Of all the Mormon doctrines, none caused as much controversy as polygamy, called plural or celestial marriage within the church. It divided prophet Joseph Smith's own household, caused a schism ...

For the first time the official site focused on the faith’s 19th-century practice of polygamy for kids. The storybook chapter on plural marriage began with Joseph Smith and other Latter-day ...

The curriculum uses Joseph Smith’s decision to practice polygamy as an object lesson that we should all have “faith to obey a law from the Lord, even when it’s hard.” While it may be a ...

President Joseph F. Smith, the head of the church, read a manifesto repudiating plural marriages. He said: View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

Neither Joseph Smith nor the Mormon missionaries shied away from making these claims. The Mormon practice of polygamy, a part of church doctrine at the time that was publicly announced in 1852 but ...

RLDS scholars chipped away at their church’s founding myths, including the assertion that Joseph Smith never practiced ...