Section 28
from Doctrine and Covenants Contexts Hosted by BYU Studies
This section recounts the events before the Church’s second conference in September 1830, focusing on Hiram Page, one of the eight witnesses of the Book of Mormon plates. Hiram began receiving revelations through a seer stone that contradicted established Church teachings, leading some members, including Oliver Cowdery and the Whitmer family, astray. The issue was not the use of the seer stone itself, but that Hiram’s revelations were unauthorized. Joseph Smith sought divine guidance and received Section 28, which clarified that only those appointed and sustained by the Church could receive revelations for the entire congregation. The revelation specifically addressed Oliver Cowdery, reinforcing the established order of revelation and teaching within the Church.
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