Manifesto of 1890 ending new plural marriages in the LDS Church
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The Manifesto of 1890 was an official declaration by LDS Church President Wilford Woodruff that led to the church’s formal discontinuation of new plural (polygamous) marriages.
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| Manifesto of 1890 ending new plural marriages in the LDS Church canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21000229 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manifesto of 1890 ending new plural marriages in the LDS Church Context triple: [Wilford Woodruff, signed, Manifesto of 1890 ending new plural marriages in the LDS Church]
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Edmunds Anti-Polygamy Act of 1882
The Edmunds Anti-Polygamy Act of 1882 was a U.S. federal law that strengthened the criminalization of polygamy, particularly targeting members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, by imposing harsher penalties and restricting the civil rights of offenders.
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The Family: A Proclamation
The Family: A Proclamation is a written declaration emphasizing the importance, roles, and divine nature of the family unit within a religious and moral framework.
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Mormon Reformation
The Mormon Reformation was a mid-1850s religious revival within the Latter-day Saint community that intensified calls for repentance, obedience, and communal discipline in Utah Territory.
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D.
Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act
The Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act was an 1862 U.S. federal law that criminalized polygamy in U.S. territories, particularly targeting Mormon plural marriage practices.
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E.
Temple Lot Case
The Temple Lot Case was a late 19th-century U.S. legal dispute among Latter Day Saint factions over ownership of the sacred Independence Temple Lot in Missouri.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manifesto of 1890 ending new plural marriages in the LDS Church Target entity description: The Manifesto of 1890 was an official declaration by LDS Church President Wilford Woodruff that led to the church’s formal discontinuation of new plural (polygamous) marriages.
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A.
Edmunds Anti-Polygamy Act of 1882
The Edmunds Anti-Polygamy Act of 1882 was a U.S. federal law that strengthened the criminalization of polygamy, particularly targeting members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, by imposing harsher penalties and restricting the civil rights of offenders.
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B.
The Family: A Proclamation
The Family: A Proclamation is a written declaration emphasizing the importance, roles, and divine nature of the family unit within a religious and moral framework.
-
C.
Mormon Reformation
The Mormon Reformation was a mid-1850s religious revival within the Latter-day Saint community that intensified calls for repentance, obedience, and communal discipline in Utah Territory.
-
D.
Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act
The Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act was an 1862 U.S. federal law that criminalized polygamy in U.S. territories, particularly targeting Mormon plural marriage practices.
-
E.
Temple Lot Case
The Temple Lot Case was a late 19th-century U.S. legal dispute among Latter Day Saint factions over ownership of the sacred Independence Temple Lot in Missouri.
- F. None of above. chosen
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