REL C 225 UNITS 8-14 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
VERIFIED.
Which D&C section is the great revelation on the three degrees of heavenly glory? -
ANS 76
What was Joseph Smith doing immediately prior to receiving D&C 76? - ANS Joseph Smith
and Oliver Cowdery were working on the "new translation" of the bible, specifically translating
the gospel of John.
What is a central message of D&C 76? - ANS The afterlife, the plan of salvation, the
resurrection A central thesis in "The Vision" is the merciful truth that God "saves all the works of
his hands, except those sons of perdition" in a kingdom of heavenly glory.
"The Vision" actually consists of how many smaller individual visions? What are they? -
ANS 6 Visions: Vision of the Father and the Soon
Vision of Satan
Vision of the sufferings of the Sons of Perdition
Vision of the Celestial kingdom
Vision of the Terrestrial kingdom
1
,Vision of the Telestial Kingdom
What are the general descriptions of who enters outer darkness, the telestial, terrestrial, and
celestial degrees of heaven? - ANS Celestial: justified & sanctified
Terrestrial: justified but not sanctified, not valiant
Telestial: not justified
Just= justification (clean) (D&C 20:30)
Unjust= not justification
Sanctification= holy/christ (D&C 20:31)
Which D&C section teaches that Christ continued from grace to grace, until He received a
fulness? - ANS 93
How can we each also receive of a fulness? - ANS Obedience: And no man receiveth a
fulness unless he keepeth his commandments. He that keepeth his commandments receiveth
truth and light, until he is glorified in truth and knoweth all things.
What is the eternal nature of the mind/spirit? - ANS There is something called intelligence
which always existed. It is the real eternal part of man, which was not created or made.
Intelligence, or the light of truth, was not created or made, neither indeed can be. Man was not
totally the creation of God.
What was the purpose of the original School of the Prophets? - ANS Where the Church
leaders would be able to learn spiritual and secular knowledge to strengthen themselves in
their callings and to help assist Church leaders to "be perfected in your ministry" At this school
they were to learn both spiritual and secular subjects "of things both in heaven and in the
earth"
2
, What practices were implemented in the School of the Prophets to help accomplish its
objectives? - ANS "Cease from all your light speeches" they were told, and from
inappropriate "laughter, [and] from all your lustful desires" To qualify for God's presence, they
also must "love one another" and "learn to impart one to another as the gospel requires". They
were to commit to living these things "with uplifted hands to heaven" by making a covenant "to
walk in all the commandments of God blameless" the ordinance of the washing of feet A
pattern to approach the Lord was starting to be revealed: Be cleansed from your sins by a ritual
washing ordinance. Commit to be holy and chaste. Consecrate your life to serving God and man
by covenant.
What were the circumstances that preceded Joseph Smith receiving the Word of Wisdom? -
ANS Once the pipes were smoked out, they would then "put in a chew on one side and
perhaps on both sides and then it was all over the floor."3 In this dingy setting, Joseph Smith
attempted to teach the men how they and their converts could become holy, "without spot,"
and worthy of the presence of God.
How and when did the Word of Wisdom become a binding commandment? - ANS It took
a long time and was not firmly established until the presidency of Heber J. Grant during the
Prohibition years of the 1920s. By President Grant's death in 1945, it had become accepted as a
standard practice for faithful Saints, about 100 years after it was first revealed.
What is a doctrinal definition of endowment? - ANS the power and capacity to enter the
presence of God.
What was the Kirtland "endowment," and how did it develop? - ANS Joseph taught that
this endowment would include meeting in the temple to be washed and anointed, living clean
and obedient lives, refraining from judging one another or faultfinding, and praying with
uplifted hands.6To prepare for their endowment, the prophet and others "attended to the
ordinance of washing our bodies in pure water."7 Although frontier people at this time rarely
bathed, this bathing was not just to make them physically clean but also was to symbolize
required spiritual purity. Following what the Lord had instructed them in the Word of Wisdom,
they added alcohol to their water "for the washing of [their] bodies" and also spiced the water
with cinnamon to create a "sweet smelling odorous wash. "This ceremonial washing was
preparatory to attending to "the ordinance of anointing our heads with holy oil" to pronounce
3
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
VERIFIED.
