Polygamy - Introduction
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z # Home |
Table of Contents
- Polygamy - Introduction
- Polygamy : Legal Issues
- Which groups practice polygamy?
- Polygamy : What the Bible Says
- Polygamy : Polygamous Sects of the Mormon Church
- Informal list of polygamous sects
- Video: Lifting the Veil of Polygamy
- Polygamy - Research Resources
- Polygamy - Your Comments
Next: Polygamy : Legal Issues
Polygamy News
» Polygamy News Tracker & News Archive. Latest items:
Polygamy
Polygamy is a form of marriage:
Polygny is the condition or practice of having more than one wife at one time.
Polyandry is the condition or practice of having more than one husband at one time.
Polygamy is a "marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time ." 
The term plural marriage is used as a synonym for any of the above.
The term polyamory refers to an intimate, romantic relationship that involves more than two people - with the full knowledge and consent of all partners involved.
Bigamy is "the act of entering into a marriage with one person while still legally married to another." .
This entry addresses polygamy. It is included in Apologetics Index because some people practice polygamy for religious reasons.
Polygamy : Legal Issues
Share this
To share this page simply copy and paste one of the below URL's:
Comment
• Note: If the current entry includes a Table of Contents, the comments section is located on the first page of the entry (and may indeed be open. Do check.) Also, on some entries, the comments section is located on a separate page. See that topic's Table of Contents.
3 Responses to “Polygamy - Introduction”
Subscribe to Apologetics Index updates via RSS news feed or email• Subscribe to this feed (RSS)
• Subscribe by email
Link to this page
• Permalink to Polygamy - Introduction
Information:
• This page was first posted: Jan. 9, 2006
• This page was last updated: May. 31, 2008
• How to use this site • Copyright and Linking Policy • Disclaimer
About Apologetics Index
The Apologetics Index (apologeticsindex.org) 'family of web sites' provides 25,000+ pages of research resources on religious cults, sects, new religious movements, alternative religions, apologetics-, anticult-, and countercult organizations, doctrines, religious practices and world views. These resources reflect a variety of theological and/or sociological perspectives. [More Info]
May 3rd, 2008 at 2:59 pm
THERE IS NO POLYGAMOUS SECTS IN THE MORMON CHURCH!!!!
May 31st, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Technically you are right, Roxanne (though you don't have to SHOUT).
That said, there are polygamous sects 'of' the Mormon Church.
These groups came out of — and have split off from — the Mormon Church. Most, if not all, did so because the Mormon Church abandoned (for political convenience) plural marriage, a doctrine of which Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith said was "the most holy and important doctrine ever revealed to man on earth."
As John Krakauer states, Smith taught that a man needed at least three wives to attain the "fullness of exaltation" in the afterlife. He warned that God had explicitly commanded that "all those who have this law revealed unto them must obey the same … and if ye abide not that covenenant, then are ye damned; for no one can reject this covenant and be permitted to enter into my glory."
Those who have separated themselves from the official Mormon Church are called Mormon fundamentalists. In most cases, their doctrines and practices are in fact closer to those of the original Mormon Church than are the doctrines and practices of today's Mormon Church.
May 31st, 2008 at 1:43 pm
NOTE: please post further comments over here