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 ...