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===One Nation under Gods, page 317 (hardback and paperback)=== | ===One Nation under Gods, page 317 (hardback and paperback)=== | ||
*Did Wilford Woodruff receive a revelation that indicated that polygamy was “absolutely essential to godhood" and promise that anyone who hindered plural marriage would be "damned?" | *Did Wilford Woodruff receive a revelation that indicated that polygamy was “absolutely essential to godhood" and promise that anyone who hindered plural marriage would be "damned?" | ||
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===Endnote 20, page 588 (hardback); page 586 (paperback)=== | ===Endnote 20, page 588 (hardback); page 586 (paperback)=== | ||
*{{WWJ1|date=January 26, 1880|vol=7|start=546, 615-617, 621}} | *{{WWJ1|date=January 26, 1880|vol=7|start=546, 615-617, 621}} | ||
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Such a claim would be strange, in any case, since the Book of Mormon clearly has righteous people who were explicitly ''not'' commanded to practice plural marriage. | Such a claim would be strange, in any case, since the Book of Mormon clearly has righteous people who were explicitly ''not'' commanded to practice plural marriage. | ||
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John Taylor September 1886 revelation | A FAIR Analysis of: One Nation Under Gods, a work by author: Richard Abanes
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The quoted material does not say what the author claims.
The revelation does say that those who try to keep the Saints from keeping the laws revealed by Joseph "shall be damned." It also says that the "Patriarchal Law of Abraham" "leadeth to a Celestial Glory"—that is, those who receive and keep this law as commanded by God will be exalted. It does not say that all people in all places must keep this law for exaltation. This is made clear by the written prayer which Woodruff was commanded to prepare and present before the Lord, which he includes immediately after the revelation:
Plural marriage was commanded, and the Saints must obey. But, this does not mean that plural marriage is "absolutely essential to godhood."
Such a claim would be strange, in any case, since the Book of Mormon clearly has righteous people who were explicitly not commanded to practice plural marriage.
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