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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (view source)
Revision as of 01:50, October 25, 2017
, 01:50, October 25, 2017Added important details to the polygamy section.
A 1998 statement by current LDS President Gordon B. Hinckley states:
A 1998 statement by current LDS President Gordon B. Hinckley states:
:This Church has nothing whatever to do with those practicing polygamy. They are not members of this Church. . . . If any of our members are found to be practicing plural marriage, they are excommunicated, the most serious penalty the Church can impose. Not only are those so involved in direct violation of the civil law, they are in violation of the law of this Church.<ref>[http://www.mormon.org/question/faq/category/answer/0,9777,1601-1-114-1,00.html What is the Church’s position on polygamy?] LDS website</ref>
:This Church has nothing whatever to do with those practicing polygamy. They are not members of this Church. . . . If any of our members are found to be practicing plural marriage, they are excommunicated, the most serious penalty the Church can impose. Not only are those so involved in direct violation of the civil law, they are in violation of the law of this Church.<ref>[http://www.mormon.org/question/faq/category/answer/0,9777,1601-1-114-1,00.html What is the Church’s position on polygamy?] LDS website</ref>
However, current LDS practice allows men to be sealed to more than one woman at a time<ref>[https://file.wikileaks.org/file/mormon-handbook-of-instructions-2006.pdf]Church Handbook of Instructions, page 85</ref>, where it is believed they will be a single polygamous family in the afterlife.<ref>https://religionnews.com/2016/08/03/polygamy-lives-on-in-mormon-temple-sealings/</ref>
==References==
==References==