| 1831 - 1832 | Joseph's revision to John 12:7 possibly contains the earliest written mention of doctrinal foundation of the second anointing. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Verbatim Direct |
| Sep 26, 1833 | In a letter to Silas Smith, Joseph provides an early hint to the idea of "the more sure word of prophecy." | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Verbatim Direct |
| 1835 | Washing of feet and anointing mentioned in verse 4 of hymn "The Spirit of God," published in Church's first (1835) hymnal. | W. W. Phelps | Direct |
| Jun 26, 1839 - Aug 4, 1839 | Willard Richard's record of a discourse where Joseph speaks of being sealed to eternal life. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Paraphrase |
| Jun 26, 1839 - Aug 4, 1839 | Joseph gives a discourse on the theme of being sealed to eternal life. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Paraphrase |
| Jun 26, 1839 - Jul 2, 1839 | Joseph describes the doctrine of election and the Second Comforter who he identifies as Jesus. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Verbatim Direct |
| Sep 1, 1842 | Times and Seasons article discusses the importance of obeying Church leaders who are endowed with authority. | W. W. Phelps | Direct |
| Feb 1, 1843 | Joseph, in a poem to W. W. Phelps, explains that authority is needed to seal up people to eternal life. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Direct |
| May 16, 1843 | Joseph defines the unpardonable sin as shedding innocent blood. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Paraphrase |
| May 21, 1843 | Joseph defines the "more sure word of prophecy" as a promise from God that one will have eternal life. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Verbatim |
| May 21, 1843 | Joseph discusses Second Comforter and More Sure Word of Prophecy in a May 1843 discourse. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Verbatim Direct |
| Jun 11, 1843 | Joseph maintains that ordinances of salvation, "instituted in the heavens before the foundation of the World," should not be altered. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Direct Scribed Paraphrase |
| Aug 6, 1843 | Wilford Woodruff records Brigham's description of the "fullness of the Melchisedec Priesthood." | Brigham Young | Holograph |
| Aug 13, 1843 | William Clayton's audit of Joseph's sermon on calling and election. | William Clayton | Scribed Paraphrase Reprint |
| Aug 13, 1843 | Joseph is reported by William Clayton as teaching that when a seal is put upon the father and mother it means their children cannot be lost. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Verbatim Direct |
| Aug 13, 1843 | Joseph addresses second anointing; those who have not transgressed are "secured by the seal" of God. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Verbatim |
| Aug 13, 1843 | Joseph's sermon of August 13, 1843, addressing salvation of children of parents who have been sealed. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Verbatim Reprint |
| Aug 27, 1843 | Joseph, when discussing the Priesthood of Abraham and Melchizedek, teaches that, unlike of Levi's, they have the sealing power. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Verbatim Direct |
| Sep 28, 1843 | Joseph's Journal Entry; Second Anointing given for first time. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Summary |
| Oct 1, 1843 | Second Anointing administered to Joseph et al. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Paraphrase |
| Oct 8, 1843 | Second Anointing administered to group. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Paraphrase |
| Oct 19, 1843 | William Clayton records that Joseph and Emma Smith had been anointed. | William Clayton | Scribed Verbatim Reprint |
| Oct 22, 1843 | Joseph's journal contains report of second anointing being administered to William Marks and Rosannah Robinson Marks. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Paraphrase |
| Oct 27, 1843 | Second Anointing administered. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Summary |
| Nov 1, 1843 | Willard Richards, in Joseph's journal, reports on second anointing being administered to Merc Fielding Thompson, Jennetta Richards, Leonora Cannon Taylor, Mary Ann Angell Young, and Vilate Kimball. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Summary |
| Nov 1, 1843 | Vilate Kimball receives second anointing from Emma Hale Smith along with "menny feemales." | Heber C. Kimball | Direct Reprint |
