https://mormonbeliefs.org/temples-and-prophets/living-prophets/brigham-young/ An Overview on Fundamental Mormon Beliefs Fri, 29 Aug 2014 19:04:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://mormonbeliefs.org/temples-and-prophets/living-prophets/brigham-young/#comment-1899 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:30:37 +0000 http://www.mormonbeliefs.org/?page_id=2636#comment-1899 Polygamy is discussed in other articles, and we have a whole website devoted to it — http://www.mormon-polygamy.org. Statehood aside, the U.S. government had allowed the LDS Church only $50,000 worth of holdings, and had confiscated everything else, expecting the nearly bankrupt church to rent it back. It had taken away the right to vote, and imprisoned many leaders, husbands and fathers. It had imposed a requirement for wives to testify against their husbands. The Lord revealed in vision to then prophet Wilford Woodruff, that even the temples would be shut down, and no men would be available to support their families or the Church should polygamy continue.

]]> https://mormonbeliefs.org/temples-and-prophets/living-prophets/brigham-young/#comment-1898 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:06:14 +0000 http://www.mormonbeliefs.org/?page_id=2636#comment-1898 Why is it that polygamy is barely mentioned in this article as it was such a huge part of the religion. It is fact that the Mormons had to denounce polygamy to gain state hood.

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