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Emma Smith and polygamy
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Emma Smith and polygamy
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- Question: How did Emma Hale Smith react to Joseph's practice of plural marriage?
- Question: Did Joseph hide his plural marriages from Emma, his first wife?
- Question: Under what circumstances was Doctrine and Covenants Section 132 committed to writing?
- Question: Was a pregnant Eliza R. Snow pushed down the stairs by a furious Emma, resulting in a miscarriage?
Emma Smith's reaction to Joseph Smith's plural marriages
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- Question How did Emma Hale Smith react to Joseph's practice of plural marriage?
- Question: Was Emma was promised "annihilation" if she didn't accept plural marriage?
- Question: Was a pregnant Eliza R. Snow pushed down the stairs by a furious Emma, resulting in a miscarriage?
- Question: Under what circumstances was Doctrine and Covenants Section 132 committed to writing?
- Question: Since first wives were generally to grant permission for sealings to subsequent wives, did Joseph's later sealing to Emma mean that Emma no longer held the role of "first wife"?
- Question: Did Joseph Smith offer to trade Jane Law for Emma Smith in a wife swap with William Law?
Joseph Smith hiding plural marriages from his first wife, Emma
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- Question: Did Joseph hide his plural marriages from Emma, his first wife?
- Question: Was Emma aware of the possibility that Joseph could take additional wives even without her consent?
- Question: What possible modern lessons can we learn from Emma and Joseph's struggle with plural marriage?
Question: Under what circumstances was Doctrine and Covenants Section 132 committed to writing?
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- Question: Under what circumstances was Doctrine and Covenants Section 132 committed to writing?
- Hyrum Smith asked Joseph to commit the doctrine to writing, because he believed that he could thereby persuade Emma of its truth
Question: Was a pregnant Eliza R. Snow pushed down the stairs by a furious Emma, resulting in a miscarriage?
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- Question: Was a pregnant Eliza R. Snow pushed down the stairs by a furious Emma, resulting in a miscarriage?
- The historical and logistical problems with this story make it unlikely to be true
- The statement that Eliza carried Joseph’s unborn child and lost it due to an attack by Emma is brought into question by Eliza’s own journal
- RLDS perspective
- Question: If the story of Emma pushing Eliza Snow down the stairs is true, why did Eliza not make use of it?