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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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be works and faith agreeable to 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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walking in holiness before the Lord, every member of of Christ this
church of Christ

The Book of Mormon related that when Christ set up his church in the Americas, “they which were baptized in the name of Jesus, were called the church of Christ.” The first name used to denote the church JS organized on 6 April 1830 was “the Church of Christ...

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haveing children is to bring them unto 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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before the church who are to lay there hands on them in the name of the Lord & bless them in the name of the Christ. There cannot any one be recd. into this church of Christ who has not arrived to the
years of accountability

The age when individuals become responsible for their actions and eligible for baptism. Revelation commanded that children were not to be baptized until they had “arrived to the years of accountability.” JS’s Bible revision clarified the age of accountability...

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before God & is not capable of repentance &
baptism

An ordinance in which an individual is immersed in water for the remission of sins. The Book of Mormon explained that those with necessary authority were to baptize individuals who had repented of their sins. Baptized individuals also received the gift of...

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is to be administered in the following manner unto all those who repent whosoever being called of God & haveing authority given them of Jesus Christ shall go down into the water with them & shall say calling them by nam[e] having authority given me of Jesus Christ I Baptize you in the name of the Father & of the Son & of the holy Ghost Amen. then shall ye immerse them in the water & come forth again out of the water & it is expedient that the Church meet together oft to partake of bread & wine in rememberance of the Lord Jesus & the Elders or
priests

An ecclesiastical and priesthood office. In the Book of Mormon, priests were described as those who baptized, administered “the flesh and blood of Christ unto the church,” and taught “the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.” A June 1829 revelation directed...

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shall minister it in the following & after this manner shall he do, he shall kneel with the church & call upon the Father in mighty prayer saying [p. [9]]
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Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 20]
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