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Initiation of the practice of plural marriage
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- Question: When did Joseph Smith receive the revelation on plural marriage?
- Question: Did Joseph Smith actually teach and practice polygamy?
- Question: When and how did plural marriage begin in the Church?
Question: When did Joseph Smith receive the revelation on plural marriage?
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- Question: When did Joseph Smith receive the revelation on plural marriage?
- Joseph's first introduction to the concept of plural came during the 1829 translation of the Book of Mormon
- Evidence points to a 1831 date for the revelation to Joseph regarding plural marriage
- Joseph was probably teaching the idea of plural marriage to a limited circle by the end of 1831
Question: Did Joseph Smith actually teach and practice polygamy?
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Question: When and how did plural marriage begin in the Church?
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- Question: When and how did plural marriage begin in the Church?
- Of the little we do know, much comes from later reminiscences
- The first specifically-LDS encounter with plural marriage was the 1829 Book of Mormon
- There are no contemporaneous records which tell us when Joseph first taught plural marriage, or when he first had a revelation endorsing it
- Evidence also points to an 1831 date for receipt of the revelation on plural marriage
- Joseph's First Mention of the Doctrine in 1831
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