| Nov 12, 1843 | Willard Richards reports that Reynolds Cahoon & Thirza Stiles Cahoon receive second anointing. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Paraphrase |
| Nov 15, 1843 | Willard Richards reports that Alpheus Cutler and Lois Lathrop Cutler receive Second Anointing. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Summary |
| Nov 22, 1843 | Willard Richards records in Joseph's journal Brigham Young and wife Mary Ann Angell Young receiving second anointing. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Paraphrase |
| Nov 22, 1843 | Joseph's journal entry describing second anointing of Brigham and Mary Ann Angell Young on November 22, 1843. | Willard Richards | Scribed Verbatim Direct |
| Dec 2, 1843 | Wilford Woodruff explains that first anointing is preparatory for further blessings. | Wilford Woodruff | Holograph |
| Dec 9, 1843 | Wilford Woodruff records that W.W. Phelps, Levi Richards, and Cornelius Peter Lott received the second anointing. | Wilford Woodruff | Holograph |
| Jan 20, 1844 | Wilford Woodruff reports that Heber C. Kimball and Vilate Kimball received the second anointing. | Wilford Woodruff | Holograph |
| Jan 21, 1844 | Wilford Woodruff records Parley P. Pratt receiving the second anointing. | Wilford Woodruff | Holograph Direct |
| Jan 21, 1844 | Wilford Woodruff records Parley P. Pratt receiving the second anointing without wife. | Wilford Woodruff | Holograph Direct |
| Jan 25, 1844 | Wilford Woodruff records the administration of the second anointing to Orson Hyde. | Wilford Woodruff | Holograph |
| Jan 26, 1844 | Wilford Woodruff, records administration of second anointing to Orson Pratt. | Wilford Woodruff | Holograph Direct |
| Jan 27, 1844 | Wilford Woodruff reports administration of the second anointing to Willard Richards and Jennetta Richards. | Wilford Woodruff | Holograph |
| Jan 28, 1844 | Wilford Woodruff & Phebe Woodruff receive Second Anointing. | Wilford Woodruff | Holograph |
| Jan 30, 1844 | Wilford Woodruff reports that John Taylor and Leonora Cannon Taylor received their second anointing anointing and sealing. | Wilford Woodruff | Holograph Direct |
| Jan 31, 1844 | Willard Richards, in Joseph's journal, reports on the administration of the second anointing to George A. Smith and Bathsheba W. Bigler by Brigham. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Summary |
| Feb 2, 1844 | Second anointing re-administered to W. W. Phelps and Sally Phelps. | Wilford Woodruff | Holograph Direct |
| Feb 3, 1844 | Joseph Young and William Clayton received Second Anointing. | Wilford Woodruff | Holograph |
| Feb 4, 1844 | Wilford Woodruff records Cornelius Peter Lott and Permelia Lott receiving the second anointing. | Wilford Woodruff | Holograph |
| Feb 26, 1844 | John Smith and Clarissa Lyman Smith received Second Anointing. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Paraphrase |
| Feb 26, 1844 | Wilford Woodruff reports that John Smith, Clarissa Lyman Smith, Isaac Morley, and Lucy Morley receiving the second anointing. | Wilford Woodruff | Holograph 2nd Hand |
| Mar 10, 1844 | Joseph on the "doctrin of Election" and Elijah, also how to break one's election. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Verbatim |
| Mar 10, 1844 | Joseph Discourse March 10, 1844; Bullock account. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Paraphrase |
| Mar 10, 1844 | Joseph's discourse on mission of Elijah, sealing, and unforgiveable sin as recorded by James Burgess. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Verbatim |
| Mar 10, 1844 | Franklin D. Richards records Joseph teaching on the power of Elijah, "calling and election sure," and which sins break the promise. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Verbatim |
| Mar 10, 1844 | Willard Richards' account of Joseph's Discourse on subject of Spirit of Elias, Elijah, and Messiah. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Paraphrase |
| Apr 1, 1844 | Heber C. Kimball describes wife (Vilate Kimball) washing his feet. | Heber C. Kimball | Direct Reprint |
| Apr 7, 1844 | Joseph comments on the unpardonable sin; no one can commit such until one receives the Holy Ghost. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Verbatim |
| May 5, 1844 | Wilford Woodruff describes wife, Phebe Woodruff, washing his feet as second part of second anointing. | Wilford Woodruff | Holograph Direct |
| Jan 28, 1845 | Letter indicating Second Anointing was given in Nauvoo. | Samuel James | Reprint |
