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== History of Polygamy in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints== | == History of Polygamy in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints== | ||
A few members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints practiced polygamy in the early 1840s. Between 1852 and 1890, Latter-day Saints openly practiced polygamy and most of these families lived in Utah. In 1890 the current president of The Church, Wilford Woodruff, issued the Manifesto which forbid new plural marriages. Some members continued to enter new polygamist marriages until 1904 when a Second Manifesto declared plural marriages punishable by excommunication.<ref>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Plural Marriage in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" in ''Gospel Topics'', https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/ | A few members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints practiced polygamy in the early 1840s. Between 1852 and 1890, Latter-day Saints openly practiced polygamy and most of these families lived in Utah. In 1890 the current president of The Church, Wilford Woodruff, issued the Manifesto which forbid new plural marriages. Some members continued to enter new polygamist marriages until 1904 when a Second Manifesto declared plural marriages punishable by excommunication.<ref>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Plural Marriage in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" in ''Gospel Topics'', https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/plural-marriage-in-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints?lang=eng, accessed 29 August 2019.</ref> | ||
=== Additional Reading === | === Additional Reading === | ||
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