{"collection":"Sacred Texts: Mormons","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_mor_dc_dc76_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_mor_dc_dc76_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_mor_dc_dc76_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/dc76.htm","summary":"This is Doctrine and Covenants Section 76, a canonical Mormon scripture recording a prophetic vision claimed by Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon on February 16, 1832, received while translating the Bible. The vision's central and most distinctive contribution is a detailed, tiered cosmology of the afterlife: rather than a binary heaven/hell, it describes three degrees of post-resurrection glory \u2014 celestial (sun-like, for the fully faithful), terrestrial (moon-like, for honorable but not fully committed souls), and telestial (star-like, for the wicked) \u2014 plus a category of \"sons of perdition\" who denied God after receiving spiritual witness and face irrevocable damnation. The celestial kingdom carries a striking theological claim: its inhabitants become \"gods, even the sons of God,\" receiving the fulness of the Father \u2014 a foundational text for Mormon exaltation theology. The vision also narrates the fall of Lucifer, describes Christ's atoning mission, and specifies the ordinances (baptism, laying on of hands for the Holy Spirit) required for the highest glory. Its most notable departure from Protestant Christianity is its rejection of universal damnation or simple saved/unsaved categories, insisting instead that nearly all humanity will eventually be redeemed into one of the three glories, with only a tiny, knowing apostate minority truly lost.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"Mormon Doctrine & Covenants 76. A vision given to Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon, Hiram, Ohio, February 16, 1832.","tradition":"Sacred Texts: Mormons","translated_text":null,"word_count":3025}