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| Â | Defining Terms |
 | | Mormon: The Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price are considered scripture in the LDS Church. | | | Doctrine and Covenants section 132 says that if a man enters into polygamy "Then shall they be gods" (Doctrine and Covenants 132:20). | | | According to Mormonism, this gives the dead a chance to be saved and accept the Mormon gospel after death (Doctrine and Covenants 128: 138:32-33). |
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http://www.concernedchristians.org/terms.php
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| Â | Plural marriage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | However, a few members continued to practice plural marriage privately with the approval of a few Church leaders until a second proclamation was issued by the Church in the early 1900s. | | | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the Church's 19th century founding days and currently practiced by splinter groups. | | | A revelation given to Joseph Smith says, "then shall she believe and administer unto him, or she shall be destroyed...and she then becomes the transgressor; and he is exempt" from having her permission (Doctrine and Covenants 132:64-65). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_Marriage_(Mormonism)
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| Â | Mormon Polygamists |
| | Plural marriage was the nineteenth-century LDS practice of a man marrying more than one wife. | | | Plural marriage challenged those within the Church, too. | | | Plural marriage served a practical purpose for the Mormon pioneers as well, allowing for women to be |
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http://www.religious-freedoms.org/mormon_polygamists.htm
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| Â | Celestial Marriage |
| | LDS Apostle Bruce McConkie declared, "All who pretend or assume to engage in plural marriage in this day, when the one holding the keys has withdrawn the power by which they are performed, are guilty of gross wickedness" ( Mormon Doctrine, pp.579). | | | Should the LDS Church decide to go back to its teachings of the nineteenth century, I am sure that many of those Mormon fundamentalists who are currently practicing polygamy will be pleased that they had the last laugh. | | | The Manifesto can be found following section 138 in the Doctrine and Covenants. |
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http://www.helpingmormons.org/polygamy.htm
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| Â | Utah History To Go - Polygamy |
| | Those involved in plural marriages after 1904 were excommunicated; and those married between 1890 and 1904 were not to have church callings where other members would have to sustain them. | | | Wh en establishing the LDS Church, Joseph Smith recorded numerous revelations he claimed to receive, often in answer to questions about the Bible, which are now included in the Doctrine and Covenants, part of the LDS canon. | | | Polygamy was not openly practiced in the Mormon Church until 1852 when Orson Pratt, an apostle, made a public speech defending it as a tenet of the church. |
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http://historytogo.utah.gov/historyofpolygamy.html
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| Â | MRM.org - MRM Bookstore - Books on Mormonism |
| | John Farkas and David Reed comment on passages from the Book of Mormon and Bible texts in order to show how the LDS Church redefines words to hide a man-centered, polytheistic theology. | | | Several LDS scholars (some of whom were excommunicated after this book was published) offer their reasons as to why they feel the Book of Mormon is a product of the 19th century. | | | Richard Van Wagoner offers an informative outline of the secret origins of Mormon polygamy, the peculiarities of the early practice, "unofficial" polygamous marriages at the turn-of-the-century and present-day fundamentalist Mormon groups which still practice plural marriage. |
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http://www.mrm.org/bookstore/mormonism/
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| Â | Many Wives and Concubines |
| | Thus, presently within Mormonism the doctrine of eternal marriage--that is, a marriage sealed in a Mormon temple to continue throughout eternity--is labeled "celestial marriage." The doctrine of plural marriage (multiple wives) is understood as being distinct and separate from celestial marriage. | | | The importance of the practice of celestial or plural marriage in the early LDS Church cannot be over emphasized. | | | Under the direction of second prophet Brigham Young, Orson Pratt announced the doctrine of plural marriage to the Church in 1852. |
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http://www.answeringlds.org/artManyWives.html
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| Â | Issue 101 - Salt Lake City Messenger |
| | LDS Church authorities bristle visibly when Mormons and Mormon Fundamentalists are even mentioned in the same breath. | | | To those who accept Joseph Smith as a prophet of God, plural marriage can be evidence of his divine calling; to those who question or reject his prophetic claims, polygamy is more readily explained as evidence of his downfall. | | | Although plural marriage is the most obvious topic, shifts and changes can also be seen in temple ceremonies, religious communalism, the Word of Wisdom, and the strong hold of religious leaders over the last century's Mormons, a hold that is considerably diminished today. |
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http://www.utlm.org/newsletters/no101.htm
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| Â | Polygamy - religious cults and sects |
