Missouri Church History

Kristy’s KorneЯ: D&C 83

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Illustration titled “Kristy’s KorneЯ: D&C 83” depicting early Latter-day Saint consecration practices, with scenes of a widow and children receiving care, Church leaders reviewing stewardship deeds, frontier farmland, and an open Doctrine and Covenants book, symbolizing covenant responsibility, community support, and family provision in the 1830s Church.

D&C 83 The Practical Realities of Consecration in Early Latter-day Saint Life Doctrine and Covenants 83, received in April 1832, emerged from real questions confronting the early Latter-day Saints as they lived the law of consecration. Since Doctrine and Covenants 42 had already established consecration as a governing economic system, members needed clarity regarding what … Read more