What did Mormons practice polyamy?

Answer 1

YES and NO. Polygamy has been officially denounced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Nevertheless, members of the LDS church continue to practice polygamy today in the sense that if a man and woman are sealed in the temple, and the woman dies, the man can marry another woman and be sealed to her while he is still sealed to the first. The LDS church teaches that marriage is eternal. Thus, in heaven, the man continues to be married to both women. The LDS church teaches that faithful members will become gods, create worlds, and have spirit children. Therefore, a man sealed to two women on earth will have two wives in heaven. No LDS member or General Authority can deny this fact. Therefore, based on LDS doctrine, polygamy is still practiced in 2008 according to church doctrine. Yes, it is true that radical factions not associated with the LDS church practice polygamy. This is an irrelevant fact related to whether members of the LDS church practices polygamy. Answer: The previous (top) statement is fraught with argumentative speculation… The answer to the question is a resounding NO. LDS (Mormons) do not practice polygamy. The RLDS does. They are a faction that broke away from the church when polygamy was stopped by the LDS (proper). At this time, the church does not recognize polygamous relationships, yet at one time they did. The information provided above is accurate in that Mormons do believe that once sealed in the temple, they are bound to that person in death. (Afterlife) If a widowed Mormon man re-marries and that marriage is sealed in the temple too, then that woman also becomes that man's partner in heave as well. (Hence the idea of polygamous relationship as described by the writer above) The writer above also implies through his writing that there is a heaven and as such, Mormons are going there, because through his/her interpretation, if they are dead and sealed to more than one, then they are continuing their polygamous relationship. (IE; 2008) As of this writing, there are no Mormon polygamists recognized by the authoritarian Mormon Church. (The original Mormon Church)

Answer 2

Mormons, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or LDS, do NOT practice polygamy and have not done so since it was outlawed in the late 1800s. The ones who practice polygamy are members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or FLDS, or some members of other related groups.

Answer 3

Records show that Joseph Smith was 'sealed' in a religious ceremony to multiple women. However, there is no evidence of him ever living with or having a sexual relationship with anyone but his first wife, Emma. The other women were often later legally married to other men and lived with them in a typical marriage relationship. Many of these women denied that Joseph was a polygamist, as they did not see a 'sealing' as a legally binding marriage, only as a spiritual or religious link. To them, being 'sealed' to Joseph meant they could go to heaven and receive eternal life, not that they were married to him.

Answer 4

Answer 1If, you mean Polygamy, the answer is No. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) outlawed the practice of polygamy among its members in 1890. Anyone found entering into a polygamous marriage since that time has been excommunicated. There are those who call themselves "Mormon Fundamentalists" who practice polygamy. These are not members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Both groups strive to draw a line of distinction and to separate themselves. You can learn more at the "Related Link" below. Answer 2

• The polygamy was called back in the 19th century by the Mormons as "plural marriage" and the modern; today's fundamentalists are calling it "the Principle".
• The polygamy is also known as plural marriages and it means that a man can have two or more wives at the same time. The official message of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-days Saints says that there are no active contemporary members that are practicing it.
• The polygamy was taught almost more than 1/2 of the 19th century by the leaders of the LDS Church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). And everything was practiced publicly from 1852 up until the year 1890.
• According to the Mormons Church they have come up with a certain passage from The Bible in order to back up what they are doing. And here is the quote from the Mormon Church about why they can practice polygamy: "The standard doctrine of the church is monogamy, as it always has been, as indicated in The Book of Mormon (Jacob chapter 2): "Wherefore, my brethren, hear me, and hearken to the word of the Lord: For there shall not any man among you have save it be one wife; and concubines he shall have none. For if I will, saith the Lord of Hosts, raise up seed unto me, I will command my people; otherwise they shall hearken unto these things.".

Mormons practiced polygamy because the Lord commanded some of them to do so, for purposes known to the Lord. Mormons stopped the practice of polygamy over 120 years ago, in 1890.

Answer 5

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) practiced polygamy from about 1840 to 1890. They believed that God commanded them to do so at the time. Perhaps about 50% of Mormon men at that time had more than one wife. Most men practicing polygamy had two wives - oftentimes one of these wives was a widow, a divorcee, or barren. A very small percentage of Mormon men had more than two wives.

Those claiming to be "Mormon Polygamists" today actually have no affiliation with the mainstream Mormon church. They belong to offshoot groups that broke from the Mormon church when it banned polygamy in 1890.

Check out the "Related Links" to learn more about Mormons and polygamy.

Answer 6

No. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the "Mormon" church) banned the practice of polygamy among it's American members in 1890 and members outside of America in 1903. Anyone found to be practicing polygamy (or even seriously considering it) has been excommunicated for adultery, apostasy, or both. I've actually witnessed this. The Church, however, did not 'disavow' polygamy and does defend it's historic practice. The Church also does allow a man to be 'sealed' to a second woman after the first has died (so he doesn't have two wives simultaneously on earth, but will in heaven.)While the mainstream Mormon church does not allow the practice of polygamy, there are many calling themselves "Fundamentalist Mormons" who do. These "Fundamentalists" are not affiliated with the mainstream Mormon (LDS) Church, some are independents and others belong to organized offshoot groups, such as the FLDS, the Apostolic United Brethren, or the True and Living Church. Their doctrines and teachings vary, but all believe that the LDS Church has gone astray by banning polygamy and seek to continue the practice.

Answer 7

Dan Bammes ('Mormon Church Publishes Essay On Founder Joseph Smith's Polygamy') says,"Mormon historian Todd Compton, who's written a book on Smith's polygamy, says there's good evidence Smith married at least 33 women by the time he was murdered by a mob in 1844. Other scholars put the number as high as 40 or 50. Compton says some of them were already married to other men." This suggests that Smith not only practised polygamy freely, but was unconcerned that the women were supposedly already in committed relationships.

Smith's known wives are listed by Wikipedia, including two (Helen Mar Kimball, Nancy Mariah Winchester) who were only 14 years old at the time they married. On the matter of children, Wikipedia says there were allegations of paternity in some of the polygamous marriages, but no children have ever been proven to be Smith's.

In 1852, leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) acknowledged that Smith had practised plural marriage and produced a written revelation to Smith that purportedly authorised the practice.

Answer 8

Some did, others did not. The practice was officially discontinued in the late 1800s.