Ether 1:40–41 and 6:20 in the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon.

Ether 1:40–41 and 6:20 in the Kirtland 1837 edition of the Book of Mormon describe the families of Jared and the Brother of Jared.

Joseph discusses Malachi 4 and Elijah and the importance of a welding link/sealing between fathers and children.

JS's transcript of D&C 132, stating that we "must and Shall abide the law or [w]e Shall be damned."

Zina D. Young recalls her conversion to the doctrine of "celestial marriag."

Jedediah Grant explained to Thomas Kane that polygamy was necessary because there were more women than men.

Orson Pratt announces the practice of plural marriage among the Latter-day Saints.

Deseret News publishes conference minutes noting Pratt's announcement of plural marriage.

Orson Spencer argues from the Bible that God permits plural marriage.

Richard Ballantyne cites Old Testament scripture to justify polygamy.

Orson Pratt publishes the text of the plural marriage sealing ceremony.

Orson Pratt argues that polygamy would eliminate sexual vices.

OP maintains that plural marriage is required for salvation.

Johnson gives reasons for why the Saints practice polygamy; cites scripture and argues it solves social ills like prostitution.

Belinda Pratt defends polygamy; cites scriptural support for its practice.

John Taylor recalls being introduced to plural marriage along with Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball in the summer of 1841.

Brigham says that only those faithful to their priesthood can enter plural marriage.

WW records BY commenting on D&C 132.

JT says Heavenly Mother is one of the "queens of heaven."

John W. Gunnison reported in his book that Latter-day Saints practiced polygamy to account for population differences between men and women.

Patty Bartlett Sessions recalls her and David Sessions's conversion to the Church.

BY maintains plural marriage is required for eternal salvation.

Brigham Young states that only those who practice plural marriage become gods.

Noble states that JS taught him about plural marriage in the fall of 1840; says JS was commanded to practice it by an angel.

George Q. Cannon says plural marriage is a divinely-ordained way for men to have their sexual urges fulfilled.

BY observes that a failure to practice plural marriage will lead to singleness in the celestial kingdom.

Fanny Stenhouse records her hatred for polygamy and disillusionment of her faith.

Multiple GAs denounce polygamy as necessary for CK.

Orson Pratt cites scriptural justification for plural marriage.

Ann Eliza Webb voices her loathing of plural marriage and expresses her unhappiness as a former plural wife.

Emma Hale Smith commanded to practice plural marriage.

Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner swears affidavit affirming her plural marriage to Joseph Smith.

The 1878 Pearl of Great Price contains the text of D&C 132.

Joseph Fielding Smith teaches that plural marriage is required for exaltation.

1879 Book of Mormon Ether 1:40–41 speaks of the brother of Jared's "families."

Lucy Walker recounts her introduction to plural marriage.

GQC maintains that "willingness" to practice polygamy is necessary for salvation.

Helen Mark Kimball Whitney recalls her marriage to Joseph.

Presendia Lathrop Huntington Buell briefly mentions her sealing to Joseph and feelings on plural marriage.

John C. Kimball advanced the idea in Anti-Polygamy Standard that polygamy was to offer women homes.

Helen Mar Kimball recalls hearing Joseph say plural marriage would be a test of faith.

John Taylor provides a summary statement of the LDS view of marriage in the 1880s; emphasizes that plural marriage is the divinely ordained means for the human race to be propagated.

Helen Mar Kimball appeals to the Bible to justify plural marriage.

JT envisions a future in eternity reigning with his wives.

Joseph F. Smith maintains that plural marriage is required for exaltation.

Almera Johnson swears affidavit affirming her status as a plural wife of Joseph.

Helen Mar Kimball Whitney says that plural marriage was revealed to Joseph in 1831; was commanded by an angel to practice it.

Helen Mar Kimball writes the social evils such as abortion aren't practiced in polygamous Utah.

George Teasdale declares that polygamy is a "necessity."

ERS expresses her love for the doctrine of polygamy.

First Presidency (JT and GQC) maintains that plural marriage was "interwoven" with eternal salvation.

WC maintains that JS taught plural marriage was essential to exaltation.

Photographic facsimile of the John Taylor 1886 revelation.

Full text of the 1887 Edmunds-Tucker Act.

Joseph learned about plural marriage in 1831; Fanny Alger is listed as "one of the first plural wives sealed to" Joseph.

LWK recalls JS saying women would have a choice in eternity.

JET maintains that exaltation is only possible through the patriarchal order of marriage.

Deseret News reports Wilford Woodruff sustained as Church president.

Revelation to Wilford Woodruff dated November 24, 1889.

