POLYGAMY

(See also Marriage)

Africa: w80 8/1 6; w76 203-204; g75 3/8 15; g75 12/8 13-17; yb74 34; g74 1/22 21, 25; w73 151-153; yb73 143, 166-167; w71 158; g71 10/22 7; g70 5/8 16-17; g70 6/22 12-15; g65 3/8 31; g65 6/22 20; g64 6/8 17

priests: w80 7/15 10

beginning: g76 1/22 26; ad 1021, 1116; w60 658; g58 9/22 25

benefits of monogamy: g85 3/8 11-12

Bible view: w85 7/1 10; g85 3/8 10-11; hp 78-79; w77 207; ad 564; g71 10/22 7; w69 671-672; li 223, 233-235; w63 75-76; ln 41; w60 658, 660-662, 714-715; g58 9/22 25-26; w56 571-572; w51 234-237; w49 240; w47 22-23; g35 8/14 708-710

Mosaic Law: g85 3/8 10; lp 147-148; g76 1/22 27; ad 1655

clergy views: w75 200; w75 761-762; g74 12/8 15; w72 366; g72 4/8 30; is 167; w68 487; g65 4/22 30; g64 10/8 13-14; g61 4/22 30

Anglican Church in Kenya decides to baptize polygamists: w81 12/1 15

Anglican Church of Central Africa: w77 207

Catholic Church: w85 7/1 10; w80 7/15 10

Church of Christ in Zaire grants membership to polygamists: g78 2/8 29

disadvantages: g85 3/8 9-10

discussion: g85 3/8 9-12; g76 1/22 26-28; ad 1116

experiences: g82 5/8 13-16

rejected to conform to Bible truth: yb86 11-12, 210-211, 216-218; g85 3/8 9, 11-12; w80 8/1 6; w76 203-204; yb76 185; g75 12/8 13-17; g74 1/22 21; g74 2/8 25; g74 3/8 20-21; yb72 243; w71 124-125; yb71 112-113, 223-224, 238-239; yb70 136, 266-267; g70 6/22 12-15; yb68 140-141; yb65 154, 202-203; yb63 97-98; g61 10/22 25-26; w57 318

Islam: g62 3/8 30

matriarchal society: g61 3/22 18

modern-day examples surpassing Solomon: w60 714

Mormons: g82 12/22 26; g53 1/22 26-27; g51 8/22 14-15; ta 351; g45 3/14 27-28; g45 5/9 20-21

Nigeria: yb86 216-218; g85 3/8 9-12

“woman damage”: g63 1/8 9