{"collection":"Sacred Texts: Mormons","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_mor_dc_dc28_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_mor_dc_dc28_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_mor_dc_dc28_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/dc28.htm","summary":"This is a Latter-day Saint (Mormon) canonical revelation, presented as divine speech addressed directly to Oliver Cowdery in September 1830, recorded in the Doctrine and Covenants tradition. Its central content establishes a strict hierarchy of prophetic authority: Joseph Smith alone holds the right to receive binding commandments and revelations for the church, positioned explicitly as a Moses figure, while Cowdery is cast in the subordinate Aaron role \u2014 authorized to teach and speak by the Spirit but forbidden to issue written commandments. The text also addresses a specific ecclesiastical crisis involving Hiram Page, who had been using a seer stone to produce unauthorized revelations, which are here declared Satanic deception and invalidated. A notable early doctrinal detail is the first mention of \"Zion,\" announced as a future city to be built near the Lamanites (identified with Native Americans) but whose precise location remains unrevealed. The revelation closes by commissioning Cowdery on a mission to the Lamanites. Someone deciding whether to read this would find it most valuable as a primary source on early Mormon ecclesiology, the consolidation of prophetic authority in Smith, and the suppression of rival revelation claims in the church's founding year.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"Mormon Doctrine & Covenants 28. Revelation through Joseph Smith to Oliver Cowdery, Fayette, New York, September 1830.","tradition":"Sacred Texts: Mormons","translated_text":null,"word_count":515}