Plural Marriage
The nineteenth-century LDS practice of polygamy, later discontinued by revelation.
Also known as: Polygamy
88 documents · 8 libraries · 1973–2026
Gospel Topics overview
Emphasis over time
Peak: 6 documents in 2012
Documents tagged with this topic each year. Libraries cover different years (Liahona starts in 2021), so the rate compares eras more fairly than the count.
Where it lives
- BYU Studies43 documents
- Interpreter26 documents
- Religious Educator6 documents
- Gospel Topics and Questions5 documents
- Liahona Articles3 documents
- Scripture Central3 documents
- BYU Speeches1 document
- General Conference1 document
Latest
BYU Studies
Missionary Husbands (opens in a new tab)
Matt Lund · 2026
Scripture Central
Nov 2025
Liahona Articles
Remembering the Contributions of Pioneer Martha Hughes Cannon (opens in a new tab)
Zoey Diede · Sep 2025
Religious Educator
Eternal Marriage, Plural Marriage, and Prophetic Reliability (opens in a new tab)
Michael A. Goodman · 2025
Interpreter
Paul Fields, Steven T. Densley, Jr., Matthew Roper, Larry Bassist · 2025
Interpreter
Aftermath of the Martyrdom: Aspirants to the Mantle of the Prophet Joseph Smith (opens in a new tab)
R. Jean Addams · 2024
Scripture Central
Who Wrote the Peace Maker Pamphlet? (opens in a new tab)
Scripture Central · Feb 2023
Liahona Articles
Resources for Finding Answers to Questions about the Church (opens in a new tab)
YA Weekly staff · Mar 2022
Interpreter
Plural Marriage: Beauty for Ashes (opens in a new tab)
Julie A. Russell · 2022
Liahona Articles
Emmeline Was a Voice for Women (opens in a new tab)
Cherry B. Silver · Dec 2021
Earliest
BYU Speeches
The Early Years of Brigham Young (opens in a new tab)
S. Dilworth Young · Oct 1973
Most frequent voices
- Brian C. Hales6 documents
- Craig L. Foster5 documents
- Ronald W. Walker4 documents
- Carol C. Madsen2 documents
- Davis Bitton , Val Lambson , Lowell C. “Ben” Bennion , and Kathryn M. Daynes2 documents
- Nathan B. Oman2 documents
- Reid L. Neilson2 documents
- Richard E. Bennett2 documents
- Stephen O. Smoot2 documents
- Susan Easton Black2 documents
People with the most documents on this topic.
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