Official Declaration Number 1

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Official Declaration Number 1: The Manifesto

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• Question: Was the Manifesto that ended the practice of Mormon polygamy the product of legal pressure from the U.S. government?

Question: Was the Manifesto that ended the practice of Mormon polygamy the product of legal pressure from the U.S. government?

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• Question: Was the Manifesto that ended the practice of Mormon polygamy the product of legal pressure from the U.S. government?
• Wilford Woodruff insisted and the other Church leaders insisted that he had been guided by the Lord in the decisions made during this difficult period
• Biblical parallels
• The Edmunds-Tucker Act granted the federal government unprecedented powers in prosecuting Mormon polygamists, and prosecutors took these powers to cruel and illegal extremes
• The Manifesto

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