Stance of Other Latter Day Saint Sects
Though the LDS church teaches that Joseph Smith taught plural marriage, other branches of the Latter Day Saint movement reject this position. The strongest rejection comes from the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS). In the late nineteenth century, the origin of polygamy was one issue among many that RLDS and LDS used to assert one organization's legitimacy over the other. Joseph F. Smith, sixth president of the LDS Church, stated in responding to the claim that polygamy originated with Brigham Young rather than Joseph Smith, Jr.:
| “ | A careful reading of the revelation on plural marriage should convince any honest man that it was never written by Brigham Young, as it contains references to Joseph Smith himself, and his family, which would be utterly nonsensical and useless if written by President Young. The fact is, we have the affidavit of Joseph C. Kingsbury, certifying that he copied the original manuscript of the revelation within three days after the date on which it was written. I knew Joseph C. Kingsbury well. Furthermore, the revelation was read by Hyrum Smith to a majority of the members of the High Council, in Nauvoo, at about the time it was given, to which fact we have the sworn statements of the members of the High Council | ” |
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