Which D&C section is the great revelation on the three degrees of heavenly glory? -
ANS 76
What was Joseph Smith doing immediately prior to receiving D&C 76? - ANS Joseph Smith
and Oliver Cowdery were working on the "new translation" of the bible, specifically translating
the gospel of John.
What is a central message of D&C 76? - ANS The afterlife, the plan of salvation, the
resurrection A central thesis in "The Vision" is the merciful truth that God "saves all the works of
his hands, except those sons of perdition" in a kingdom of heavenly glory.
"The Vision" actually consists of how many smaller individual visions? What are they? -
ANS 6 Visions: Vision of the Father and the Soon
Vision of Satan
Vision of the sufferings of the Sons of Perdition
Vision of the Celestial kingdom
Vision of the Terrestrial kingdom
1
,Vision of the Telestial Kingdom
What are the general descriptions of who enters outer darkness, the telestial, terrestrial, and
celestial degrees of heaven? - ANS Celestial: justified & sanctified
Terrestrial: justified but not sanctified, not valiant
Telestial: not justified
Just= justification (clean) (D&C 20:30)
Unjust= not justification
Sanctification= holy/christ (D&C 20:31)
Which D&C section teaches that Christ continued from grace to grace, until He received a
fulness? - ANS 93
How can we each also receive of a fulness? - ANS Obedience: And no man receiveth a
fulness unless he keepeth his commandments. He that keepeth his commandments receiveth
truth and light, until he is glorified in truth and knoweth all things.
What is the eternal nature of the mind/spirit? - ANS There is something called intelligence
which always existed. It is the real eternal part of man, which was not created or made.
Intelligence, or the light of truth, was not created or made, neither indeed can be. Man was not
totally the creation of God.
What was the purpose of the original School of the Prophets? - ANS Where the Church
leaders would be able to learn spiritual and secular knowledge to strengthen themselves in
their callings and to help assist Church leaders to "be perfected in your ministry" At this school
they were to learn both spiritual and secular subjects "of things both in heaven and in the
earth"
2
, What practices were implemented in the School of the Prophets to help accomplish its
objectives? - ANS "Cease from all your light speeches" they were told, and from
inappropriate "laughter, [and] from all your lustful desires" To qualify for God's presence, they
also must "love one another" and "learn to impart one to another as the gospel requires". They
were to commit to living these things "with uplifted hands to heaven" by making a covenant "to
walk in all the commandments of God blameless" the ordinance of the washing of feet A
pattern to approach the Lord was starting to be revealed: Be cleansed from your sins by a ritual
washing ordinance. Commit to be holy and chaste. Consecrate your life to serving God and man
by covenant.
What were the circumstances that preceded Joseph Smith receiving the Word of Wisdom? -
ANS Once the pipes were smoked out, they would then "put in a chew on one side and
perhaps on both sides and then it was all over the floor."3 In this dingy setting, Joseph Smith
attempted to teach the men how they and their converts could become holy, "without spot,"
and worthy of the presence of God.
How and when did the Word of Wisdom become a binding commandment? - ANS It took
a long time and was not firmly established until the presidency of Heber J. Grant during the
Prohibition years of the 1920s. By President Grant's death in 1945, it had become accepted as a
standard practice for faithful Saints, about 100 years after it was first revealed.
What is a doctrinal definition of endowment? - ANS the power and capacity to enter the
presence of God.
What was the Kirtland "endowment," and how did it develop? - ANS Joseph taught that
this endowment would include meeting in the temple to be washed and anointed, living clean
and obedient lives, refraining from judging one another or faultfinding, and praying with
uplifted hands.6To prepare for their endowment, the prophet and others "attended to the
ordinance of washing our bodies in pure water."7 Although frontier people at this time rarely
bathed, this bathing was not just to make them physically clean but also was to symbolize
required spiritual purity. Following what the Lord had instructed them in the Word of Wisdom,
they added alcohol to their water "for the washing of [their] bodies" and also spiced the water
with cinnamon to create a "sweet smelling odorous wash. "This ceremonial washing was
preparatory to attending to "the ordinance of anointing our heads with holy oil" to pronounce
3
