{"collection":"Sacred Texts: Mormons","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_mor_dc_dc027_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_mor_dc_dc027_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_mor_dc_dc027_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/mor/dc/dc027.htm","summary":"This is Section 27 of the Doctrine and Covenants, a canonized collection of revelations central to Latter-day Saint (Mormon) scripture, presented as direct divine speech from Jesus Christ to Joseph Smith. The passage addresses the sacrament (communion), declaring that the specific elements used matter less than the worshipper's intent, while also commanding that wine not be purchased from enemies but made fresh within the community. The bulk of the section enumerates a series of heavenly figures \u2014 including Moroni, Elijah, John the Baptist, Peter, James, John, and the biblical patriarchs \u2014 identifying the specific priesthood \"keys\" each has delivered or will deliver to restore ancient gospel authority in the latter days, framing Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery as recipients of these restored powers. The text closes with an extended adaptation of Paul's \"armor of God\" passage from Ephesians, exhorting the faithful to spiritual preparedness. Its most distinctive claim is the assertion that angelic and resurrected beings have physically transmitted priesthood authority to living leaders, grounding the LDS church's institutional legitimacy in a chain of heavenly delegation rather than purely scriptural interpretation.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"Doctrine and Convenants: 27. Revelation to Joseph Smith, Harmony, Pennsylvania, August 1830.","tradition":"Sacred Texts: Mormons","translated_text":null,"word_count":679}