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The Catechism forbids polygamy as a grave offense against the institution of marriage, and contrary to the original plan of God and equal dignity of human beings. [ 66 ] [ 66 ] Nevertheless, in parts of Africa such as Kenya , many Catholics (including catechists ) have more than one wife, although participants are usually not vocal about the ...
Polygamists, including monogamous individuals belonging to fundamentalist groups, have to get special authorisations to be baptisized in the church. The church still confirms that polygamy may be approved by God, but that observation of the practice is currently prohibited by him.
However, the LDS Church considers polygamy to have been a divinely inspired commandment that is supported by scripture; [4] today, the LDS Church teaches the historical aspects in an adult Sunday School lesson once every four years. [5] The LDS official position is God rescinded the commandment to practice plural marriage.
Polygamy (called plural marriage by Latter-day Saints in the 19th century or the Principle by modern fundamentalist practitioners of polygamy) was practiced by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) for more than half of the 19th century, and practiced publicly from 1852 to 1890 by between 20 and 30 percent of Latter-day Saint families.
The rest of the world got another strange and fascinating glimpse into the secret lives of Warren Jeffs' sect of polygamist Mormons this week.
The next year, in March 1844, Emma publicly denounced polygamy as evil and destructive; and though she did not directly disclose Smith's secret practice of plural marriage, she insisted that people should heed only what he taught publicly—implicitly challenging his private promulgation of polygamy.
The 1890 Manifesto (also known as the Woodruff Manifesto, the Anti-polygamy Manifesto, or simply "the Manifesto") is a statement which officially advised against any future plural marriage in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Reynolds had argued that as a Mormon, it was his religious duty as a male member of the church to practice polygamy if possible. The Court recognized that under the First Amendment, the Congress cannot pass a law that prohibits the free exercise of religion. But it held that the law prohibiting bigamy did not meet that standard.