WC maintains that JS taught plural marriage was essential to exaltation.

Date
Jun 1, 1886
Type
Affidavit
Source
William Clayton
LDS
Hearsay
Reprint
Late
Reference

"Statement of William Clayton," Women's Exponent 15 (June 1, 1886): 2

Scribe/Publisher
Women's Exponent
People
William Clayton, Joseph Smith, Jr.
Audience
Latter-day Saints
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Transcription

From him, I learned that the doctrine of plural and celestial marriage is the most holy and important doctrine ever revealed to man on the earth, and without obedience to that principle no man can ever attain to the fulness of exaltation in celestial glory.

(Signed) WILLIAM CLAYTON.

Salt Lake City, February 16, 1874.

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