Full text of decision of The Late Corporation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. United States.

Heber J. Grant hears John W. Taylor tell the Quorum of the Twelve about his (Taylor's) father's 1886 revelation.

WW releases OD1, officially declaring intentions to submit to anti-polygamy laws.

Wilford Woodruff describes in his speech how government threats catalyzed revelation for the Manifesto.

B. H. Roberts describes John Taylor going into hiding in 1885 after passage of the Edmunds Act.

JCK testifies that OP taught polygamy was unnecessary for exaltation.

WW denies that JS taught polygamy is necessary for exaltation.

Malissa Lott affirms she "roomed" with Joseph Smith "as his wife."

Emily D. P. Young affirms she had "carnal intercourse" with Joseph Smith.

Text of Benjamin Harrison's amnesty decree for polygamists (1893).

Zina D. Young recalls hearing from Joseph how an angel with a drawn sword commanded him to practice plural marriage.

EDPY says that she accepts the "pure and sacred principle" of polygamy.

A. Jenson records A. Johnson endorsing the principle of plural marriage.

FP says spouses are free to choose their spouse in afterlife.

LW wrote that she had a testimony of the doctrine and principle of polygamy.

JFS releases 1904 Manifesto ending plural marriage definitively.

Text of the "Second Manifesto" by Joseph F. Smith.

Joseph Fielding Smith publishes work documenting Joseph Smith's plural wives known by 1905.

Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner recalls being introduced to plural marriage; affirms that Joseph told her an angel appeared to him multiple times to command he practice it.

Ether 1:16 (LDS Ether 1:41) RLDS 1908 edition of the Book of Mormon uses the singular "family" for the Brother of Jared.

Walter W. Smith explains textual change to Ether 1:40–41 in RLDS authorized version.

Reprint of minutes of membership trial of John W. Taylor; mentions the quorum discussion around the 1886 Taylor revelation.

Osborn J. P. Widtsoe writes that Joseph was receiving "revelations" of plural/eternal marriage as early as 1831.

Nathaniel Baldwin hears of the John Taylor revelation at a fundamentalist meeting.

Heber J. Grant disavows the practice of plural marriage in the Church; warns that excommunication will befall those who perform or practice it.

Broadbent publishes the Taylor revelation circa 1927.

First Presidency (Heber J. Grant, Anthony W. Ivins, J. Reuben Clark) publish official statement denouncing the practice of plural marriage in the Church.

Reprint of the 1886 Taylor revelation circa 1934.

Apostle Melvin J. Ballard addresses the Taylor revelation in a 1934 letter.

Joseph W. Musser quotes the Taylor revelation in a 1940 article on John Taylor.

Joseph W. Musser reprints the Taylor revelation in a 1942 article.

Kimball Young provides examples of younger women waiting after marriage before cohabitating with an older husband.

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."

Bruce R. McConkie says polygamy will come back after the Second Coming.

David O. McKay maintains women have choice in eternal partners.

Juanita Brooks discusses John D. Lee's marriage to Mary Ann Williams.

First Presidency Letter of 1914 reaffirms ban on plural marriage in the Church.

Kenneth L. Cannon II writes about post-Manifesto polygamy among LDS leaders.

Samuel W. Taylor discusses his grandfather's 1886 revelation.

Annie Clark Tanner records ambivalent attitudes toward polygamy in her autobiography.

D. Michael Quinn writes on the history of post-manifesto polygamy.

DMQ offers a full analysis of post-Manifesto plural marriage.

Eugene E. Campbell cites letters from Brigham Young urging younger wives mature before bearing children.

Lee Bean reports early Utah demographic statistics about polygamy using the Utah Population Database.

Hardy writes on post-Manifesto polygamy; documents approximately 220 cases of plural marriage contracted between 1890–1904.

Thomas G. Alexander reviews Wilford Woodruff's marriage to Emma Smith Woodruff.

Irwin Altman and Joseph Ginat write on the demographics of Mormon polygamy and contemporary Mormon fundamentalism.

1998 Church handbook 1 states that deceased women can be posthumously sealed to all deceased men to whom she was married.

Gordon B. Hinckley reaffirms that polygamy is not permitted in the Church.

GBH says the modern Church does not practice polygamy.

Jon L. Berquist discusses biblical polygyny.

Russell Fuller discusses the practice of polygamy in ancient Israel.

Drury comments on 1 Tim 3, says the passage does not appear to prohibit polygamy.

Al-Krenawi et al. report their findings on attitudes towards polygamy in traditional Arab communities in the Negev.

Deseret News quotes Church spokesman on the marriage status of Jesus.

