{"collection":"Sacred Texts: Mormons","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_mor_dc_dc075_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_mor_dc_dc075_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_mor_dc_dc075_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/dc075.htm","summary":"This is Section 75 of the Doctrine and Covenants, a canonized scriptural text of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, presented as a series of direct revelations from God to Joseph Smith (January 1832). The text belongs to the tradition of prophetic revelation literature and functions as a set of specific missionary assignments, dispatching named elders to various regions (east, west, south) to preach the gospel. A central practical concern runs throughout: the church is commanded to financially support the families of men sent out on missions, ensuring that family obligation does not prevent missionary service. The text also addresses conduct \u2014 missionaries should bless receptive households and symbolically condemn rejecting ones, with the warning that rejecting households will face harsher judgment than \"the heathen.\" A notable claim is the direct, individualized nature of divine address: specific men are named, corrected, reassigned, and paired as missionary companions, lending the document a strikingly administrative character alongside its theological register. The section closes by pairing eighteen named individuals into missionary companionships, reading almost like an organizational roster delivered as scripture.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"Doctrine and Convenants: 75. Revelation through Joseph Smith, Amherst, Ohio, January 25, 1832.","tradition":"Sacred Texts: Mormons","translated_text":null,"word_count":946}
