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|summary=Critics claim that nineteenth century Mormons were "anti-American." | |summary=Critics claim that nineteenth century Mormons were "anti-American." | ||
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+ | |link=Mormonism and government/Anti-American nineteenth century Saints/Brigham Young's "Zion" speech on 24 July 1857 | ||
+ | |subject=Brigham Young's "Zion" speech on 24 July 1857 | ||
+ | |summary=In Brigham's speech on July 24, 1857, he said that "This American Continent will be Zion...for it is so spoken of by the Prophets." The critics claim that this means that the "godless American government's moving against them signaled the beginning of their Armageddon scenario" and would result in Brigham's "ascendancy" to rule the Kingdom of God on earth. | ||
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|link=Mormonism and government/The Council of Fifty | |link=Mormonism and government/The Council of Fifty |
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