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English
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Silencing Mormon Polygamy : Failed Persecutions, Divided Saints & the Rise of Mormon Fundamentalism
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Mona, Utah
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Hindsight Publications
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"In response to solemn prayer one autumn evening, John Taylor received a revelation wherein he was told that the commandment to live plural marriage would never be revoked. The next day, John Taylor held a secret meeting setting apart five men to perpetuate plural marriages even if it cost them their lives. Four years later, after mounting pressure to renounce plural marriages became intolerable, Wilford W. Woodruff issued the 1890 manifesto. While those within the LDS Church abandoned plural marriages and slowly gained worldwide respect, the five men continued with their commission - thus began the formation of Mormon fundamentalism. This story has been casually dismissed as exaggerated and wayward by some critics - cast aside as historically unsupportable. With an impressive culmination of previously uncovered materials, Silencing Mormon Polygamy unveils this mysterious history and provides unequaled documentation of the historical foundation supporting fundamentalist Priesthood claims. In this unprecedented volume, the birth of Mormon fundamentalism and its shared history with the Church of Jesis Christ of Latter-day Saints is presented for the first time - conveying an understanding of these events few people have ever fully grasped." [From back cover]