D&C 13:1-1

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Outline and brief summary

Section 13 can be outlined as follows:

Historical setting

Received:

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The immediate setting of D&C 13 was

Detailed discussion

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Relation to other scriptures

Related sections and chapters

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Parallel passages

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Text transmission

(These links need to be updated from D&C 1 to D&C 13)

• D&C 13 was written down ______. The oldest surviving copy is the one copied by John Whitmer into Revelation Book 1 soon after its receipt.

• D&C 13 was first published in the 1833 Book of Commandments. The text of this section in significant editions of the Doctrine & Covenants can be found at:

• 1833 Book of Commandments, ch. 1
• 1835 Doctrine & Covenants, sec. 1
• 1844 Doctrine & Covenants, sec. 1
• 1876 Doctrine & Covenants, sec. 1, p. 72
• 1921 Doctrine & Covenants, sec. 1, p. 1
• current 1981 Doctrine & Covenants, sec. 1.

• Changes to the text of D&C 13:

Questions for further thought and study

• What does it mean that the Aaronic Priesthood holds the keys to the ministering of angels?

Additional sources and links

• See exegesis on angelic visitations on Alma 13:23-24. See also D&C 67:13.

• President Faust touched on the ministering of angels in the Priesthood Session of April Conference 2006 "A Royal Priesthood." Of particular interest may be a quote from Joseph F. Smith in the seventh paragraph.