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012 Why Did Plural Marriage Begin in the Church?

Church History Matters

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The Origins of Plural Marriage

Joseph Smith first learns about this and let's be transparent about our sources here. What I'm about to share comes from Joseph Smith's wives. This was for him to overcome the repugnance of his feelings. He knew that he had not only his own prejudices and pre-possessions to combat and to overcome, but those of the whole Christian world stared him in the face. So when he learned the truthfulness of this principle, when God revealed that to him in response to his biblical translation work, this was not an easy thing for him to accept.

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