Second Manifesto

1904 declaration by Joseph F. Smith, the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, stating the church was no longer sanctioning polygamy and that those entering into or solemnizing polygamy would be excommunicated

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The "Second Manifesto" was a 1904 declaration made by Joseph F. Smith, the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in which Smith stated the church was no longer sanctioning marriages that violated the laws of the land and set down the principle that those entering into or solemnizing polygamous marriages would be excommunicated from the church.

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