now call the Doctrine & Covenants.
D&C 1 has appeared as the first section in each subsequent edition of the Doctrine & Covenants. Significant editions can be found here: the 1835 edition, the 1844 edition, the 1876 edition, the 1921 edition, and the current 1981 edition.
There are few changes of any significance to the text of D&C 1.
Detailed discussion
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Complete outline
- Lord’s word will go forth and be fulfilled (1-10)
- Lord's anger is kindled against the world and wicked will be cut off (11-16)
- Lord's servants preach to the world so weak break down strong (17-23)
- Lord teaches his servants who repent so come to understanding (24-33)
- Lord’s word will be fulfilled (34-39)
Parallel passages in other scriptures
- 1:1 – Isa 51:4; Isa 49:1
- 1:3 – 1 Tim 6:10
- 1:3 – Lk 12:3; Morm 5:8
- 1:5 – Dan 4:35; Morm 8:26
- 1:6 – Isa 18:3; Dan 4:35; Jer 25:29-30; 2 Ne 2:8; 28:26-27; Joel 1:2
Questions for further thought and study
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Footnotes
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Additional sources and links
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