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|subject=Emma Smith's reaction to Joseph Smith's plural marriages
|summary=Critics contend that Emma Hale Smith either did not approve of the Prophet Joseph Smith having plural wives or know of the revelation concerning celestial marriage(s).
|sublink1=Question How did Emma Hale Smith react to Joseph's practice of plural marriage?
|sublink2=Question: Was Emma was promised "annihilation" if she didn't accept plural marriage?
|sublink3=Question: Was a pregnant Eliza R. Snow pushed down the stairs by a furious Emma, resulting in a miscarriage?
|sublink4=Question: If the story of Emma pushing Eliza Snow down the stairs is true, why did Eliza not make use of it?
|sublink5=Question: Under what circumstances was Doctrine and Covenants Section 132 committed to writing?
|sublink6=Question: Since first wives were generally to grant permission for sealings to subsequent wives, did Joseph's later sealing to Emma (after some of his plural marriages) mean that Emma no longer held the role of "first wife"?
|sublink7=Question: Did Joseph Smith offer to trade Jane Law for Emma Smith in a wife swap with William Law?
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Emma Smith and polygamy

Emma Smith and polygamy


Source(s) of the criticism
Critical sources

Joseph Smith hiding plural marriages from his first wife, Emma

Summary: Joseph Smith did not always disclose his plural marriages to his first wife, Emma. How might we understand his decision?