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Gospel Doctrine Lesson Index
Doctrine & Covenants and Church History

As you study the Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Gospel Doctrine lessons, you may appreciate the resources available on this page. Below you will find each lesson in the course of study, along with the scriptures covered in those lessons. (If you click the scripture references, you will find they are links to the LDS.org scriptures.) If you click anywhere on the lesson line, you will see links to the official lesson materials on lds.org (including the supplemental articles in the Church History Study Guide and Revelations in Context); one of our Scripture Roundtable discussions about the lesson; and links to articles, videos, KnoWhys, podcasts, maps, timelines and charts related to the topics of the lesson on the Church, Interpreter Foundation, Interpreter: a Journal of Mormon Scriptures and other related websites.

 

Lesson 1: Introduction to the Doctrine and Covenants and Church History

Explanatory Introduction to the Doctrine and Covenants; Introduction to Our Heritage

Lesson 2: “Behold, I Am Jesus Christ, the Savior of the World”

D&C 18:11–12; 19:16–19; 20; 58:42; 76:62–70; 88:14–18; 93:33; Alma 11:42–44

Lesson 3: “I Had Seen a Vision”

Joseph Smith—History 1:1–26; Our Heritage, pages 1–4

Lesson 4: “Remember the New Covenant, Even the Book of Mormon”

Joseph Smith—History 1:27–65; D&C 3; 5; 10; 17; 20:5–15; 84:54–62; Our Heritage, pages 5–10

Lesson 5: “This Is the Spirit of Revelation”

D&C 6; 8; 9; Joseph Smith—History 1:8–17

Lesson 6: “I Will Tell You in Your Mind and in Your Heart, by the Holy Ghost”

D&C 6; 8; 9; 11

Lesson 7: “The First Principles and Ordinances of the Gospel”

D&C 18:22; 19:23; 20:37; 49:13–14; 58:42–43; 88:118; Alma 32:27; 2 Nephi 2:6–9

Lesson 8: The Restoration of the Priesthood

D&C 13; 20:38–67; 27:12–13; 84:6–30; 107:1–20; 110:11–16; Joseph Smith—History 1:66–73; Our Heritage, pages 11–14

Lesson 9: “The Only True and Living Church”

D&C 20:1–36, 68–69, 75–79; 21; 27; 115:1–4; Our Heritage, pages 14–16

Lesson 10: “This Is My Voice unto All”

D&C 25

Lesson 11: “The Field Is White Already to Harvest”

D&C 4; 11–12; 14–18; 31; 33; 75; Our Heritage, page 11

Lesson 12: “The Gathering of My People”

D&C 29:1–8; 33:3–7; 37; 38:24–41; 52:2–5, 42–43; 57:1–3; 110:11; Articles of Faith 1:10; Our Heritage, pages 16–23, 37–39

Lesson 13: “This Generation Shall Have My Word through You”

Moses 1:40–41; 2 Nephi 3:11–15; D&C 84:19–25; 88:15–24; 93:29; 107:23, 33, 35; 124:37–42; 128:16–18; 130:22; Bible Dictionary, “Joseph Smith Translation,” 717; Our Heritage, pages 23–25, 41, 58

Lesson 14: The Law of Consecration

D&C 42:30–42; 51; 78; 82; 104:11–18; Our Heritage, page 26

Lesson 15: “Seek Ye Earnestly the Best Gifts”

D&C 46; Articles of Faith 1:7; 1 Corinthians 12–13; Moroni 10:8–18; Our Heritage, pages 42–43, 47–48, 63

Lesson 16: “Thou Shalt … Offer Up Thy Sacraments upon My Holy Day”

D&C 59; Bible Dictionary, “Sabbath,” pages 764–65

Lesson 17: The Law of Tithing and the Law of the Fast

D&C 59:13–14, 21; 119; 120

Lesson 18: “Establish … a House of God”

D&C 95; 109; 110; Our Heritage, pages 33–36

Lesson 19: The Plan of Salvation

Moses 4:2; D&C 19:16–19; 76:40–42

Lesson 20: The Kingdoms of Glory

D&C 76; 131; 132:19–24; 137

Lesson 21: “Looking Forth for the Great Day of the Lord to Come”

