tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294712880282517614.post2757356862591614494..comments2024-03-13T22:39:18.311-06:00Comments on Today In Mormon History-FB: 115 years ago today - Friday, Sep 23, 1898mormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01658147670470830672noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294712880282517614.post-57885461606396909262013-09-23T16:23:10.506-06:002013-09-23T16:23:10.506-06:00The public stance of the LDS church against polyga...The public stance of the LDS church against polygamy following the issuance of Wilford Woodruff’s 1890 Manifesto differed somewhat from its private position. Many ranking church authorities prior to 1904 believed that polygamy could be practiced privately, independent of official church sanction, by worthy members. This included the continued performance of plural marriages. D. Michael Quinn discusses the dilemmas of post-Manifesto polygamy in “LDS Church Authority and New Plural Marriages, 1890-1904,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 18 (Spring 1985): 9-105.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294712880282517614.post-51187241992687760902013-09-23T16:18:39.795-06:002013-09-23T16:18:39.795-06:00Joseph F. Smith and others were SECRETLY sanctioni...Joseph F. Smith and others were SECRETLY sanctioning plural marriages from 1890 until 1904, but denying it publicly. Joseph F. Smith and the others were LIARS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com