{"id":53965,"date":"2026-10-01T08:39:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T08:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=53965"},"modified":"2026-10-26T15:17:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T15:17:16","slug":"mormons-polygamy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/mormons-polygamy\/","title":{"rendered":"Hebben mormonen meerdere vrouwen? Nee, en er zijn sinds 1904 geen nieuwe meervoudige huwelijken meer gesloten"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>No, Mormons today do not have more than one wife. A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may have one spouse, and one who enters plural marriage is excommunicated. The church practised polygamy for more than half a century. The 1890 Manifesto told members to stop, and in 1904 the church forbade new plural marriages outright. So the answer has two halves: no today, yes in the nineteenth century. Both halves lead back to the same\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No. Latter-day Saints may have one spouse today. The church practised polygamy for more than half a century, ended it with the 1890 Manifesto and forbade new plural marriages in 1904.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[336],"class_list":["post-53965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-the-mormons-lds"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":111066,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/flds-vs-lds\/","url_meta":{"origin":53965,"position":0},"title":"FLDS vs LDS: What the FLDS Is and How It Split From the Latter-day Saints","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"september 30, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The FLDS is a polygamist church that split from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints over plural marriage; the two are not connected today.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian Education&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian Education","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/category\/christian-education\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The New Jerusalem, in the style of Juan Gris","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/new-jerusalem-juan-gris-46130f05.webp?fit=900%2C672&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/new-jerusalem-juan-gris-46130f05.webp?fit=900%2C672&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/new-jerusalem-juan-gris-46130f05.webp?fit=900%2C672&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/new-jerusalem-juan-gris-46130f05.webp?fit=900%2C672&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3642,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/is-polygamy-a-sin\/","url_meta":{"origin":53965,"position":1},"title":"Is Polygamy a Sin? 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