Many observers of Mormonism have offered their thoughts on the recent statements on plural marriage published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They discuss the origins of plural marriage and Joseph Smithâ??s own practice of polygamy; the living out of polygamy in early Utah; and the churchâ??s abandonment of plural marriage between 1890 and 1906. You can access the three essays here.
I find the essays remarkable for their detail, especially in discussing topics previously eschewed by official church organs. For instance, we learn this about post-Manifesto polygamy (church leaders continued to authorize some plural marriages after promising to obey the law of the land in 1890):
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