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Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 20]

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“Articles and Covenants,” [
Fayette Township

Located in northern part of county between Seneca and Cayuga lakes. Area settled, by 1790. Officially organized as Washington Township, 14 Mar. 1800. Name changed to Fayette, 6 Apr. 1808. Population in 1830 about 3,200. Population in 1840 about 3,700. Significant...

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, Seneca Co., NY, ca. Apr. 1830, though parts may have been received as early as ca. summer 1829]. Version copied [ca. June 1831] in Gilbert, Notebook, [1]–[11]; handwriting of
Sidney Gilbert

28 Dec. 1789–29 June 1834. Merchant. Born at New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Son of Eli Gilbert and Lydia Hemingway. Moved to Huntington, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; to Monroe, Monroe Co., Michigan Territory, by Sept. 1818; to Painesville, Geauga Co...

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; Revelations Collection, CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Revelation, 27 Feb. 1833 [D&C 89].

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See Historical Introduction to Articles and Covenants, ca. Apr. 1830 [D&C 20].
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830 [D&C 20]

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[to] whom be all glory both now & ever
Amen
For after it truly was manifested unto the first
Elder

A male leader in the church generally; an ecclesiastical and priesthood office or one holding that office; a proselytizing missionary. The Book of Mormon explained that elders ordained priests and teachers and administered “the flesh and blood of Christ unto...

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that he had received a remissio[n] of his sins he was entangled again in the vanities of the world— But after truly repenting God visited him by a holy
Angel

Being who acts as a minister and messenger between heaven and earth. JS taught that angels were individuals who “belonged to this earth”; those who had already lived on earth were often resurrected beings. In addition to giving instruction, direction, and...

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whose Countenance was as lightning & whose garments were pure & glittering <​white​> above all whiteness & gave unto him Com [illegible] Commandments which inspired him from on high and gave unto him power by <​the​> mea[ns] of which <​as​> was before prepared, that he should
translate

To produce a text from one written in another language; in JS’s usage, most often through divine means. JS considered the ability to translate to be a gift of the spirit, like the gift of interpreting tongues. He recounted that he translated “reformed Egyptian...

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a Book which book Contained a record of a fallen people and also the fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles & also to the Jews proving unto them the
holy Scriptures

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 ...

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be true also that God dot[h] inspire men and call them to his holy work in the last days as well as in days of old that he may be the same God forevermore whic[h] book given by inspiration is called the book of Mormon & is confirmed by the ministering of Angels & declaring unto the world by them wherefore having so great witnesses by them shall the world be judged [p. [2]]
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Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 20]
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