{"id":3642,"date":"2024-05-24T19:21:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T19:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/is-polygamy-a-sin\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T21:39:05","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T21:39:05","slug":"is-polygamy-a-sin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/is-polygamy-a-sin\/","title":{"rendered":"\u4e00\u592b\u591a\u59bb\u5236\u662f\u7f6a\u5417\uff1f\u5723\u7ecf\u548c\u6559\u4f1a\u600e\u4e48\u8bf4"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Yes, the Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant churches teach that it is, because marriage joins one man and one woman, and a Christian may not take a second wife while the first lives. The Old Testament records several wives for men from Lamech to Solomon, but it never holds that up as the pattern, and Jesus pointed back to the beginning: &quot;they twain shall be one flesh.&quot; No single verse forbids a second wife in so many words, and that is\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\/zh\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/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>The churches answer yes, because marriage joins one man and one woman, and the Old Testament records polygamy without ever holding it up as the pattern for marriage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[78],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-3642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biblical-debates"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53965,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/mormons-polygamy\/","url_meta":{"origin":3642,"position":0},"title":"Do Mormons Have Multiple Wives? 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