{"collection":"Sacred Texts: Mormons","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_mor_dc_dc49_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_mor_dc_dc49_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_mor_dc_dc49_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/dc49.htm","summary":"This is a canonized Mormon revelation, recorded in the Doctrine and Covenants (Section 49), dictated by Joseph Smith in March 1831 and addressed to three early church members being sent to proselytize to a Shaker community in Ohio. The core content is a missionary directive: the recipients are commanded to preach standard Latter-day Saint doctrine to the Shakers, including the necessity of baptism, the gift of the Holy Ghost through laying on of hands, and the imminent Second Coming of Christ. The revelation is notably polemical against specific Shaker beliefs, explicitly condemning their celibacy (\"whoso forbiddeth to marry is not ordained of God\") and any dietary prohibitions on meat as false doctrines not sanctioned by God. It also directly contradicts the Shaker belief that Christ had already returned in the form of their founder Ann Lee, stating plainly that \"the Son of Man cometh not in the form of a woman.\" The text closes with millennial prophecy forecasting cosmic upheaval, the flourishing of Zion, and the gathering of the Lamanites before Christ's return. Someone interested in early Mormon history, 19th-century American religious sectarianism, or the LDS scriptural canon's engagement with rival movements would find this directly relevant.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"Mormon Doctrine & Covenants 49. Revelation through Joseph Smith to Sidney Rigdon, Parley P. Pratt, and Leman Copley, Kirtland, Ohio, March 1831.","tradition":"Sacred Texts: Mormons","translated_text":null,"word_count":888}