Polygamy in Eternity
74 Primary Sources
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Jul 27, 1842 | JS receives a revelation to be sealed to SAW. | Joseph Smith, Jr. LDS | Direct | |
Sep 7, 1842 | Joseph discusses Malachi 4 and Elijah and the importance of a welding link/sealing between fathers and children. | Joseph Smith, Jr. LDS | Scribed Verbatim Direct | |
Jul 12, 1843 | JS's transcript of D&C 132, stating that we "must and Shall abide the law or [w]e Shall be damned." | Joseph Smith, Jr. LDS | Scribed Verbatim | |
Mar 10, 1844 | WW records JS teaching "seal all you can." | Wilford Woodruff LDS | Scribed Verbatim Direct | |
Aug 29, 1852 | OP maintains that plural marriage is essential to salvation. | Orson Pratt LDS | Scribed Verbatim | |
Nov 30, 1853 | OP maintains that plural marriage is required for salvation. | Orson Pratt LDS | Direct | |
Nov 30, 1853 | OP maintains that plural marriage exists in eternity. | Orson Pratt LDS | Direct | |
Mar 18, 1855 | Orson Hyde maintains that Jesus was polygamist, had children. | Orson Hyde LDS | Scribed Verbatim | |
Apr 15, 1856 | WW records BY commenting on D&C 132. | Wilford Woodruff LDS | Direct | |
Aug 29, 1857 | JT teaches of a Heavenly Mother who is "one of the queens of heaven." | John Taylor LDS | Direct | |
Aug 29, 1857 | JT maintains that spirits came from plural marriage relationships. | John Taylor LDS | Direct | |
Aug 6, 1862 | BY maintains plural marriage exists in eternity. | Brigham Young LDS | Scribed Verbatim Journalism | |
Aug 19, 1866 | BY says that those who do not practice polygamy in their heart, nor in actuality, will "come short." | Brigham Young LDS | Scribed Verbatim | |
Aug 19, 1866 | Brigham Young states that only those who practice plural marriage become gods. | Brigham Young LDS | Scribed Verbatim Reprint | |
Jul 29, 1868 | JMB was sealed to various female relatives in 1843. | John M. Bernhisel LDS | Direct | |
Feb 12, 1870 | WW records BY saying non-polygamists will be in CK. | Wilford Woodruff LDS | Direct | |
Aug 31, 1871 | BY observes that a failure to practice plural marriage will lead to singleness in the celestial kingdom. | Brigham Young LDS | Scribed Verbatim | |
Sep 24, 1871 | BY maintains men must embrace celestial marriage in their heart to be justified. | Brigham Young LDS | Scribed Paraphrase | |
Feb 10, 1873 | Multiple GAs denounce polygamy as necessary for CK. | School of the Prophets LDS | Direct Scribed Paraphrase | |
1876 | Emma Hale Smith commanded to practice plural marriage. | Joseph Smith, Jr. LDS | Scribed Verbatim Reprint | |
Jul 7, 1878 | JFS comments on how much more beneficial plural marriage is in eternity than monogamy. | Joseph F. Smith LDS | Scribed Verbatim | |
Jul 7, 1878 | Joseph Fielding Smith teaches that plural marriage is required for exaltation. | Joseph F. Smith LDS | Direct | |
Oct 31, 1880 | George Q. Cannon maintains that all must obey law of celestial marriage to be exalted. | George Q. Cannon LDS | Scribed Verbatim | |
Oct 31, 1880 | GQC maintains that "willingness" to practice polygamy is necessary for salvation. | George Q. Cannon LDS | Scribed Verbatim | |
Mar 30, 1881 | Helen Mark Kimball Whitney recalls her marriage to Joseph. | Helen Mar Kimball Whitney LDS | Direct | |
Oct 15, 1881 | Helen Mark Kimball Whiney relays Vilate Kimball's vision of polygamy. | Helen Mar Kimball Whitney LDS | 2nd Hand | |
Apr 9, 1882 | JT envisions a future in eternity reigning with his wives. | John Taylor LDS | Scribed Verbatim | |
Mar 3, 1883 | Joseph F. Smith maintains that plural marriage is required for exaltation. | Joseph F. Smith LDS | Scribed Verbatim Reprint | |
Jan 13, 1884 | George Teasdale declares that polygamy is a "necessity." | George Teasdale LDS | Scribed Verbatim | |
Apr 13, 1885 | ERS expresses her love for the doctrine of polygamy. | Eliza R. Snow LDS | Direct | |
Nov 9, 1885 | First Presidency (JT and GQC) maintains that plural marriage was "interwoven" with eternal salvation. | First Presidency LDS | Direct | |
Jun 1, 1886 | WC maintains that JS taught plural marriage was essential to exaltation. | William Clayton LDS | Reprint Late | |
Oct 1888 | LWK recalls JS saying women would have a choice in eternity. | Lucy Walker LDS | 2nd Hand | |
Dec 29, 1888 | JET maintains that exaltation is only possible through the patriarchal order of marriage. | Joseph E. Taylor LDS | Scribed Verbatim | |
1888 | CWP says plural marriage exists in eternity. | Charles W. Penrose LDS | Direct | |
1888 | CWP says plural marriage exists in eternity. | Charles W. Penrose LDS | Direct | |
Apr 30, 1889 | HCC cites JS as maintaining plural marriage is required for eternal life. | Horace C. Cummings LDS | Scribed Verbatim Unsourced Late | |
Oct 6, 1890 | WW releases OD1, officially declaring intentions to submit to anti-polygamy laws. | Wilford Woodruff LDS | Direct | |
Nov 14, 1891 | GQC maintains that plural marriage only necessary in one's heart for exaltation. | George Q. Cannon LDS | Scribed Verbatim | |
Nov 14, 1891 | Wilford Woodruff describes in his speech how government threats catalyzed revelation for the Manifesto. | Wilford Woodruff LDS | Scribed Verbatim | |