| | LDS doctrine teaches that polygamy will be part of life after death. | | | It is still enshrined in Mormon scripture (Doctrine and Covenants 132) and some believe it will one day be re-established, if not on earth, at least in heaven. | | | But it's not absolutely correct that ''the [Mormon] church in 1890 disavowed polygamy.'' Transformed might be a better word, since polygamy in some form has continued to be officially endorsed by the church to this day. |
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http://www.apologeticsindex.org/p05.html
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| Â | The Truth About "The God Makers," 12 |
| | LDS doctrine teaches that Jesus Christ, not plural marriage, is the "cornerstone" of the faith (Eph. | | | Joseph Smith and many others have died for their beliefs, and Mormons were persecuted for over fifty years for practicing plural marriage, a good many going to prison for it, yet that is not enough to convince the authors. | | | The charge about mandatory plural marriage in a theoretical LDS political kingdom is unfounded, and not even historically accurate, since not all members of the LDS Church were ever required or permitted to practice plural marriage. |
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http://www.fairlds.org/pubs/tagm/tagm28.html
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| Â | Mormon plural marriage |
| | In 1888, Mormon leaders sent out mixed messages about continuing the practice of plural marriage. | | | Why don’t you say, as a Church, that polygamy is no longer taught and is not encouraged by the Church?" Of course this was the very announcement the 1889 revelation prohibited the First Presidency from making, but Cannon obviously did not want to tell the newspaper that. | | | Newspapers reported that the non-Mormon allies of the Church were severely disappointed that the October 1888 conference adjourned with "no further revelation upon the polygamy question. |
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http://www.lds-mormon.com/mormon_plural_marriage.shtml
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| Â | Changing World Chapter 9 Part 1 |
| | This despite the fact that seven of our nine Church presidents have lived plural marriage, and that this principle still is and always will be a doctrine of the Church. | | | To say that plural marriage is right because it was practiced in the Old Testament makes no more sense than to say that God approves of slavery since it was also practiced in the Old Testament. | | | It is interesting to note that section 132 not only says that plural marriage is justifiable in God's sight, but also concubinage: "Abraham received concubines, and they bore him children; and it was accounted unto him for righteousness..." ( Doctrine and Covenants 132:37). |
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http://www.utlm.org/onlinebooks/changech9a.htm
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| Â | Adherents.com |
| | A: Polygamy, plural marriage, is not part of the doctrine of this Church. | | | This does not include members of the LDS church who [simply] accept fundamentalist doctrine... | | | How strongly can you state that this is not what the Mormon Church represents for the past century? |
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http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_288.html
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| Â | Michael's Shower: Plural marriage |
| | Using a form of the argument or line of reasoning used in the movie Mountain of the Lord on vicarious proxy, anyone who accepted these men must accept the doctrine of plural marriage. | | | The Lord has said that no good gift (from Him) is to be refused. | | | The LDS Church does not practice this doctrine. |
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http://www.themannings.org/shower_archive/000350.html
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| Â | Kahlile B. Mehr |
| | Kahlile B. Mehr M.A., M.S. LDS Church Family History Library | | | "Enduring Believers: Czechoslovakia and the LDS Church, 1884-1990," Journal of Mormon History, Fall 1992. | | | Cataloger (1977-1980): Arranged, described and preserved LDS Church records |
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http://www.feefhs.org/feefaq/conf/bio/mehrk.html
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| Â | More Than One: Plural Marriage, A Sacred Heritage - A Promise For Tomorrow : Satisfiction.com |
| | It was inspirational to read about the many wonderful and faith-promoting accounts of the early Saints who lived this princple because of their strong religious convictions. | | | This book fills an important void in contemporary LDS literature on the subject of plural marriage." | | | "My thanks to the author, Shane Whelan, for having the courage to write this book on the positive aspects of plural marriage. |
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http://www.satisfiction.com/0_PRODUCT/PROD0971770425_MoreThan.html
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| Â | LOZ-Plural Marriage |
| | Plural Marriage as taught by the Prophet Joseph Smith | | | An open letter to all Latter Day Saints on Plural Marriage | | | LDS Church Authority and New Plural Marriages 1890-1904 |
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http://www.libraryofzion.org/ReferenceLibrary/PluralMarriage
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| Â | ALTON'S PLURAL MARRIAGE PAGE |
| | Thought it might be interesting to have a page for links about polygamy and plural marriages. | | | Copyright © 1995 ARTA Software Group and David P. Geller | | | AND IF POLYGYMOUS MARRIAGES ARE GOOD AND PERMISSIBLE |
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http://pws.gamewood.net/~engineer/plgindx.htm
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