| Apr 18, 1845 | Heber C. Kimball records A. Lemon and wife receiving second anointing. | Heber C. Kimball | Reprint |
| Dec 21, 1845 | William Clayton records Amasa Mason Lyman's sermon on temple symbolism, including second anointing. | William Clayton | Scribed Paraphrase Reprint |
| Dec 26, 1845 | Brigham discusses the second anointing and "fullness of the Priesthood." | William Clayton | Scribed Paraphrase Reprint |
| Jan 1846 | Description of washing of feet in Lewis D. Wilson's autobiographical sketch. | Lewis D. Wilson | Direct Reprint |
| Jan 8, 1846 | Heber C. Kimball's second anointing blessing in Book of Anointings. | John Doyle Lee | Scribed Verbatim Reprint |
| Jan 8, 1846 | Heber C. Kimball's second anointing blessing in Book of Anointings. | John Doyle Lee | Scribed Verbatim Reprint |
| Jan 11, 1846 | Heber C. Kimball administers Second Anointing to Brigham. | John Doyle Lee | Scribed Verbatim Reprint |
| Jan 11, 1846 | Heber C. Kimball administers Second Anointing to Brigham. | John Doyle Lee | Scribed Verbatim Reprint |
| Jan 12, 1846 | Book of Anointings records Elizabeth Ann Whitney and Newel K. Whitney receiving the second anointing. | N/A | Reprint |
| Jan 13, 1846 | George A. Smith records second anointing administered to him and wife by Orson Hyde. | George A. Smith | Holograph Direct |
| Jan 17, 1846 | Abraham O. Smoot received second anointing. | Abraham O. Smoot | Holograph Direct |
| Jan 19, 1846 - Jan 20, 1846 | David Fullmer provides an account of the second anointing. | David Fullmer | Direct Late |
| Jan 19, 1846 - Jan 20, 1846 | Rhoda Ann Fullmer describes second anointing and washing of feet. | Rhoda Ann Fullmer | Scribed Verbatim Late |
| Jan 22, 1846 | Phinehas Howe Richards describes receiving his second anointing with his wife Wealthy Richards; Phinehas and Wealthy are anointed king and queen, priest and priestess, etc. | Phinehas Howe Richards | Holograph Direct |
| Jan 22, 1846 | William Hyde received Second Anointing. | William Hyde | Direct Reprint |
| Jan 22, 1846 - Feb 1, 1846 | Phinehas Howe Richards records learning about ordinance of washing of feet in his journal. | Phinehas Howe Richards | Holograph Direct |
| Jan 24, 1846 | Noah Packard records receiving the second anointing with his wife; they are anointed king and queen. | Noah Packard | Direct Reprint |
| Jan 28, 1846 | Joseph C. Kingsbury received his Second Anointing with two of his wives. | Joseph C. Kingsbury | Scribed Verbatim |
| Feb 3, 1846 | Joseph Hovey received second anointing. | Joseph Hovey | Holograph |
| Sep 16, 1846 | Joseph Hovey's records that the blessings promised in the second anointing are conditional. | Joseph Hovey | Holograph Direct |
| Nov 20, 1846 | Orson Hyde's story of Joseph correcting Francis Bishop on the need for earthly vs. heavenly priesthood administrators. | Orson Hyde | Direct |
| Jan 15, 1847 | Millennial Star publishes a diagram of the kingdom of God and references the "fulness of the priesthood." | The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star | Direct |
| Apr 7, 1855 | Orson Pratt discusses enduring to the end after being sealed. | Orson Pratt | Scribed Verbatim Reprint |
| 1856 | Heber C. Kimball offers sermon on theology of being sealed to eternal life. | Heber C. Kimball | Scribed Verbatim |
| Dec 18, 1857 | Wilford Woodruff mentions instructions from Joseph on how to perform the second anointing. | Wilford Woodruff | Holograph Direct |
| 1865 | Heber C. Kimball teaches that there will be further ordinances required "till we pass through the veil into the other world" and receive our exaltation. | Heber C. Kimball | Scribed Verbatim Direct |
| Jan 2, 1867 | Wilford Woodruff reports people receiving their Second Anointing; signs and tokens were offered up at the occassion. | Wilford Woodruff | Holograph |
| Dec 25, 1874 | George A. Smith discusses origins and significance of the second anointing. | George A. Smith | Scribed Paraphrase |
| Dec 25, 1874 | George A. Smith discusses origins and significance of the second anointing. | George A. Smith | Scribed Paraphrase |
| Feb 1, 1878 | Samuel Hollister Rogers records doing second anointings for the dead. | Samuel Hollister Rogers | Holograph Direct |
| May 15, 1880 | Daniel Tyler summarizes significance of the fullness of the priesthood and temples being the places to receive such. | Daniel Tyler | Direct |
| Aug 12, 1883 | George Q. Cannon teaches being sealed up to eternal life is conditional. | George Q. Cannon | Scribed Verbatim |
