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1655: Changes to the Doctrine & Covenants w/ LDS Discussions -19

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Polygamy and Plural Marriage

Joseph Smith entered a revelation into DNC 101 that included the following statement. In as much as this church has been reproached with the crime of fornication and polygamy, we declare that we believe that one man should have one wife and one woman, but one husband,. except in the case of death, when either is it liberty to marry again? And I will note right off the bat because apologies soil is out there. Joseph did not write this. This was written while Joseph was gone. But it was written because the church was basically under fire because people had rumors about Joseph Smith having affairs with his followers. Apologies want to claim that was his first polygamous wife. There is absolutely

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