Do Mormons have many wives?

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No. Mormons do not have many wives. The term “Mormon” generally refers to active members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. However, there some people that broke off of the main church and created their own denominations. read more

Two months later the apostle Orson Pratt taught in an official church periodical that"We have now clearly shown that God the Father had a plurality of wives," and that after her death, Mary (the mother of Jesus) may have become another eternal polygamous wife of God. read more

In an attempt to justify early Mormon polygamy, many Mormons point to the Bible. After all, Abraham and Jacob and David and Solomon had more than one wife. That may be true, but never, and in no way, does the Bible ever say that God commanded them to take additional wives. read more