Joseph Smith, founder of the LDS Church “became a first-degree Mason on the night of the installation, and the next night rose to the sublime degree,” as documented by historian Fawn McKay Brodie in her book, No Man Knows My History (page 280.) Though the...
Irene Spencer, author ofShattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist’s Wife pointed out that based on the teachings of the Doctrine and Covenants 132:62, the current mainstream LDS Church could justify — as have the polygamists — the marrying of ten...
The revelation commanding polygamy was not announced to the LDS Church as a whole until 1852, eight years after the death of Joseph Smith. It was not until 1876 that it was added to the Doctrine and Covenants and assigned the section number 132. Up until that time,...
September 11, 2009 marks the 152nd anniversary of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. I never heard of it when I was a Mormon, and even after leaving the LDS church I refused to believe that priesthood leaders, church officials, ordered the death of peaceful people who...
Section 132 of the Doctrine and Covenants purports to be God’s explanation of why ancient prophets were allowed to have multiple wives and concubines. The revelation is in the form of an answer to Joseph’s question. Verse 1 sets the tone for the entire section by...
