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|link=Mormonism and polygamy/1835 Doctrine and Covenants denies polygamy | |link=Mormonism and polygamy/1835 Doctrine and Covenants denies polygamy | ||
|subject=1835 Doctrine and Covenants denies polygamy—D&C 101 (original) | |subject=1835 Doctrine and Covenants denies polygamy—D&C 101 (original) | ||
|summary= | |summary= The 1835 edition of the D&C contained a statement of marriage which denied the practice of polygamy. Since this was published during Joseph Smith's lifetime, why might the prophet have allowed it to be published if he was actually practicing polygamy at that time? | ||
|sublink1=Question: Why did the 1835 Doctrine and Covenants include a statement of marriage that denied the practice of polygamy at a time when some were actually practicing it? | |sublink1=Question: Why did the 1835 Doctrine and Covenants include a statement of marriage that denied the practice of polygamy at a time when some were actually practicing it? | ||
|sublink2=Question: Was Oliver Cowdery aware that some in the Church were practicing polygamy in 1835 at the time he authored the "Article on Marriage"? | |sublink2=Question: Was Oliver Cowdery aware that some in the Church were practicing polygamy in 1835 at the time he authored the "Article on Marriage"? |
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