On the Edge: Mormonism’s Single Men
April 19, 2018The Doctrine and Covenants contains extremely specific instructions concerning marriage for men:
In the celestial glory there are three heavens or degrees;
The Doctrine and Covenants contains extremely specific instructions concerning marriage for men:
In the celestial glory there are three heavens or degrees;
In this small room
the bishop sits like God
Himself
broad farmer face upon
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Dialogue 16.4 (Winter 1983): 154
Few scholars have studied the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and fewer still have studied its leaders.
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After reading The Mormon Graphic Image, 1834-1914, you will understand why Mormons once had horns. The vestigial appendages were a remnant of cartoonists’ repeated use of the symbol to associate polygamy with satyr-like lust. The…