Deuteronomy 17:17 “Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.”
April 7 — Joseph Smith’s Invitation to Polygamy. Nauvoo Roots of Mormon Polygamy 1841-1846 A Preliminary Demographic Report, p. 12 “An Invitation from the Prophet To Marry Plural Wives
Although he insisted that the practice of polygamy remain secret, Joseph Smith introduced his teaching about plural wives to thirty families of his close followers among the 15,000 Mormons living in and around Nauvoo.[38] When he denied from the pulpit having plural wives, at least 100 other polygamous adults sitting in the congregation knew about the secret doctrine. … (more…)
