Chronological Publication Order of the D&C Revelations

Section [1981 ed.]

Earliest Date Published

Type

Volume

20

Jun 1832

Bylaws

E&MS (1, no. 1): 1

22

Jun 1832

Revelation

E&MS (1, no. 1): 12

45 (:167, 71)

Jun 1832

Revelation

E&MS (1, no. 1): 2

42 (:1177)

Jul 1832

Revelation

E&MS (1, no. 2): 1

59

Jul 1832

Revelation

E&MS (1, no. 2): 1

76

Jul 1832

Vision

E&MS (1, no. 2): 23

46

Aug 1832

Revelation

E&MS (1, no. 3): 1

50

Aug 1832

Revelation

E&MS (1, no. 3): 1

29

Sep 1832

Revelation

E&MS (1, no. 4): 2

65

Sep 1832

Prayer

E&MS (1, no. 4): 2

42 (:7893)

Oct 1832

Revelation

E&MS (1, no. 5): 2

43 (:1535)

Oct 1832

Revelation

E&MS (1, no. 5): 23

68

Oct 1832

Revelation

E&MS (1, no. 5): 3

49

Nov 1832

Revelation

E&MS (1, no. 6): 7

61

Dec 1832

Revelation

E&MS (1, no. 7): 5

72

Dec 1832

Revelation

E&MS (1, no. 7): 56

38

Jan 1833

Revelation

E&MS (1, no. 8): 56

85

Jan 1833

Letter

E&MS (1, no. 8): 6

83

Jan 1833

Revelation

E&MS (1, no. 8): 6

88 (:117126)

Feb 1833

Revelation

E&MS (1, no. 9): 5

63 (:164)

Feb 1833

Revelation

E&MS (1, no. 9): 67

27

Mar 1833

Revelation

E&MS (1, no. 10): 6

Mar 1833

Revelation

E&MS (1, no. 10): 6

88 (:127137)

Mar 1833

Revelation

E&MS (1, no. 10): 6

133

May 1833

Revelation

E&MS (1, no. 12): 12

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

Section [1981 ed.]

Earliest Date Published

Type

Volume

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

Jul 1833

Translation

BC

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

10

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

11

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

12

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

14

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

15

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

16

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

18

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

19

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

23

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

21

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

24

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

25

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

26

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

28

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

30

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

31

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

33

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

34

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

35

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

36

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

37

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

39

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

40

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

Section [1981 ed.]

Earliest Date Published

Type

Volume

41

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

42 (:110)

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

43 (:114)

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

44

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

45 (:6870, 7275)

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

47

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

48

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

52

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

53

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

54

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

55

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

56

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

58

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

60

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

62

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

63 (:6566)

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

64 (:136)

Jul 1833

Revelation

BC

101

ca. Dec 1833

Revelation

Broadside, Kirtland
Reprinted in Painesville Telegraph on 24 Jan
1834

88 (:1116)

ca. Jan 1834

Revelation

Broadside, Kirtland

89

ca. Jan 1834

Revelation

Broadside, Kirtland

134*

Aug 1835

Articles

M&A (1, no. 11): 16364

107 (:3133, 3542, 44)

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

84

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

102

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

86

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

64 (:3743)

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

51

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

Section [1981 ed.]

Earliest Date Published

Type

Volume

67

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

70

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

57

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

69

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

73

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

17

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

32

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

74

Aug/Sep 1835

Explanation

D&C

66

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

78

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

79

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

80

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

99

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

81

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

97

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

93

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

94

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

90

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

98

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

82

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

75

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

71

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

91

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

92

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

100

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

95

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

96

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

104

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

Section [1981 ed.]

Earliest Date Published

Type

Volume

106

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

134

Aug/Sep 1835

Revelation

D&C

109

ca. 27 Mar 1836

Prayer

Broadside, Prayer at the Dedication of the

Lords House, Kirtland

115

Aug 1838

Revelation

EJ (1, no. 4): 5253

121

May 1840; Jul 1840

Letter

T&S (1, no. 7): 99104

T&S (1, no. 9): 131134

122

Jul 1840

Letter

T&S (1, no. 9): 131134

123

Jul 1840

Letter

T&S (1, no. 9): 131134

103

ca. 1841

Revelation

Broadside, Revelations: A Revelation Given at

Kirtland, CHL

124

1 Jun 1841

Revelation

T&S (2, no. 15): 424429

15 Apr 1842

Vision

T&S (3, no. 12): 753

13

1 Aug 1842

Vision

T&S (3, no. 19): 86566

127

15 Sep 1842

Letter

T&S (3, no. 22): 919920

128

1 Oct 1842

Letter

T&S (3, no. 23): 934936

77

1 Aug 1844

Answers to
Questions

T&S (5, no. 14): 59596

105

Aug 1844

Revelation

D&C, 2nd ed.

112

Aug 1844

Revelation

D&C, 2nd ed.

119

Aug 1844

Revelation

D&C, 2nd ed.

135*

Aug 1844

Eulogy

D&C, 2nd ed.

87

12 Aug 1851

Revelation

PGP, 35

136*

1 May 1852

Revelation

MS (14, no. 10): 15051

108

10 Jul 1852

Revelation

DN (2, no. 18): 69

137

4 Sep 1852

Vision

DN (2, no. 22): 35

132

14 Sep 1852

Revelation

DN Extra, 2527

110

6 Nov 1852

Vision

DN (2, no. 26): 101

111

25 Dec 1852

Revelation

DN (3, no. 3): 9

113

5 Mar 1853

Revelation

DN (3, no. 8): 29

Section [1981 ed.]

Earliest Date Published

Type

Volume

114

19 Mar 1853

Revelation

DN (3, no. 9): 33

116

2 Apr 1853

Revelation

DN (3, no. 10): 37

117

2 Apr 1853

Revelation

DN (3, no. 10): 37

118

2 Apr 1853

Revelation

DN (3, no. 10): 37

120

2 Apr 1853

Revelation

DN (3, no. 10): 37

125

25 Jan 1855

Revelation

DN (4, no. 46): 171

126

18 Apr 1855

Revelation

DN (5, no. 6): 41

129

23 Apr 1856

Sermon

DN (6, no. 7): 49

130

9 Jul 1856

Sermon

DN (6, no. 18): 137

131

1724 Sep 1856

Instructions

DN (6, nos. 2829): 217, 225

OD1*

25 Sep 1890

Announcement

DN (23, no. 260): 2

138*

30 Nov 1918

Vision

DEN (Nov. 30, 1918): 16

OD2*

9 Jun 1978

Announcement

Press release; same text as OD2 (1981)

Not authored by Joseph Smith

See Peter Crawley, A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church, 2 vols. (Provo: Religious Studies Center, 1997), item nos. 11
13, pp. 1:4344.
See Edward L. Kimball, Spencer W. Kimball and the Revelation on Priesthood, BYU Studies 47, no. 2 (2008): 6566.

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