D&C 29:9–29; 34:5–12; 45:16–75; 88:86–99; 101:22–34; 133

Lesson 22: The Word of Wisdom: “A Principle with Promise”

D&C 89; Our Heritage, pages 25–26

Lesson 23: “Seek Learning, Even by Study and Also by Faith”

D&C 88:76–80; 88:118; 88:122–25; 2 Timothy 3:7; 2 Nephi 9:28–29

Lesson 24: “Be Not Deceived, but Continue in Steadfastness”

D&C 26; 28; 43:1–7; 50; 52:14–19

Lesson 25: Priesthood: “The Power of Godliness”

D&C 84:33–44; 107; 121:34–46; Our Heritage, pages 26–27

Lesson 26: “Go Ye into All the World, and Preach My Gospel”

D&C 112; Our Heritage, pages 29–33, 36

Lesson 27: “They Must Needs Be Chastened and Tried, Even as Abraham”

D&C 101; 103; 105; Our Heritage, pages 27–29, 37–45

Lesson 28: “O God, Where Art Thou?”

D&C 121:1–33; 122; Our Heritage, pages 45–53

Lesson 29: Building the Kingdom of God in Nauvoo, Illinois

D&C 124:1–21, 87–90, 97–110; 126; Our Heritage, pages 51–52, 55–58, 61–62

Lesson 30: “The Prisoners Shall Go Free”

D&C 2; 124:25–55; 127; 128; Joseph Smith—History 1:36–39; Our Heritage, pages 58–61

Lesson 31: “Sealed … for Time and for All Eternity”

D&C 131:1–4; 132:4–33

Lesson 32: “To Seal the Testimony”

D&C 135; Our Heritage, pages 62–66

Lesson 33: President Brigham Young Leads the Saints

D&C 107:22–24; Our Heritage, pages 66–71

Lesson 34: Faith in Every Footstep

D&C 136; Our Heritage, pages 71–77

Lesson 35: “A Mission of Saving”

D&C 4:4–7; 18:10–16; 52:40; 81:5–6; Moroni 7:45–48; Our Heritage, pages 77–80

Lesson 36: “The Desert Shall Rejoice, and Blossom as the Rose”

Our Heritage, pages 81–96

Lesson 37: “We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet”

D&C 21; 43:1–7; Articles of Faith 1:9; Our Heritage, page 131

Lesson 38: “In Mine Own Way”

D&C 38:30; 42:30–31, 42; 58:26–28; 104:13–18; Our Heritage, pages 108–9, 111–14

Lesson 39: “The Hearts of the Children Shall Turn to Their Fathers”

D&C 2; 110:13–16; 138; Joseph Smith—History 1:37–39; Our Heritage, pages 98–99, 101–2, 105–7

Lesson 40: Finding Joy in Temple and Family History Work

Malachi 3:16–18; Moses 6:5–8, 46; D&C 85:9; 128:7; Abraham 1:31

Lesson 41: “Every Member a Missionary”

D&C 1:4–5, 30, 65; 109:72–74; 123:12; Our Heritage, pages 116–17, 124–25

Lesson 42: Continuing Revelation to Latter-day Prophets

D&C 1:38; 68:1–4; 84:109–10; 107:25, 34, 93–98; 132:8; Official Declaration 2; Our Heritage, pages 117–19, 125–27

Lesson 43: “Take upon You My Whole Armor”

Moses 4:3; D&C 27:15–18; 42:21–24; 51:9; 59:6; 63:16; 76:25–29; 97:8; 121:45–46

Lesson 44: Being Good Citizens

D&C 58:21–22, 26–28; 98:4–10; 134; Articles of Faith 1:12; Our Heritage, pages 133–34

Lesson 45: “The Family Is Ordained of God”

“The Family: A Proclamation to the World”

Lesson 46: “Zion—The Pure in Heart”

D&C 57:1–3; 64:33–43; 97:8–28; 105:1–12; Moses 7:12–19, 61–63, 68–69; Articles of Faith 1:10; Our Heritage, pages 37–38, 145–46

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