015 Plural Marriage Troubles (part 2): Emma’s Fury and Joseph’s Martyrdom

Church History Matters

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Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 13 June 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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In June and July of 1843 tensions ran high in the marriage of Joseph and Emma Smith. After she had tried but failed to embrace the principle of plural marriage earlier that May, and after Hyrum Smith had tried but failed to convince her of the rightness of plural marriage even with a copy of Doctrine and Covenants 132 in hand, records indicate that Emma became for a time rebellious, bitter, resentful, and angry. In fact from July through September of 1843 Emma became confrontational to Joseph’s other wives trying (sometimes successfully) to drive them away from him. In this episode of Church History Matters we dive into the details of this challenging time as well as the reconciliatory place Joseph and Emma ultimately seem to come to on this. We’ll also dig into how Joseph’s practice of plural marriage was a major factor behind the conspiracy which ultimately led to his martyrdom. For show notes and transcript for this and other episodes go to https://doctrineandcovenantscentral.org/church-history-matters-podcast/

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Scott from Church History Matters.
0:03.0	As we near the end of this series, we want to hear your questions about Joseph Smith's practice of plural marriage.
0:09.4	And who doesn't have questions about plural marriage, right?
0:12.4	In two weeks on our final episode of this series, we will be honored to have Dr. Brian
0:17.1	Hales with us as a special guest to help us respond to your questions.
0:21.7	He's an author and scholar on all things related to Joseph Smith's
0:24.8	polygamy and we've drawn heavily from Dr. Hale's research throughout this series. Let me just say that
0:30.2	he is a deep well of knowledge on this topic, so please do yourself and other
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0:49.4	question as concise as possible when you email them in. That helps out a lot. Okay, now on to the episode.
1:02.2	In June and July of 1843, tensions ran high in the marriage of Joseph and Emma Smith.
1:09.0	After she had tried but failed to embrace the principle of plural marriage earlier that may and after
1:14.2	Hiram Smith had tried but failed to convince her of the rightness of plural marriage even
1:18.9	with a copy of doctrine and covenants 132 in hand records indicate that Emma became for a time,
1:24.8	rebellious, bitter, resentful, and angry. In fact, from July through September of 1843,
1:31.6	Emma even became confrontational to Joseph's other wives, trying, sometimes
1:36.4	successfully, to drive them away from him.
1:39.6	In today's episode of Church History Matters, we dive into the details of this challenging time,
1:45.0	as well as the reconciliation place Joseph and Emma ultimately seemed to come to on this.
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