Dates given in the table were usually determined based on information
found in the texts themselves and in other historical documents. In several cases,
dates are approximate. For more information on the dating of the texts listed here,
see the historical introductions that appear before the texts. The final six texts
listed in this table, other than Section 137, did not originate with Joseph Smith,
but with later church leaders. See also
Chronology of Texts in the Doctrine and
Covenants.
Section | Document |
1 | Revelation, 1 November
1831–B |
2 | Excerpted from History, vol. A-1, pp. 5–6, circa May 1838 |
3 | Revelation, July
1828 |
4 | Revelation, February
1829 |
5 | Revelation, March
1829 |
6 | Revelation, April
1829–A |
7 | Account of John, April
1829–C |
8 | Revelation, April
1829–B |
9 | Revelation, April
1829–D |
10 | Revelation, Spring
1829 |
11 | Revelation, May
1829–A |
12 | Revelation, May
1829–B |
13 | Excerpted from History, vol. A-1, p. 17, circa May 1838 |
14 | Revelation, June
1829–A |
15 | Revelation, June
1829–C |
16 | Revelation, June
1829–D |
17 | Revelation, June
1829–E |
18 | Revelation, June
1829–B |
19 | Revelation, circa
Summer 1829 |
20 | Articles
and Covenants, circa April 1830 |
21 | Revelation, 6 April
1830 |
22 | Revelation, 16 April
1830 |
23:1–2 | Revelation, April
1830–A |
23:3 | Revelation, April
1830–B |
23:4 | Revelation, April
1830–C |
23:5 | Revelation, April
1830–D |
23:6–7 | Revelation, April
1830–E |
24 | Revelation, July
1830–A |
25 | Revelation, July
1830–C |
26 | Revelation, July
1830–B |
27 | Revelation, circa August 1830 |
27 (revised) | Revelation, circa August 1835 |
28 | Revelation, September
1830–B |
29 | Revelation, September
1830–A |
30:1–4 | Revelation,
September 1830–C |
30:5–8 | Revelation,
September 1830–D |
30:9–11 | Revelation,
September 1830–E |
31 | Revelation, September
1830–F |
32 | Revelation, October
1830–A |
33 | Revelation, October
1830–B |
34 | Revelation, 4 November
1830 |
35 | Revelation, 7 December
1830 |
36 | Revelation, 9 December
1830 |
37 | Revelation, 30
December 1830 |
38 | Revelation, 2 January
1831 |
39 | Revelation, 5 January
1831 |
40 | Revelation, 6 January
1831 |
41 | Revelation, 4 February
1831 |
42:1–72 | Revelation, 9
February 1831 |
42:74–93 | Revelation, 23
February 1831 |
43 | Revelation, February
1831–A |
44 | Revelation, February
1831–B |
45 | Revelation, circa 7
March 1831 |
46 | Revelation, circa
8 March 1831–A |
47 | Revelation, circa
8 March 1831–B |
48 | Revelation, 10 March
1831 |
49 | Revelation, 7 May
1831 |
50 | Revelation, 9 May
1831 |
51 | Revelation, 20 May
1831 |
52 | Revelation, 6 June
1831 |
53 | Revelation, 8 June
1831 |
54 | Revelation, 10 June
1831 |
55 | Revelation, 14 June
1831 |
56 | Revelation, 15 June
1831 |
57 | Revelation, 20 July
1831 |
58 | Revelation, 1 August
1831 |
59 | Revelation, 7 August
1831 |
60 | Revelation, 8 August
1831 |
61 | Revelation, 12 August
1831 |
62 | Revelation, 13 August
1831 |
63 | Revelation, 30 August
1831 |
64 | Revelation, 11
September 1831 |
65 | Revelation, 30 October
1831 |
66 | Revelation, 29 October
1831 |
67 | Revelation, circa
2 November 1831 |
68 | Revelation, 1
November 1831–A |
68 (revised) | Revelation, circa June 1835 |
69 | Revelation, 11
November 1831–A |
70 | Revelation, 12
November 1831 |
71 | Revelation, 1 December
1831 |
72:1–8 | Revelation, 4
December 1831–A |
72:9–23 | Revelation, 4
December 1831–B |
72:24–26 | Revelation, 4
December 1831–C |
73 | Revelation, 10 January
