https://www.mormonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Plural_Marriage&feed=atom&action=history Plural Marriage - Revision history 2024-03-19T08:07:41Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.29.1 https://www.mormonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Plural_Marriage&diff=18773&oldid=prev Gboyd: Redirecting to "Mormon" Polygamy 2008-07-10T18:33:34Z <p>Redirecting to <a href="/%22Mormon%22_Polygamy" title="&quot;Mormon&quot; Polygamy">&quot;Mormon&quot; Polygamy</a></p> <a href="https://www.mormonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Plural_Marriage&amp;diff=18773&amp;oldid=18411">Show changes</a> Gboyd https://www.mormonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Plural_Marriage&diff=18411&oldid=prev Gboyd: /* External Links */ 2008-06-26T18:16:34Z <p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">External Links</span></span></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;' lang='en'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; 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He claimed first that God had commanded it.&#160; Secondly, the reason God commanded it was so that Mormons could raise righteous children.&#160; Lastly he noted that God only permitted His prophets to direct who will practice polygamy. As evidence, he cited the story of the Prophet Nathan and King David, where Nathan explains that he gave David his wives from a commandment of God (See [http://scriptures.lds.org/2_sam/12 2 Samuel 12:1-9]).&#160; &#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The practice continued in Utah until [[1890]], when a revelation came from the Lord forbidding further polygamous marriages. 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President Buchanan sent 5,000 troops to crush a non-existent rebellion in the territory in [[1857]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Anti-Polygamy Legislation and Raids===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Anti-Polygamy Legislation and Raids===</div></td></tr> </table> Gboyd https://www.mormonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Plural_Marriage&diff=16482&oldid=prev Gboyd: /* The Nauvoo Period */ 2008-04-16T16:35:20Z <p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">The Nauvoo Period</span></span></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;' lang='en'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:35, 16 April 2008</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l39" >Line 39:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 39:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===The Nauvoo Period===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===The Nauvoo Period===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In Nauvoo, Joseph Smith began teaching polygamy to his closest and most trusted associates. 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A few began this practice before the exodus of [[1846]], but it remained in hiatus until the Mormons were established in Utah.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During this time, some close associates took advantage of this situation. John C. 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Riots followed and Joseph Smith was arrested, imprisoned in [[Carthage Jail]], and there murdered on June 27, [[1844]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During this time, some close associates took advantage of this situation. John C. Bennett, a friend of Joseph Smith and mayor of Nauvoo, perverted these teachings to gratify his own lust. He told single and married women that Joseph was teaching &quot;spiritual wifery,&quot; as he called it, which he claimed gave them permission to sleep with whomever they desired. Bennett was eventually caught. He confessed that Joseph Smith had never taught &quot;spiritual wifery,&quot; which amounted to adultery, and was soon excommunicated. He left Nauvoo and began publishing scathing attacks on Joseph Smith. Another close associate, William Law, pleaded with Joseph Smith to renounce polygamy. When he would not, Law and a few other disaffected Mormons published the &lt;i&gt;[[Nauvoo Expositor]]&lt;/i&gt; which claimed Joseph Smith was teaching adultery and fornication and called for him to be hung. The Nauvoo City Council decided this was a public nuisance and so destroyed the press. Riots followed and Joseph Smith was arrested, imprisoned in [[Carthage Jail]], and there murdered on June 27, [[1844]].</div></td></tr> </table> Gboyd https://www.mormonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Plural_Marriage&diff=16481&oldid=prev Gboyd: /* Introduction */ 2008-04-16T16:29:30Z <p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Introduction</span></span></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;' lang='en'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:29, 16 April 2008</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l10" >Line 10:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 10:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;blockquote&gt;There is no such thing as a 'Mormon Fundamentalist.' 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The term ''polygamy'' is actually a widely used misnomer, as Church members actually practiced ''polygyny,'' a type of marital relationship where one man marries multiple women. This practice led to severe persecution and repression of Mormons by the United States Government in the latter half of the nineteenth century, and its abandonment became a condition for Utah statehood. Many misunderstandings, misconceptions, half-truths, and outright lies have attended discussions of polygamy among the Mormons and are still fostered among anti-Mormons and ex-Mormons who attempt to attack the Church and its teachings. This article will address the history of polygamy among Mormons and the official teachings of the Mormon Church about polygamy.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Polygamy, usually called plurality of wives, or the &quot;Principle,&quot; by [[Latter-day Saints|Mormons]], was once commanded of the Lord for a very specific purpose at a critical time in history, and the law was divinely repealed in 1890. The term ''polygamy'' is actually a widely used misnomer, as Church members actually practiced ''polygyny,'' a type of marital relationship where one man marries multiple women. This practice led to severe persecution and repression of Mormons by the United States Government in the latter half of the nineteenth century, and its abandonment became a condition for Utah statehood. Many misunderstandings, misconceptions, half-truths, and outright lies have attended discussions of polygamy among the Mormons and are still fostered among anti-Mormons and ex-Mormons who attempt to attack the Church and its teachings. This article will address the history of polygamy among Mormons and the official teachings of the Mormon Church about polygamy.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Marriage as the Lord Decrees===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; 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font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Groups today that practice polygamy, and call themselves &quot;Fundamentalist Mormons&quot;<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>are not affiliated with [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. Most of their members have never been members of the Mormon church and their actions are considered illegal. These groups often withdraw into isolated communities and seldom gain new converts. This leads to intermarrying of close relatives and has caused heightened birth defects among these groups.[http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/1,1249,635182923,00.html] These groups often require all men to enter polygamy, which causes many problems and has led to an excess of single men unable to marry. These men are often expelled from the group and cut off from their families. Other abuses often occur in these isolated communities such as forced marriages, which did not occur among nineteenth-century Mormons. Polygamy as practiced by these groups is very different from the historical practice of polygamy by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which never required all men to practice polygamy and never withdrew into secretive communes cut off from the rest of the world. The Mormon <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">church </del>in the nineteenth century never forced young girls into marriage or expelled those who would not enter into polygamous marriages. These practices of contemporary polygamous sects should never be confused with nineteenth century Mormon practice.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Groups today that practice polygamy, and call themselves &quot;Fundamentalist Mormons<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">,</ins>&quot; are not affiliated with [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. Most of their members have never been members of the Mormon church and their actions are considered illegal. These groups often withdraw into isolated communities and seldom gain new converts. This leads to intermarrying of close relatives and has caused heightened birth defects among these groups.[http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/1,1249,635182923,00.html] These groups often require all men to enter polygamy, which causes many problems and has led to an excess of single men unable to marry. These men are often expelled from the group and cut off from their families. Other abuses often occur in these isolated communities such as forced marriages, which did not occur among nineteenth-century Mormons. Polygamy as practiced by these groups is very different from the historical practice of polygamy by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which never required all men to practice polygamy and never withdrew into secretive communes cut off from the rest of the world. The Mormon <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Church </ins>in the nineteenth century never forced young girls into marriage or expelled those who would not enter into polygamous marriages. These practices of contemporary polygamous sects should never be confused with nineteenth century Mormon practice.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A doctrinal explanation for the purpose of polygamy is subtly alluded to in a personal interview with Elder Jeffrey R. Holland in his participation with the PBS documentary &quot;The Mormons&quot;: [http://www.pbs.org/mormons/interviews/holland.html]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A doctrinal explanation for the purpose of polygamy is subtly alluded to in a personal interview with Elder Jeffrey R. Holland in his participation with the PBS documentary &quot;The Mormons&quot;: [http://www.pbs.org/mormons/interviews/holland.html]</div></td></tr> </table> Gboyd