The following is taken from:
Morris
L. Reynolds, An Investigator’s Dilemma (Burley, Idaho: Morris L.
Reynolds, n.d.), [6-7]
My fifth question was addressed to Hugh
Nibley, Joseph Fielding Smith, and Le Grand Richards. I asked them, “Was Jesus
a polygamist?” I received the following answers:
Hugh Nibley:
“5. Before deciding whether Jesus was
a polygamist we would have to know whether he was married. If he was that information
has been withheld. Some of the recently discovered early Christian writings from
Egypt imply very clearly that he was married, but of course, they don’t prove
it, since their authority has yet to be determined. I know of no official
teaching of the church to the effect that Jesus was a polygamist. There are all
sorts of things we do not know about Jesus, and this is one of them.”
Joseph Fielding Smith:
“Your fourth question: ‘Was Jesus a
polygamist?’ There is no reference whatever to Jesus being married in the New
Testament.”
Le Grand Richards:
“Your fifth question: ‘Was Jesus a
polygamist?’ We believe in four standard Church works---the Bible, The Book of
Mormon, The Doctrine and Covenants, and The Pearl of Great Price, and we have
no revelations from the Lord to indicate that Jesus was either married or a polygamist.”
“ . . . but as far as the church is concerned it does not teach that Jesus was
married, or that he was a polygamist.”
