▁any ▁one ▁sa ith , ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁law ful ▁for ▁Christians ▁to ▁have ▁several ▁w ives ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁and ▁that ▁this ▁is ▁not ▁prohib ited ▁by ▁any ▁divine ▁law ; ▁let ▁him ▁be ▁an ath ema .. " ▁ ▁Period ically , ▁Christian ▁reform ▁movements ▁that ▁have ▁aim ed ▁at ▁re building ▁Christian ▁doctrine ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁Bible ▁alone ▁( sol a ▁script ura ) ▁have ▁at ▁least ▁tempor arily ▁accepted ▁pol yg yn y ▁as ▁a ▁Bib lic al ▁practice . ▁For ▁example , ▁during ▁the ▁Protest ant ▁Re formation , ▁in ▁a ▁document ▁referred ▁to ▁simply ▁as ▁" Der ▁Be icht rat " ▁( or ▁" The ▁Conf essional ▁Ad vice " ▁), ▁Martin ▁Luther ▁granted ▁the ▁Land gra ve ▁Philip ▁of ▁H esse , ▁who , ▁for ▁many ▁years , ▁had ▁been ▁living ▁" const antly ▁in ▁a ▁state ▁of ▁ad ul tery ▁and ▁for nic ation ", ▁a ▁disp ens ation ▁to ▁take ▁a ▁second ▁wife . ▁The ▁double ▁marriage ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁done ▁in ▁secret , ▁however , ▁to ▁avoid ▁public ▁sc andal . ▁Some ▁fifteen ▁years ▁earlier , ▁in ▁a ▁letter ▁to ▁the ▁Sax on ▁Chan cell or ▁Greg or ▁Br ück , ▁Luther ▁stated ▁that ▁he ▁could ▁not ▁" for bid ▁a ▁person ▁to ▁marry ▁several ▁w ives , ▁for ▁it ▁does ▁not ▁contradict ▁Script ure ." ▁(" E go ▁s ane ▁fate or , ▁me ▁non ▁pos se ▁prohib ere , ▁si ▁qu is ▁pl ures ▁vel it ▁u x ores