1832 |
74 | Explanation of
Scripture, 1830 |
75:1–22 | Revelation, 25
January 1832–A |
75:23–36 | Revelation, 25
January 1832–B |
76 | Vision, 16 February
1832 |
77 | Answers
to Questions, between circa 4 and circa 20 March
1832 |
78 | Revelation, 1 March
1832 |
79 | Revelation, 12 March
1832 |
80 | Revelation, 7 March
1832 |
81 | Revelation, 15 March
1832 |
82 | Revelation, 26 April
1832 |
83 | Revelation, 30 April
1832 |
84 | Revelation, 22–23
September 1832 |
85 | Excerpted from
Letter to
William W. Phelps, 27 November 1832 |
86 | Revelation, 6 December
1832 |
87 | Revelation, 25
December 1832 |
88:1–126 | Revelation,
27–28 December 1832 |
88:127–137 | Revelation, 3
January 1833 |
89 | Revelation, 27
February 1833 |
90 | Revelation, 8 March
1833 |
91 | Revelation, 9 March
1833 |
92 | Revelation, 15 March
1833 |
93 | Revelation, 6 May
1833 |
94 | Revelation, 2 August
1833–B |
95 | Revelation, 1 June
1833 |
96 | Revelation, 4 June
1833 |
97 | Revelation, 2 August
1833–A |
98 | Revelation, 6 August
1833 |
99 | Revelation, 29 August
1832 |
100 | Revelation, 12 October
1833 |
101 | Revelation, 16–17
December 1833 |
102 | Revised
Minutes, 18–19 February 1834 |
103 | Revelation, 24
February 1834 |
104 | Revelation, 23 April
1834 |
105 | Revelation, 22 June
1834 |
106 | Revelation, 25
November 1834 |
107 (partial) | Revelation,
11 November 1831–B |
107 (complete) | Instruction on Priesthood, between
circa 1 March and circa 4 May 1835 |
108 | Revelation, 26
December 1835 |
109 | Prayer of
Dedication, 27 March 1836 |
110 | Visions, 3
April 1836 |
111 | Revelation, 6 August
1836 |
112 | Revelation, 23 July 1837
|
113:1–6 | Questions
and Answers, between circa 16 and circa 29 March 1838–A |
113:7–10 | Questions and Answers, between circa 16 and circa 29 March 1838–B |
114 | Revelation, 11 April
1838 |
115 | Revelation, 26 April
1838 |
116 | Excerpted from JS, Journal, 19 May
1838 |
117 | Revelation, 8 July 1838–E |
118 | Revelation, 8 July
1838–A |
119 | Revelation, 8 July
1838–C |
120 | Revelation, 8 July
1838–D |
121 | Excerpted from Letter to the Church and Edward Partridge, 20 March 1839 |
122 | Excerpted from Letter to Edward Partridge and the Church, circa 22 March 1839, a
continuation of the 20 March 1839 letter |
123 | Excerpted from same letter as section 122 |
124 | Revelation, 19 January
1841 |
125 | Revelation, circa Early March 1841 |
126 | Revelation, 9 July
1841 |
127 | Letter to “All
the Saints in Nauvoo,” 1 September 1842 |
128 | Letter to the Church, 7 September
1842 |
129 | Instruction, 9 February
1843 |
130 | Instructions, 2 April 1843, as
Reported by Willard Richards; Instruction, 2 April
1843, as Reported by William Clayton |
131:1–4 | Instruction, 16 May 1843, as
Reported by William Clayton |
131:5–6 |
Discourse, 17 May
1843–A, as Reported by William Clayton |
131:7–8 |
Discourse, 17 May
1843–B, as Reported by William Clayton |
132 | Revelation, 12 July 1843 |
133 | Revelation, 3 November
1831 |
134 | Declaration on Government and Law, circa August 1835 |
135 | Account of the
Martyrdom, circa July 1844 (not a Joseph Smith
document) |
136 | Revelation to Brigham Young, 14 January
1847 (not a Joseph Smith document) |
137 | Visions, 21 January 1836 |
138 | Vision to Joseph F. Smith, 3 October
1918 (not a Joseph Smith document) |
OD 1 | Manifesto
Ending Polygamy, 24 September 1890 (not a Joseph Smith
document) |
OD 2 | Announcement of End of Priesthood
Restriction, 8 June 1978 (not a Joseph Smith document) |