Dec 19, 1891 | FP maintains that they taught plural marriage was necessary for exaltation. | First Presidency LDS | Direct Reprint | |
1892 | BWS denies that JS taught polygamy was necessary for exaltation. | Bathsheba W. Smith (Bigler) LDS | Scribed Verbatim Direct | |
1892 | WW denies that JS taught polygamy is necessary for exaltation. | Wilford Woodruff LDS | Scribed Verbatim Direct | |
1892 | JCK testifies that OP taught polygamy was unnecessary for exaltation. | 8th Circuit Court of Appeals (USA) LDS | Scribed Verbatim Direct | |
Jan 27, 1899 | EDPY says that she accepts the "pure and sacred principle" of polygamy. | Emily D. P. Young LDS | Direct | |
1900 | A. Jenson records A. Johnson endorsing the principle of plural marriage. | Almera Johnson LDS | Scribed Verbatim Direct | |
Jan 28, 1902 | FP says spouses are free to choose their spouse in afterlife. | First Presidency LDS | Direct Reprint | |
Dec 17, 1902 | LW wrote that she had a testimony of the doctrine and principle of polygamy. | Lucy Walker LDS | Direct | |
Mar 2, 1904 | JFS says plural marriage is not essential to be member in good standing. | Joseph F. Smith LDS | Scribed Verbatim Direct Reprint | |
Apr 6, 1904 | JFS releases 1904 Manifesto ending plural marriage definitively. | Joseph F. Smith LDS | Direct | |
Jan 11, 1905 | ZDHJ says that she will be married to JS for eternity. | Zina D. Young LDS | Scribed Verbatim Direct | |
Sep 1, 1912 | Charles W. Penrose writes on Jesus being married, eternal polygamy, and exaltation. | Charles W. Penrose LDS | Direct | |
1941 | ACT recalls that plural marriage was required. | Annie C. Tanner LDS | Direct Reprint | |
Apr 11, 1949 | J. Reben Clark writes in his diary that polygamy in eternity may be for the purpose of "propagating spirits." | J. Reuben Clark LDS | Direct Reprint | |
Feb 3, 1956 | David O. McKay says polygamy "is not a principle but a practice" and that the blessings of "the eternity of the marriage covenant" are available to "a man with one wife." | David O. McKay LDS | Scribed Verbatim Direct Reprint | |
Feb 3, 1956 | David O. McKay says polygamy "is not a principle but a practice" and that the blessings of "the eternity of the marriage covenant" are available to "a man with one wife." | David O. McKay LDS | Scribed Verbatim Direct Reprint | |
Feb 29, 1956 | David O. McKay teaches that plural marriage is a "practice" and the blessings and covenants contained in D&C 132 are available in monogamous unions. | David O. McKay LDS | Direct Scribed Paraphrase | |
Dec 31, 1958 | BRM predicts that plural marriage will be revitalized during millennium. | Bruce R. McConkie LDS | Direct | |
May 8, 1959 | David O. McKay maintains women have choice in eternal partners. | David O. McKay LDS | Direct Reprint | |
1960 | Policy in 1960 Handbook of Instructions implies polygamy in eternity with allowance for men to be sealed to multiple women after divorce(s). | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints LDS | Direct | |
1985 | Duncan M. McAllister maintains that monogamy saves as much as plural marriage. | D. Michael Quinn LDS | Direct Reprint | |
Apr 1985 | DMQ offers a full analysis of post-Manifesto plural marriage. | D. Michael Quinn LDS | Secondary | |
1992 | The "new and everlasting covenant" is the sum of all covenants and ordinances in the gospel of Jesus Christ. | D. Cecil Clark LDS | Direct Secondary | |
Sep 1998 | 1998 Church handbook 1 states that deceased women can be posthumously sealed to all deceased men to whom she was married. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints LDS | Direct Reprint | |
Sep 8, 1998 | Gordon B. Hinckley replies to questions about fundamentalists practicing polygamy in modern times and states "I condemn it, yes, as a practice, because I think it is not doctrinal." | Gordon B. Hinckley LDS | Scribed Verbatim Direct | |
Nov 1998 | GBH says the modern Church does not practice polygamy. | Gordon B. Hinckley LDS | Direct | |
2005 | Richard Lyman Bushman on Joseph's polygamy; He married 3 in 1841; 11 in 1842 and 17 in 1843. | Richard Lyman Bushman LDS | Secondary | |
Jul 20, 2007 | Dallin H. Oaks states "I don't know" about eternal polygamy. | Dallin H. Oaks LDS | Direct | |
Nov 20, 2015 | Latter-day Saint blogger Steve Evans does not believe Polygamy was from God. | Steve Evans LDS | Direct | |
2018 | William Victor Smith comments on the primary purpose of polygamy in Joseph's 1844 sermon. | William Victor Smith LDS | Secondary | |
2018 | WVS comments on purpose of polygamy. | N/A LDS | Secondary | |
2021 | GT Essay states "the precise nature" of eternal polygamy "is not known." | N/A LDS | Direct | |
2021 | Church handbook allows deceased women to be sealed to multiple men. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints LDS | Direct | |
2021 | Church Newsroom Statement on polygamy and polygyny. | N/A LDS | Direct | |
2021 | Church handbook allows for men to be sealed to multiple women in the temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints LDS | Direct | |
Feb 2022 | The Church handbook states that a deceased women can be sealed to all men she legally married. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints LDS | Direct |