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Article: Polygamy key to FLDS church
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- February 22, 2004
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"The great and grand purpose of the Law of Celestial Marriage is
to perfect a man and his wives, his dominion in this order under the
family Order of Heaven, and to bring forth and bear the souls of
men," the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
prophet Rulon Jeffs preached in 1964 to his followers.
While polygamy was preached and practiced by early prophets of The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the principle was
abandoned when Utah sought statehood. The LDS Church excommunicates
any members who practice polygamy.
The FLDS church, on the other hand, teaches its members that the
modern-day Mormon or LDS Church turned its back on God by rejecting
the one ...