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Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, 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 [between ca. Oct. 1831 and 1 Feb. 1832] in Hyde and Smith, Notebook, [3]–[11]; handwriting of
Orson Hyde

8 Jan. 1805–28 Nov. 1878. Laborer, clerk, storekeeper, teacher, editor, businessman, lawyer, judge. Born at Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Son of Nathan Hyde and Sally Thorpe. Moved to Derby, New Haven Co., 1812. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, ...

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; Revelations Collection, CHL.

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See Historical Introduction to Articles and Covenants, circa April 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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Which book was given by inspiration & is called the Book of mormon & is confirmd, to others by the ministering of
angels

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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& declared unto the world by them, Wherefore haveing so great witness by them shall the world be judged even as many as had <​shall​> hereafter receive this work either to faith & righteousness or to the hardness of heart in unbelief to their own condemnation for the Lord God hath spoken it. For we the
Elders

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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of the church have heard and bear witness to the words of his Glorious majesty on high to whom be glory forever & ever amen, Wherefore we know that there is a God in heaven who is infinite & eternal from everlasting to the same unchangeable God the maker of Heaven & Earth & all things that in them is & that he created man male & female after his own image & in his own likeness created he them, and that he gave unto the children of men a
commandment

Generally, a divine mandate that church members were expected to obey; more specifically, a text dictated by JS in the first-person voice of Deity that served to communicate knowledge and instruction to JS and his followers. Occasionally, other inspired texts...

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that they should love & serve him the only being whom they should worship but by the transgression of these holy laws man became sensual & devilish & became fallen man therefore the Almighty God gave his only begotten son as it is written in those
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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which have been gi[v]en of him that he suffered temptations but gave no heed unto them that he was crucified died and rose again the 3d day & that he ascended into heaven to sit down on the right hand of the father to reign with almighty power [p. [4]]
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Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 20]
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