John C. Bennett and plural marriage at Nauvoo

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Sources of the criticism

• Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 190. ( Index of claims )
• George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy: "...but we called it celestial marriage" (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2008), 1, 5, 65, 69-73, 114, 119, 122-125, 230, 243, 274, 309, 429. ( Index of claims , (Detailed book review))

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John C. Bennett material is in three draft chapters. Given their length and difficulty of converting them to wiki format, they are presented here in downloadable PDF.

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Chapter #1: John C. Bennett before Nauvoo

• Bennett's checkered career before Nauvoo
• Psychiatric remarks on Bennett

Chapter #2: John C. Bennett in Nauvoo

• Bennett's motives
• Source and degree of Bennett's prominence
• Bennett's repeated immoralities and multiple "second chances"
• Sarah Pratt

Chapter #3: John C. Bennett and the Nancy Rigdon episode

• Bennett and prostitution
• Bennett and possible homosexuality?
• Nancy Rigdon
  • Bennett's version
  • Character of Nancy Rigdon
  • Rigdon family version
• Joseph's private visit with Sidney Rigdon
• Bennett's fall from grace
• George W. Robinson and John C. Bennett
• Joseph meets the Rigdon family
• Francis Higbee - post Bennett
• Stephen Markham's affidavit
• Divine intervention?