Divine manifestations to plural wives and families

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Articles about Plural marriage

Doctrinal foundation of plural marriage	Purpose of plural marriage Plural marriage as a requirement for exaltation Plural marriage in early Christianity Plural marriage in the Book of Mormon Plural marriage and the Bible
Introduction of plural marriage	Initiation of the practice of plural marriage 1835 Doctrine and Covenants denies polygamy Fanny Alger was Joseph Smith's first plural wife Joseph Smith hid polygamy from the general Church membership Divine manifestations to plural wives and families Plural marriage and the law
Questions about Joseph Smith and plural marriage	Initiation of the practice of plural marriage Fanny Alger was Joseph Smith's first plural wife Joseph Smith hid polygamy from the general Church membership Joseph Smith's marriages to young women Did Joseph Smith coerce women to marry him? Mormon women refusing offers of plural marriage Polyandry Joseph Smith and children through plural marriage Marrying other men's wives? Joseph Smith hiding plural marriages from his first wife, Emma Emma Smith's reaction to Joseph Smith's plural marriages Emma Smith in Doctrine and Covenants 132 Did Joseph have lustful motives for practicing polygamy? Did Joseph Smith send men on missions in order to steal their wives? Did Joseph Smith practice polygamy for the purpose of monetary gain?
John C. Bennett and Nauvoo polygamy	Bennett before Nauvoo Bennett and Prostitution Brothel at Nauvoo Rise and Fall of Bennett Sarah Pratt Nancy Rigdon Sidney Rigdon
Notable plural wives of Joseph Smith	Emma Smith Fanny Alger Prescindia Lathrop Huntington Buell Marinda Nancy Johnson Hyde Zina Diantha Huntington Jacobs Helen Mar Kimball
Plural marriage in Utah	Difficulties with plural marriage Brigham Young's statements regarding plural marriage John Taylor's statements regarding polygamy Latter-day Saints and divorce in the nineteenth century Prevalence of plural marriage in Utah
End of plural marriage	The First Manifesto Official Declaration Number 1 Plural marriage practiced after the First Manifesto The Church of Jesus Christ and plural marriage today

Divine manifestations to plural wives and families

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• Question: Did those who entered into plural marriage do so simply because Joseph Smith (or another Church leader) "told them to"?
• Question: How did Heber and Vilate Kimball receive a divine manifestation regarding plural marriage?

Question: Did those who entered into plural marriage do so simply because Joseph Smith (or another Church leader) "told them to"?

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• Question: Did those who entered into plural marriage do so simply because Joseph Smith (or another Church leader) "told them to"?
• It is clear that Joseph applied very little pressure, and the members were not inclined to simply follow him blindly. Those who sought a witness received a dramatic experience which convinced them, independent of Joseph, that plural marriage was the correct path for them to follow
• James Allred
• Howard Coray
• Thomas Grover
• Zina Huntington
• Benjamin Johnson
• Helen Mar Kimball
• Sarah Leavitt
• Emily Partridge
• Mary Elizabeth Rollins
• Unnamed couple from Nauvoo
• Lucy Walker
• Margaret Cooper West
• Elizabeth and Newel K. Whitney
• Phoebe Carter Woodruff
• Brigham Young

Question: How did Heber and Vilate Kimball receive a divine manifestation regarding plural marriage?

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• Question: How did Heber and Vilate Kimball receive a divine manifestation regarding plural marriage?
• Helen Mar Kimball wrote of her mother, Vilate Kimball: "the vision of her mind was opened, and she saw the principle of Celestial Marriage illustrated in all its beauty and glory"

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