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*The Church manual ''clearly'' indicates that the word has been altered, and it identifies the original source (''Discourses of Brigham Young''), a source which is easily accessible [http://archive.org/stream/discoursesofbrig028407mbp#page/n323/mode/2up/search/%22before+your+neighbors+and+this+people%22 online]. This is indicated by the square brackets. Does the author really think that the Church is attempting to fool the members into thinking that Brigham Young, famous for the number of wives that he had, was actually a ''monogamist''? | *The Church manual ''clearly'' indicates that the word has been altered, and it identifies the original source (''Discourses of Brigham Young''), a source which is easily accessible [http://archive.org/stream/discoursesofbrig028407mbp#page/n323/mode/2up/search/%22before+your+neighbors+and+this+people%22 online]. This is indicated by the square brackets. Does the author really think that the Church is attempting to fool the members into thinking that Brigham Young, famous for the number of wives that he had, was actually a ''monogamist''? | ||
| + | *A FAIR publication by Mike Parker, [http://www.fairlds.org/authors/parker-mike/the-church-portrayal-of-brigham-young "The Church’s Portrayal of Brigham Young,"] explains further: | ||
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| + | In Chapter 23, “Understanding the New and Everlasting Covenant of Marriage,” two instances of the term “wives” were modified to “[wife],” with brackets included to notify the reader of the editorial change. Since the statements did not refer to Brigham’s own wives, but were part of his counsel to men regarding their marriages, the edited reading is easier for today’s Latter-day Saints, none of whom are married to more than one wife. | ||
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| + | The next manual in the instructional series–Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Joseph F. Smith–includes this clarifying statement in the “Historical Summary” of President Smith’s life: | ||
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| + | This book is not a history, but rather a compilation of gospel principles as taught by President Joseph F. Smith. However, in order to put the teachings in a historical framework, the following list is provided to summarize some of the milestones in his life that have most immediate relationship to his teachings. This summary omits some important events in his personal life, including his marriages (plural marriage was being practiced in the Church at that time) and the births and deaths of his children, to whom he was devoted.10 | ||
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| + | This explanation, which is almost certainly directed at detractors of the Brigham Young manual, clarifies that the purpose of the series is not biographical or historical, but didactical. Other Church publications that are historical discuss the subject of plural marriage and its practice among the Latter-day Saints in the nineteenth century.11 | ||
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| + | The Brigham Young manual and the manuals that followed it include selected teachings on selected subjects that have application to subjects of concern to today’s Latter-day Saints. They do not teach history, but how to live the gospel of Jesus Christ. Despite the complaints of its detractors, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is not engaged in a cover up, nor is it attempting to hide an “embarrassing past.” | ||
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