Mormonism and Polygamy - Modern Plural Marriage Theory Within The LDS Church

Modern Plural Marriage Theory Within The LDS Church

Main article: Current state of polygamy in the Latter Day Saint movement

Although the LDS Church has abandoned the practice of plural marriage, it has not abandoned the underlying doctrines of polygamy in an eternal sense. According to the church's sacred texts and pronouncements by its leaders and theologians, the church leaves open the possibility that it may one day re-institute the practice. It is the practice of Mormons to seal themselves to their wives. Inasmuch as a man, unlike a woman, may be sealed to multiple, sequential wives on earth, it is possible for a man to have multiple wives in the Celestial Kingdom.

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