20 PRIESTHOOD LAWS AND EVIDENCES, P 4 of Ch 8 of The Church and The Priesthood

TWENTY PRIESTHOOD LAWS AND EVIDENCES, part 4 of Chapter 8 of The Church and The Priesthood 

Pages 139 to 153

1. Celestial Plural Marriage

Early in the Bible it was recorded that some men had more than one wife, but it was first demonstrated in the life of Abraham. The scriptures have clearly pointed to Abraham as the “friend of God” and the “father of the faithful;” in other words, he was held up as an example for others to follow. Abraham’s wife, Sarah, was also an excellent example, as Martin Luther noted:

Therefore Sarah is deservedly held up by Peter (I Peter 3:5-6) as a pattern for the entire female sex. (Luther’s Works 3:44)