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Plural marriage—or one man marrying multiple women—has been practiced since ancient times (see [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/gen/16?lang=eng&id=1-3 Genesis 16:1–3]; [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/132?lang=eng&id=34-39#33 Doctrine and Covenants 132:34–39]). It was practiced among the Latter-day Saints as commanded by God (see [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/132?lang=eng&id=32-34,40#31 Doctrine and Covenants 132:32–34, 40]), until God directed that the Saints discontinue it (see [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/od/1?lang=eng Official Declaration 1]).
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Critics of The Church of Jesus Christ have raised many questions regarding the Church's historical practice of polygamy. Click the links below to find faithful answers to questions surrounding plural marriage.
|summary=In accordance with a revelation to Joseph Smith, the practice of plural marriage—the marriage of one man to two or more women—was instituted among members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the early 1840s. Thereafter, for more than half a century, plural marriage was practiced by some Latter-day Saints. Only the Church President held the keys authorizing the performance of new plural marriages. In 1890, the Lord inspired Church President Wilford Woodruff to issue a statement that led to the end of the practice of plural marriage in the Church. In this statement, known as the Manifesto, President Woodruff declared his intention to abide by U.S. law forbidding plural marriage and to use his influence to convince members of the Church to do likewise.
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* [[Joseph Smith's Introduction and Practice of Plural Marriage]]
After the Manifesto, monogamy was advocated in the Church both over the pulpit and through the press. On an exceptional basis, some new plural marriages were performed between 1890 and 1904, especially in Mexico and Canada, outside the jurisdiction of U.S. law; a small number of plural marriages were performed within the United States during those years. In 1904, the Church strictly prohibited new plural marriages. Today, any person who practices plural marriage cannot become or remain a member of the Church.
* [[Plural Marriage and Church Leaders' Underage Wives]]
|title=Plural Marriage and Families in Early Utah
* [[Plural Marriage in Utah]]
|publication=Gospel Topics
* [[Ending Plural Marriage]]
|publisher=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (lds.org)
* [[Moral, Scriptural, and Theological Questions About Plural Marriage]]
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* [[The Church's Modern Treatment of Plural Marriage]]
|link=http://www.lds.org/topics/plural-marriage-and-families-in-early-utah?lang=eng
* [[FAIR Conference Presentations on Plural Marriage]]
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|link=http://www.fairmormon.org/perspectives/fair-conferences/2011-fair-conference/2011-a-reconciliation-of-polygamy
|author=Valerie Hudson
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|title=A Reconciliation of Polygamy
|publication=Proceedings of the 2011 FAIR Conference
|date=August 2011
|summary=During the period of time when the restored Church was commanded by the Lord to practice polygamy, some practiced it without any discernible hardship and still others with great pain. Contemporary Church members may look back upon that period with acceptance, or indifference, or discomfort, and I would like to say at the outset that I don’t see that diversity of feelings is harmful that people differ in their reactions to polygamy I don’t think is the issue. Rather, since the New and everlasting covenant of marriage is at the heart of the work of eternal life and godhood; confusion about the nature and form of lawful marriage ordained by God is harmful.
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Plural Marriage

Plural marriage—or one man marrying multiple women—has been practiced since ancient times (see Genesis 16:1–3; Doctrine and Covenants 132:34–39). It was practiced among the Latter-day Saints as commanded by God (see Doctrine and Covenants 132:32–34, 40), until God directed that the Saints discontinue it (see Official Declaration 1).

Critics of The Church of Jesus Christ have raised many questions regarding the Church's historical practice of polygamy. Click the links below to find faithful answers to questions surrounding plural marriage.

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