| Mar 17, 1887 | John Taylor & George Q. Cannon offer instructions on second anointing recommend. | John Taylor | Direct Reprint |
| 1888 | Parley P. Pratt discusses what he learned from Joseph Smith, alludes to temple ordinances. | Parley P. Pratt | Direct |
| Feb 24, 1888 | Letter detailing how washing of feet was done at home. | Eliza I. Jones | Direct Reprint |
| Feb 13, 1890 | Thomas Memmot provides account of second anointing in his journal; mentions washing feet after anointing. | Thomas Memmot | Direct Reprint |
| Apr 22, 1890 | Joseph F. Smith issues second anointing recommend to John Cottam. | Joseph F. Smith | Direct Reprint |
| Apr 23, 1890 | Wilford Woodruff, while president of Church, recommends second anointing ordinance to be performed by Daniel H. Wells. | Wilford Woodruff | Direct Reprint |
| 1891 | John Doyle Lee recalls receiving the second anointing. | John Doyle Lee | Direct Late |
| Apr 8, 1901 | Thomas A. Clawson records sermon by Lorenzo Snow and Joseph F. Smith on second anointing. | Thomas A. Clawson | Scribed Paraphrase 2nd Hand Reprint |
| May 31, 1901 - Jun 20, 1901 | William Henry Smart describes two parts of the second anointing ordinance. | William Henry Smart | Holograph Direct |
| Apr 1903 - Oct 1911 | Benjamin F. Johnson recalls being sealed to his wife for eternity and was given Martha Ann Hale Johnson to be his plural wife by Joseph. | Benjamin F. Johnson | Holograph Direct |
| 1905 | Benjamin F. Johnson discusses Joseph's teachings concerning sealing and second anointing in his autobiography. | Benjamin F. Johnson | Direct Reprint |
| Jan 10, 1905 | Lewis Anderson gives a second anointing recommend to Lars M. C. Christensen and his wife and urges him not to discuss it with others. | Lewis Anderson | Direct Reprint |
| May 22, 1908 | First Presidency says only church members can receive the second anointing. | First Presidency | Direct Reprint |
| Jan 1, 1912 | James E. Talmage mentions second anointing given in Holy of Holies in Sale Lake City Temple. | James E. Talmage | Direct |
| Jan 30, 1926 | Heber J. Grant policy change on second anointing; only Twelve recommend ordinance. | Heber J. Grant | Reprint |
| Apr 6, 1927 | Heber J. Grant indicates stake presidents will no longer recommend people to receive second anointing. | Heber J. Grant | Reprint |
| Apr 7, 1929 | Orson F. Whitney teaches that wayward children of sealed parents will be saved. | Orson F. Whitney | Scribed Verbatim |
| 1938 | Joseph is reported by William Clayton as teaching that when a seal is put upon the father and mother it means their children cannot be lost. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Verbatim Reprint |
| 1938 | William Clayton reported that Joseph taught that when a seal is put upon the father and mother it means their children cannot be lost. | Joseph Smith, Jr. | Scribed Verbatim Direct Reprint |
| Feb 4, 1938 | Statistical Report on Temple Ordinances; Second Anointing listed. | The Genealogical and Historical Magazine of the Arizona Temple District | Direct |
| 1948 | Joseph W. Musser states that second anointing is a prerequisite for reception of the Second Comforter. | Joseph W. Musser | Direct Reprint |
| 1956 | Joseph Fielding Smith teaches that the "fulness of priesthood" is required for exaltation. | Joseph Fielding Smith | Direct |
| 1958 | Bruce R. McConkie discusses theology of calling and election in his book Mormon Doctrine. | Bruce R. McConkie | Direct |
| Oct 25, 1966 | David O. McKay says not all members o the Quorum of the Twelve in 1966 had second anointing. | David O. McKay | Direct Reprint |
| Nov 9, 1966 | David O. McKay: Quorum of the Twelve members who did not yet have it to receive second anointing. | David O. McKay | Direct Reprint |
| 1973 | Bruce R. McConkie on 2 Peter 1, Calling and Election Made Sure, More Sure Word of Prophecy, Second Comforter. | Bruce R. McConkie | Direct |
| Jun 9, 1974 | Russell M. Nelson recounts receiving the second anointing. | Russell M. Nelson | Direct |
| Jun 9, 1974 | Russell M. Nelson recounts receiving the second anointing. | Russell M. Nelson | Direct |
| Oct 1977 | Bruce R. McConkie discusses the blessing of having our calling and election made sure and discusses "the more sure word of prophecy." | Bruce R. McConkie | Direct |
| 1978 | Bruce R. McConkie: Priesthood prepares men to see God. | Bruce R. McConkie | Direct |
| 1980 | Boyd K. Packer discusses initiatory ordinance in his book on the temple. | Boyd K. Packer | Direct |
