Church History

Answers to Church History Questions

  • Contents

  • Lessons from the Mountain Meadows Massacre

  • Lessons from the Latter-day Saint Pioneer Trek

  • Learning from the Latter-day Saint Pioneer Story

  • American Indians and Latter-day Saint Pioneers

  • Book of Abraham Translation

  • Joseph Smith’s Vision of Heaven

  • Questions and Answers about the Hawn’s Mill Massacre

  • Seer Stones and the Translation of the Book of Mormon

  • The Kirtland Bank: Q&A

  • The Law of Consecration

  • The Restoration of the Priesthood Authority and Organization

  • Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of Polygamy

  • Mormon Polygamy Q and A

  • The Manifesto and the End of Polygamy

  • The Word of Wisdom: Development and Practice

The Manifesto and the End of Polygamy


The Manifesto and the End of Polygamy

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Historians Lisa Olsen Tait and Matthew J. Grow discuss how questions about the Manifesto and the ending of polygamy were resolved over time.