Brant Gardner argues based on Ether 14:1–2 that the Jaredites were probably polygamists.

Dallin H. Oaks states "I don't know" about eternal polygamy.

Daynes reports on demographics in Manti that show exceptionally high marital rates.

Christie S. Warren discusses Islamic polygyny.

Michael Coogan reviews polygamy in the Bible; says Mormons were and are correct to see a biblical justification for the practice.

M. Russell Ballard disavows Mormon fundamentalist groups.

Davis Bitton and Val Lambson review demographics of 19th century Mormon polygamy; conclude between 15–20% of Mormon men and 25–30% of Mormon women practiced it.

Jacob 2:28–32 says the Lord will command people to practice polygamy at specific times.

2013 study finds lower self-esteem reported in Syrian women practicing polygamy.

In Acts 15, Paul discusses the question of circumcision (KJV LDS 2013 New Testament).

COJCLDS issues commentary on the foundation of Heavenly Mother doctrine.

Jacob says God commanded Lehi to practice monogamy.

KJV 1 Tim 3:2, 12 instructs church leaders to be the husband of one wife.

Ether 7:1–2 in the 2013 edition of the Book of Mormon.

Amulek speaks of his "women," suggesting a plurality of wives.

Ether 10:5 depicts the wicked Riplakish as a polygamist.

2 Chronicles 11:18–23 KJV depicts king Rehoboam as a polygamist.

Esau in the Old Testament is portrayed as having multiple wives.

David is depicted in the Old Testament as having multiple wives.

1 Chronicles 4:1–8 mentions Ashur, a descendant of Judah, who had two wives.

KJV Genesis 4:19 depicts Lamech as the first polygamist.

Wicked king Noah in the Book of Mormon is depicted as a polygamist.

Judges 8:29–31 depicts Gideon as a polygamist.

KJV Deuteronomy 21:15–17 regulates plural marriage among the Israelites.

Esau in the Old Testament is depicted as marrying multiple wives.

Solomon is depicted in the Old Testament as having hundreds of wives and concubines.

KJV Deuteronomy 17 instructs good kings not to multiply wives unto themselves.

Esther 1–2 KJV mentions the royal household of the Persian king Ahasuerus; mentions Vashti and Esther as his wives, and a harem with concubines.

KJV Genesis 36:9–13 mentions Esau's son Eliphaz and his concubine Timna.

Royal Skousen argues that "thy families" at Ether 1:41 is in error; it should read instead "thy family."

Lowell C. Bennion discusses the demographics of plural marriage in the 19th century.

Bonnie L. Oscarson defends the Family Proclamation during the April 2015 General Conference.

Latter-day Saint blogger Steve Evans does not believe Polygamy was from God.

Skousen argues that Ether 1:41 should read singular "thy family."

WVS comments on purpose of polygamy.

Neel Burton discusses the pros and cons of polygamy.

Craig L. Foster reviews evidence of early-age marriage in Utah.

Valerie Hudson suggests that the Church has "the most revolutionary and feminist doctrine."

Quentin L. Cook says polygamy accomplished its purpose.

Bahari et al. find positive and negative mental health outcomes in women and children with polygamy compared to monogamy.

GT Essay states "the precise nature" of eternal polygamy "is not known."

Church Newsroom Statement on polygamy and polygyny.

Stephen Cranney calculates historical youth dependency ratios for Utah.

Stephen Cranney in Times and Seasons presents data on how many women emigrated to pioneer Utah.

Joshua M. Sears and Avram R. Shannon discuss the similarities and differences of ancient polygamy and plural marriage in the modern Church.

The Church handbook states that a deceased women can be sealed to all men she legally married.

University of Virginia dataset collects 504 men and 1571 women in plural marriages before September 1, 1852.

Church History Topics essay on post-manifesto polygamy.

Encyclopedia Britannica defines "polygamy."

Farhan Iqbal describes the practice of polygamy in contemporary Islam.

Brian C. Hales reviews the FLDS Church.

Church handbook policy disallows polygamous marriages in meetinghouses.

Church handbook defines the law of chastity.

Church statement disavows polygamous groups.

Genealogical entry for Clarissa Caroline Decker on FamilySearch includes her 1844 marriage to Brigham Young.

Genealogical entry for Mary Van Cott on FamilySearch includes her 1868 marriage to Brigham Young.

Article III of the Utah State Constitution.

Biographical entry for Eudora Lovina Young Dunford Woodruff Hagen on the Wilford Woodruff papers website.

Biographical entry for Phoebe Amelia Woodruff Snow on the Wilford Woodruff papers website.