Gentiles
Summary
Those who were not members of the House of Israel. More specifically, members of the church identified gentiles as those whose lineage was not of the Jews or Lamanites (understood to be the American Indians in JS’s day). Certain prophecies indicated that the gospel would be brought “first unto the Gentiles, and secondly unto the Jews.” The Book of Mormon prophesied that the gentiles would restore the gospel to the earth and “be numbered among my people” if they would repent and be baptized. In 1836, JS indicated that members of the church were “identified with the Gentiles” in fulfillment of these prophecies. The term gentiles could also refer to those who were not members of the church. See also “.”
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- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 8 April 1831
- Letter from Thomas Burdick, 28 August 1840
- Times and Seasons, 1 July 1842
- Affidavit, 29 November 1841
- Appendix 1: Revelation, 3 November 1831, Sidney Rigdon Copy [D&C 133]
- Appendix 5, Document 3. Blessing to Samuel Smith, 28 September 1835
- Appendix 5, Document 6. Blessing to Oliver Cowdery, 2 October 1835
- Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830 [D&C 20]
- Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830, as Recorded in Coltrin, Diary [D&C 20]
- Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830, as Recorded in Hyde and Smith, Notebook [D&C 20]
- Blessing from Joseph Smith Sr., 9 December 1834
- Blessing to Harvey Stanley, 28 February 1835
- Blessing to Levi Hancock, 1 March 1835
- Blessing to Orson Hyde, 15 February 1835
- Blessing to Peter Buchanan, 1 March 1835
- Blessing to William Pratt, 1 March 1835
- Copyright for Book of Mormon, 11 June 1829
- Copyright for Book of Mormon, 11 June 1829, Clerk’s Copy
- Discourse, 1 March 1840
- Discourse, 2 July 1839, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 2 July 1839, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff–A
- Discourse, 2 July 1839, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff–B
- Discourse, 2 May 1835, as Reported by William E. McLellin–A
- Discourse, 23 July 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 26 May 1842
- Discourse, 27 February 1835–B, as Reported by Oliver Cowdery
- Discourse, 27 February 1835–B, as Reported by William E. McLellin
- Discourse, between circa 26 June and circa 2 July 1839, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, between circa 26 June and circa 2 July 1839, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
- Discourse, circa 19 July 1840, as Reported by Martha Jane Knowlton Coray–B
- Instruction on Priesthood, between circa 1 March and circa 4 May 1835 [D&C 107]
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 21 February 1840
- Letter from John E. Page, 23 September 1840
- Letter from John E. Page, 1 September 1841
- Letter from Oliver Cowdery, 7 May 1831
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 15 June 1841
- Letter from Parley P. Pratt, 4 December 1841
- Letter from Thomas Rawcliff, 24 May 1843
- Letter from William Smith, 18 December 1835
- Letter to Hyrum Smith and Nauvoo High Council, 5 December 1839
- Letter to John Thornton and Others, 25 July 1836
- Letter to Noah C. Saxton, 4 January 1833
- Letter to Orson Hyde and John E. Page, 14 May 1840
- Letter to William W. Phelps, 31 July 1832
- Letter to the Church in Colesville, 2 December 1830
- Letter to the Elders of the Church, 16 November 1835
- Letter to the Elders of the Church, 2 October 1835
- Letterbook 1
- Letterbook 2
- Minutes and Blessings, 21 February 1835
- Minutes and Blessings, 28 February–1 March 1835
- Minutes and Discourse, 2 May 1835, as Reported by William E. McLellin–A
- Minutes and Discourse, 21 April 1834
- Minutes and Discourse, 26 May 1842
- Minutes and Discourses, 27 February 1835, as Reported by Oliver Cowdery
- Minutes and Discourses, 27 February 1835, as Reported by William E. McLellin
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–7 April 1843, as Reported by William Clayton
- Minutes and Prayer of Dedication, 27 March 1836 [D&C 109]
- Minutes, 12 March 1835
- Minutes, 22–23 January 1833
- Minutes, 30 March 1836
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 1 March 1835
- Minutes, Discourse, and Blessings, 14–15 February 1835
- Nauvoo Relief Society Minute Book
- Prayer of Dedication, 27 March 1836 [D&C 109]
- Recommendation for Orson Hyde, 6 April 1840
- Record of the Twelve, 14 February–28 August 1835
- Revelation Book 1
- Revelation Book 2
- Revelation, 19 January 1841 [D&C 124]
- Revelation, 20 July 1831 [D&C 57]
- Revelation, 23 July 1837 [D&C 112]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832 [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832, Edward Partridge Copy [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832, Howard and Martha Jane Knowlton Coray Copy [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832, Lewis Dunbar Wilson Copy [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832, Newel K. Whitney Copy [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832, Thomas Bullock Copy–A [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832, Thomas Bullock Copy–B [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832, Unidentified Scribe Copy [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832, William W. Phelps Copy [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832, as Recorded in Phelps, Diary and Notebook [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832, as Recorded in Richards, Pocket Companion [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 25 December 1832, as Recorded in Woodruff, Book of Revelations [D&C 87]
- Revelation, 27–28 December 1832 [D&C 88:1–126]
- Revelation, 27–28 December 1832, Broadsheet [D&C 88:1–126]
- Revelation, 27–28 December 1832, Extract, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 88:1–124]
- Revelation, 3 November 1831 [D&C 133]
- Revelation, 3 November 1831, as Published in Times and Seasons [D&C 133]
- Revelation, 6 April 1830 [D&C 21]
- Revelation, 6 December 1832 [D&C 86]
- Revelation, 6 December 1832, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 86]
- Revelation, 7 December 1830 [D&C 35]
- Revelation, 7 December 1830, as Published in Ohio Star [D&C 35]
- Revelation, 7 December 1830, as Published in Howe, Mormonism Unvailed [D&C 35]
- Revelation, 8 March 1833 [D&C 90]
- Revelation, 9 February 1831 [D&C 42:1–72]
- Revelation, 9 February 1831, Extract, as Published in Howe, Mormonism Unvailed [D&C 42:29–39]
- Revelation, 9 February 1831, as Recorded in Coltrin, Diary [D&C 42:11–69]
- Revelation, 9 February 1831, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 42:1–72]
- Revelation, June 1829–A [D&C 14]
- Revelation, June 1829–B [D&C 18]
- Revelation, circa 7 March 1831 [D&C 45]
- Revelation, circa Summer 1829 [D&C 19]
- Revelations printed in Evening and Morning Star, January 1835–June 1836
- Revelations printed in The Evening and the Morning Star, June 1832–June 1833
- Title Page of Book of Mormon, circa Early June 1829
- Title Page of Book of Mormon, circa Early June 1829, as Published in Wayne Sentinel
- Visions, 21 January 1836 [D&C 137]