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Others argue that polygamy is allowed, but not for church leaders. Still others argue that the passage only prevents church leaders from divorcing their first wives. In his 1990 book Walter Lock argues that it simply prevents marital unfaithfulness [24] since "no Christian, whether an overseer or not, would have been allowed to practice ...
Nevertheless, some Christians groups in different periods have practiced, or currently do practice, polygamy. [77] [78] Some Christians actively debate whether the New Testament or Christian ethics allows or forbids polygamy. In the New Testament, Jesus recalled the earlier scriptures, noting that a man and a wife "shall become one flesh". [79]
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.
[14] One that precludes the polygamy and concubinage common to cultures before the arrival of Christianity. The equality of men and women is reflected in the Church teaching that the sexes are meant by divine design to be different and complementary, each having equal dignity and made in the image of God.
A prominent evangelical pastor in St. Louis is living a secret double life as a polygamist, arguing that having multiple wives is a way to “avoid sexual temptation,” according to a pair of ...
The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America, the highest Orthodox Christian representative body in the Americas, reaffirmed in a statement in September 2013 that "the Orthodox Christian teaching on marriage and sexuality, firmly grounded in Holy Scripture, two millennia of Church Tradition, and Canon Law, holds that ...
Any woman who succeeds in avoiding the bar on polygamy is denied basic legal rights regarding marriage, divorce, and financial support. The denial of these rights "perpetuates the cycle of 'abuse and exploitation' that is sometimes synonymous with modern-day polygamy". [54] Polygamy often puts extra, strenuous responsibilities on women.
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