| 1980 | Andrew F. Ehat describes the "more sure word of prophecy" as the most precise explanation of making one's calling and election sure. | Andrew F. Ehat | Direct Secondary |
| 1980 | Andrew F. Ehat describes a more limited sense of being sealed up to eternal life. | Andrew F. Ehat | Direct Secondary |
| Dec 1982 | Andrew F. Ehat's thesis on temple ordinances. | Andrew F. Ehat | Secondary |
| 1983 | David John Buerger's article on the second anointing in Dialogue. | David John Buerger | Secondary |
| 1983 | John A. Tvedtnes records in personal journal Harold B. Lee saying 2nd Anointing is not necessary for exaltation. | John A. Tvedtnes | Scribed Paraphrase 2nd Hand Reprint |
| 1985 | Verse in 1985 Hymnal urges Saints to be told by God they have eternal life, similar to making one's calling and election sure. | Marvin K. Gardner | Direct |
| 1985 | Hymn #21 from the 1985 Church Hymnal relating to Second Anointing, Calling and Election Made sure. | Joseph S. Murdock | Direct |
| 1985 | Hymn #134 from the 1985 Church Hymnal relating to Second Anointing, Calling and Election Made sure. | Bruce R. McConkie | Direct |
| Apr 1992 | Boyd K. Packer's application of statements by Orson F. Whitney and Brigham about the salvation of wayward children through the marriage sealing blessings of their parents. | Boyd K. Packer | Direct |
| Jun 2000 | Gospel Teacher Manual says not to discuss second anointing and to exercise caution in discussing having "our calling and election made sure" in classes. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Direct |
| 2005 | Devery S. Anderson and Gary J. Bergera's documentary history of Joseph's anointed quorum. | Devery Anderson | Reprint Secondary |
| 2005 | Devery S. Anderson and Gary J. Bergera's documentary history of Nauvoo Temple ordinances from 1845 to 1846. | Devery Anderson | Reprint Secondary |
| Oct 2007 | Boyd K. Packer discusses and summarizes the initiatory ordinance in the Ensign; reprint of portion of his 1980 book on the temple. | Boyd K. Packer | Direct Reprint |
| 2008 | Denver Snuffer argues that knowledge rather than priesthood prepares one for the Second Comforter. | Denver Snuffer | Direct |
| Jan 21, 2008 | Tom Phillips provides a contemporary account of the second anointing. | Tom Phillips | Direct |
| 2011 | Documentary history of temple policies, etc. | Devery Anderson | Reprint Secondary |
| 2011 | Denver Snuffer writes that ordinances have no real value. | Denver Snuffer | Direct |
| 2013 | Anthony W. Ivins reports hearing that Joseph F. Smith taught that "no man receives a fullness of the Melchisedec Priesthood till he has recd his second anointings." | Joseph F. Smith | Scribed Summary Reprint |
| Mar 2014 | David A. Bednar's correction of common misinterpretation of Joseph's teachings on salvation of children of sealed parents. | David A. Bednar | Direct |
| 2015 | The Joseph Smith Papers discussion of "second anointings" in the context of Joseph's 1843–44 Journal entries. | The Joseph Smith Papers | Secondary |
| Aug 2015 | Parley P. Pratt alludes to temple ordinances in saying what he learned from Joseph. | Parley P. Pratt | Direct Reprint |
| 2016 | The Joseph Smith Papers provides a discussion of "second anointings" in the context of the minutes of the Council of Fifty. | The Joseph Smith Papers | Secondary |
| Jun 2016 | Church manual states "more sure word of prophecy" is being "sealed up unto eternal life." | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Direct |
| 2017 | Online 2017 Book of Mormon Seminary manual states that less active individuals are not guilty of the unpardonable sin. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Direct |
| 2018 | Hans H Mattsson provides an account of second anointing in 2000. | Christina Hanke | 2nd Hand |
| Oct 2018 | Russell M. Nelson comments on temple rites being of ancient origin. | Russell M. Nelson | Direct |
| Mar 2019 | Church teaches that temple ordinances should not be talked about. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Direct |
| 2021 | Church website briefly overviews initiatory and endowment ordinances. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Direct |
| 2022 | Joseph Smith Papers volume introduction briefly mentions and discusses the origins of the second anointing. | Christian K. Heimburger | Direct Secondary |
| 2023 | Editors of the Joseph Smith Papers Project mention the "quorum of anointing" in Documents volume 14. | Alex D. Smith | Direct Secondary |
