Mormon History, Mar 8, 1831

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-- Mar 8, 1831
D&C 47: (Kirtland) John Whitmer to "keep a regular history" and assist Joseph "translating all things." (1)

Joseph begins revision of the New Testament. Date appears at the top of the first page of A Translation of the New Testament translated by the power of God, in the Community of Christ Archives. (1)

John Whitmer is revealed to be historian of the Church. (2)

[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith received Doctrine & Covenants 46, a revelation concerning the gifts of the Spirit, and Doctrine & Covenants 47, a revelation calling John Whitmer to be the Church historian and recorder. (3)

[Revelations] Kirtland, Ohio. Doctrine and Covenants 46. Admit public to meetings. Gifts of the spirit. Given to benefit all, not as signs. Seek the best gifts. Some have all.
"Revelations: Commandment, Given March 8, 1831," Evening and Morning Star 1, no. 3 (Aug. 1832): {1}.
Book of Commandments 49 heading: A Revelation to the church, given in Kirtland, Ohio, March, 1831.
1835 Doctrine and Covenants 16 heading: Revelation given March, 1831.
Evening and Morning Star/Book of Commandments 49. (4)

[Revelations] Kirtland, Ohio. Doctrine and Covenants 47. John Whitmer is called to be Joseph Smith's scribe and to keep a history of the church.
Kirtland Revelations Book, 12-13, heading: Hiram Portage Co [sic] Ohio March 7th 183[DEL: 2 :DEL] 1.
Book of Commandments 50 heading: A Revelation to Joseph and John, given in Kirtland, Ohio, March 1831.
1835 Doctrine and Covenants 63 heading: Revelation to Joseph Smith, jr. and John Whitmer, given March, 1831.
Kirtland Revelations Book.
Hiram Portage Co [sic] Ohio March 7th 183[DEL: 2 :DEL] 1. (4)

-- Mar 8, 1831-31
D&C 48 (Kirtland): Stay in Kirtland for now, share land to share with new arrivals, save to buy land for new city. (1)

-- March 8-13, 1831
[Revelations] Kirtland, Ohio. Doctrine and Covenants 48. Stay in Kirtland for now, share land with immigrants, give them credit, save to buy land for new city.
Book of Commandments 51 heading: A Revelation to the bishop, and the church in Kirtland, given in Kirtland, Ohio, March, 1831.
1835 Doctrine and Covenants 64 heading: Revelation given March, 1831.
Introduction in the "History of Joseph," Times and Seasons 5, no. 2 (Jan. 15, 1844): 401: Upon inquiry how the brethren should act in regard to purchasing lands to settle upon: and where they should finally make a permanent location; I received the following revelation, given at Kirtland, March 1831.
Book of Commandments 51/Doctrine and Covenants 48. (4)

-- about Mar 8, 1831
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith began his translation work on the Gospel of Matthew. (3)

-- Mar 12, 1831
Martin Harris arrives in Painesville from Palmyra and testifies in a hotel bar. "Every idea that he advanced, he knew to be absolutely true, as he said, by the spirit and power of God." Concludes "declaring, that all who believed the new bible would see Christ within fifteen years, and all who did not would absolutely be destroyed and dam'd." PT, Mar. 15, 1831. (1)

-- Mar 15, 1831
The Mormon Bible is anti-masonic, and it is a singular truth that every one of its followers, so far as we are able to ascertain, are anti-masons. Now, probably we are to know what is meant by "Church and State." "Antimasonic Religion," Geauga Gazette, Mar. 15, 1831. (1)

[Alexander Campbell: The Book of Mormon is a composite of:] every error and almost every truth discussed for the last ten years. He [Joseph] decides all the great controversies: infant baptism, ordination, the trinity, regeneration, repentance, justification, the fall of man, the atonement, transubstantiation, fasting, penance, church government, religious experience, the call of the ministry, the general resurrection, eternal punishment, who may baptize, and even the question of free masonry, republican government, and the rights of men. All these topics are repeatedly alluded to. "Internal Evidences," PT, Mar. 15, 1831. (1)

-- about Mar 16, 1831
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith received Doctrine & Covenants 48, a revelation for the Saints gathering in Kirtland about purchasing land. (3)


Footnotes:
1 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
2 - http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgv482t8_0d5hdn5cv
3 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
4 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/s/_dc.phtml


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