Henry W. Naisbitt teaches that Adam had two wives, Eve and Lilith; states "it is said that" Joseph taught that Adam also had two wives.
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- Speech / Court Transcript
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- Henry W. Naisbitt LDS
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H. W. Naisbitt, "Communities Are Made Up of Family Organizations—the Marriage Relationship Instituted By the Almighty—Descent of the Human Family From God—Plural Marriage System of Ancient Israel—Potency of Love—Eternity of Marriage Necessarily Leads to Plural Marriage—Polygamic Form of Marriage Most Prevalent in the World—From Whence Monogamy is Derived—Monogamy Sometimes Necessary Fruits of Monogamy and Plural Marriage Compared—the Marriage Covenant Changed From a Religious Rite to a Civil Contract—Marriage Requires the Sanction of the Holy Priesthood—the Saints Should not Marry Outside the Church," Journal of Discourses, 26 vols. (Liverpool: Daniel H. Wells, 1886), 26:115
- Scribe/Publisher
- John Irvine
- Audience
- Reading Public, Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
PDF- Transcription
The scriptures give an account simply of the woman Eve; declaring that this name was given her of Adam, because she was "the mother of all living;" but outside of biblical record there has been handed down from time immemorial the idea that Adam had two wives, the narrators go so far, or rather so near perfecting the tradition so as to give their names, Lilith being said to be the name of one as Eve was the name of the other, and while it may be difficult to harmonize all the Rabbinical and Talmudic versions of this matter, it is said that Joseph Smith the Prophet taught that Adam had two wives.
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