Editing 1890 Manifesto (section)

==Evolution of Latter-day Saint views on the Manifesto==
{{Doctrine and Covenants}}

The Manifesto has been canonized by the LDS Church, and its text appears in the [[Doctrine and Covenants]], one of the church's books of [[Standard works|scripture]]. However, when the Manifesto was issued, it was not apparent that Woodruff or the other leaders of the LDS Church viewed it as the result of a divine revelation.<ref>{{harvnb|Hardy|1992|pp=146–152}}</ref>

Approximately one year after he declared the Manifesto, Woodruff began to claim that he had received instructions from Jesus Christ that formed the basis of what he wrote in the text of the Manifesto.<ref name=wwremarks/> These instructions were reportedly accompanied by a [[Vision (religion)|vision]] of what would occur if the Manifesto were not issued.<ref name=wwremarks/>

Following Woodruff's death in 1898, other church leaders began to teach that the Manifesto was the result of a [[revelation (Latter Day Saints)|revelation]] of God.<ref>See, e.g., Discourse delivered by [[Lorenzo Snow]] at [[St. George, Utah]], on 1899-05-03, published as Lorenzo Snow, [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/MStar&CISOPTR=36519&filename=36520.pdf "Discourse"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025160142/http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=%2FMStar&CISOPTR=36519&filename=36520.pdf |date=2007-10-25 }}, ''[[Millennial Star]]'', vol. 61, no. 34 pp. 529–533 at p. 532 (1899-08-24), reprinted in Lorenzo Snow (1998, Clyde J. Williams ed.). ''The Teachings of Lorenzo Snow: Fifth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints'' (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft) pp. 192–193.</ref> Since that time, church leaders have consistently taught that the Manifesto was inspired of God.<ref>{{citation |first= John A. |last= Widtsoe |author-link= John A. Widtsoe |year= 1943 |title= [[Evidences and Reconciliations: Aids to Faith in a Modern Day]] |place= Salt Lake City |publisher= Bookcraft |page= 89 |oclc= 36111479}}.</ref><ref>{{citation |first= Joseph Fielding |last= Smith |author-link= Joseph Fielding Smith |orig-date= 1922 |edition= 24th |year= 1971 |title= Essentials in Church History: A History of the Church from the Birth of Joseph Smith to the Present Time |place= Salt Lake City |publisher= Deseret Book |pages= 493–494 |oclc= 48064256}}.</ref><ref>{{citation |first= Spencer W. |last= Kimball |author-link= Spencer W. Kimball |year= 1998 |orig-date= 1982 |editor-first= Edward L. |editor-last= Kimball |editor-link= Edward L. Kimball |title= The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball: Twelfth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |place= Salt Lake City, Utah |publisher= [[Bookcraft]] |pages= 447–448 |isbn= 1-57008-484-X  |oclc= 39304039}}.</ref> In 1908, the Manifesto was printed in the LDS Church's Doctrine and Covenants for the first time,<ref name = turner>{{citation |first= John G. |last= Turner |year= 2016 |title= The Mormon Jesus: A Biography |place= Cambridge, Massachusetts and London |publisher= Belknap Press of Harvard University Press |page= 91 |isbn= 978-0-674-73743-3}}.</ref> and it has been included in every edition since. A non-Mormon observer of the church has stated that "[t]here is no question that, from a doctrinal standpoint, President Woodruff's Manifesto now has comparable status with [Joseph Smith's] revelations in the Doctrine and Covenants."<ref>{{citation |first= Jan |last= Shipps |author-link= Jan Shipps |year= 1985 |title= Mormonism: The Story of a New Religious Tradition |place= Urbana |publisher= University of Illinois Press |page= [https://archive.org/details/mormonismstoryof00ship/page/114 114] |isbn= 0-252-01159-7 |oclc= 10726560 |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/mormonismstoryof00ship/page/114 }}.</ref> Similarly, another writer has stated bluntly that "contemporary Latter-day Saints regard the Manifesto as a revelation."<ref name = turner/> The Manifesto is currently published as "Official Declaration 1" in the Doctrine and Covenants.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Brzuzy|first1=Stephanie|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WajCxCDNdPsC&pg=PA418|title=Battleground: Women, Gender, and Sexuality [2 volumes]|last2=Lind|first2=Amy|date=2007|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-08800-1|page=418|language=en}}</ref>