{"collection":"Sacred Texts: Mormons","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_mor_dc_dc46_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_mor_dc_dc46_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_mor_dc_dc46_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/dc46.htm","summary":"This is a Latter-day Saint scriptural text, specifically a revelation canonized in the Doctrine and Covenants (Section 46), presented as divine speech through Joseph Smith to the early Mormon church in 1831. The text addresses two practical concerns: first, meeting conduct \u2014 instructing church members not to exclude outsiders (including non-members sincerely seeking faith) from public or sacrament meetings, while allowing elders flexibility to be guided by the Holy Spirit. The bulk of the revelation catalogues spiritual gifts distributed among believers, including knowledge of Christ's divinity, faith, healing, miracles, prophecy, discernment of spirits, and speaking in tongues \u2014 framing these as distinct endowments given to different individuals for the collective benefit of the church. A distinctive concern running throughout is protection against deception: gifts are granted partly so that church leaders (especially bishops) can identify false claimants and distinguish genuine spiritual manifestations from those of \"evil spirits or doctrines of devils.\" The text positions this distribution of gifts as deliberately partial \u2014 no one person holds all gifts \u2014 creating interdependence within the community, with the exception of a designated head who may receive all gifts for the church's unified benefit.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"Mormon Doctrine & Covenants 46. Revelation through Joseph Smith to the Church, Kirtland, Ohio, March 8, 1831.","tradition":"Sacred Texts: Mormons","translated_text":null,"word_count":904}