Plural marriage in the Book of Mormon

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Plural marriage in the Book of Mormon

Jump to details:

• Question: Does the Book of Mormon condemn polygamy?
• Question: Why does Doctrine and Covenants 132 speak favorably about some Old Testament practitioners of plural marriage, while Jacob 2 is negative?
• Question: Did early Church leaders state that the Book of Mormon condemns polygamy?
• Question: Is Jacob 2:30 actually not saying that polygamy is an occasional exception to monogamy?
• Source:Gospel Topics:Plural Marriage and Families in Early Utah:The Bible and the Book of Mormon teach that the marriage of one man to one woman is God’s standard, except at specific periods when He has declared otherwise

Plural marriage in the Book of Mormon

Jump to details:

• Question: Does the Book of Mormon condemn polygamy?
• Question: Why does Doctrine and Covenants 132 speak favorably about some Old Testament practitioners of plural marriage, while Jacob 2 is negative?
• Question: Did early Church leaders state that the Book of Mormon condemns polygamy?
• Question: Is Jacob 2:30 actually not saying that polygamy is an occasional exception to monogamy?
• Source:Gospel Topics:Plural Marriage and Families in Early Utah:The Bible and the Book of Mormon teach that the marriage of one man to one woman is God’s standard, except at specific periods when He has declared otherwise

Plural marriage in the Book of Mormon

Jump to details:

• Question: Does the Book of Mormon condemn polygamy?
• Question: Why does Doctrine and Covenants 132 speak favorably about some Old Testament practitioners of plural marriage, while Jacob 2 is negative?
• Question: Did early Church leaders state that the Book of Mormon condemns polygamy?
• Question: Is Jacob 2:30 actually not saying that polygamy is an occasional exception to monogamy?
• Source:Gospel Topics:Plural Marriage and Families in Early Utah:The Bible and the Book of Mormon teach that the marriage of one man to one woman is God’s standard, except at specific periods when He has declared otherwise

Plural marriage in the Book of Mormon

Jump to details:

• Question: Does the Book of Mormon condemn polygamy?
• Question: Why does Doctrine and Covenants 132 speak favorably about some Old Testament practitioners of plural marriage, while Jacob 2 is negative?
• Question: Did early Church leaders state that the Book of Mormon condemns polygamy?
• Question: Is Jacob 2:30 actually not saying that polygamy is an occasional exception to monogamy?
• Source:Gospel Topics:Plural Marriage and Families in Early Utah:The Bible and the Book of Mormon teach that the marriage of one man to one woman is God’s standard, except at specific periods when He has declared otherwise

Plural marriage in the Book of Mormon

Jump to details:

• Question: Does the Book of Mormon condemn polygamy?
• Question: Why does Doctrine and Covenants 132 speak favorably about some Old Testament practitioners of plural marriage, while Jacob 2 is negative?
• Question: Did early Church leaders state that the Book of Mormon condemns polygamy?
• Question: Is Jacob 2:30 actually not saying that polygamy is an occasional exception to monogamy?
• Source:Gospel Topics:Plural Marriage and Families in Early Utah:The Bible and the Book of Mormon teach that the marriage of one man to one woman is God’s standard, except at specific periods when He has declared otherwise

Plural marriage in the Book of Mormon

Jump to details:

• Question: Does the Book of Mormon condemn polygamy?
• Question: Why does Doctrine and Covenants 132 speak favorably about some Old Testament practitioners of plural marriage, while Jacob 2 is negative?
• Question: Did early Church leaders state that the Book of Mormon condemns polygamy?
• Question: Is Jacob 2:30 actually not saying that polygamy is an occasional exception to monogamy?
• Source:Gospel Topics:Plural Marriage and Families in Early Utah:The Bible and the Book of Mormon teach that the marriage of one man to one woman is God’s standard, except at specific periods when He has declared otherwise

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Source(s) of the criticism

Critical sources

Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 240. ( Index of claims ) Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 308-309 ( Index of claims ) Peter Bartley, Mormonism: The Prophet, the Book, and the Cult (Dublin: Veritas, 1989), 88. Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 207. ( Index of claims ) Richard N. and Joan K. Ostling, Mormon America: The Power and the Promise, (New York:HarperCollins Publishers, 2000), 66. ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), Chapter 9.( Index of claims ) Richard S. Van Wagoner, Mormon Polygamy: A History (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1989), 3. Contender Ministries, Questions All Mormons Should Ask Themselves. Answers Tower to Truth Ministries, "50 Questions to Ask Mormons," towertotruth.net (accessed 15 November 2007). 50 Answers Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 3)

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