Joseph Smith’s Polygamy: Fact or Fiction?
Published on Monday, October 19, 2021 at 2:30 PM
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Recently there has been a growing movement to question the historical narrative of the LDS Church. Brigham Young and the apostles in Utah proclaimed that Joseph Smith had introduced the doctrine of plural marriage in secret in the years shortly before his death. In contrast, Emma Smith and her children at the head of the RLDS Church declared that Joseph Smith was a monogamist. Could the apostles have fabricated the evidence that Joseph Smith was the founder of polygamy?
Was there any evidence outside of Utah Mormonism that Joseph Smith was the founder of Latter-day Saint plural marriage? Is there strong contemporary evidence from the Prophet’s lifetime that he had secretly introduced this doctrine and the practice of it? This paper explores these historical questions.
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