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A FAIR Analysis of: In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith, a work by author: Todd D. Compton

Review of claims made in In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith




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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).

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