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<p>The Church History Matters Podcast features in-depth conversations between Scott and Casey inviting you to dive deeper into both the challenges and beauty of Latter-day Saint Church History</p>
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<p data-start="0" data-end="600" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node="">This episode explores the historical context, controversy, and consequences surrounding Official Declaration 1, which ended the practice of plural marriage in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Casey Griffiths and Scott Woodward discuss the legal pressures that led President Wilford Woodruff to seek revelation, the difficulty members faced in abandoning the practice, and how subsequent actions&mdash;including the Second Manifesto&mdash;solidified the Church&rsquo;s shift to monogamy.</p>
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The Official Response To Polygamy In The Church | Church History Matters w/ Scott & Casey | Dec 8-14

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