Doctrinal foundation of plural marriage |
- The purpose of plural marriage
- Plural marriage as a requirement for exaltation
- Question: How did early Christians view plural marriage?
- Book of Mormon statements about the practice of polygamy
- The Bible and plural marriage
- Question: Did some Church leaders teach that plural marriage was a practice that would persist forever?
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Introduction of plural marriage |
- Initiation of the practice of plural marriage
- 1835 Doctrine and Covenants denies polygamy—D&C 101 (original)
- Fanny Alger was Joseph Smith's first plural wife
- The angel with the drawn sword
- Keeping plural marriage a secret
- Divine manifestions to plural wives and families
- Emma Smith's reaction to Joseph Smith's plural marriages
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Questions about Joseph Smith and plural marriage |
- Joseph Smith's marriages to young women
- Did Joseph Smith coerce women to marry him?
- Mormon women refusing offers of plural marriage
- Does Joseph Smith's lack of children through polygamy contradict the commandment to "multiply and replenish the earth"?
- Joseph Smith was sealed to other men's wives
- Joseph Smith hiding plural marriages from his first wife, Emma
- What is known about possible children through Joseph Smith's polygamous marriages?
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Wives of Joseph Smith |
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Plural marriage in Utah |
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End of plural marriage |
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