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014 Plural Marriage Troubles (part 1): John C. Bennett, Hyrum Smith, & Emma

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Joseph Smith's Eternity-Only Sealings and Transition to True Plural Marriages

Exploration of Joseph Smith's practice of eternity-only sealings in Nauvoo, where he formed non-intimate relationships with married women to fulfill the commandment of plural marriage, while later marrying around 20 unmarried women in 1842, some becoming true plural wives with documented sexual relations but no children.

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