The Thatcher Episode: A Concise Statement of the Facts in the Case: Interesting Letters and Documents: A Review of M. Thatcher’s Claims, Pleas and Admissions (Reprint from the 1896 edition) (1996)

The Thatcher Episode: A Concise Statement of the Facts in the Case: Interesting Letters and Documents: A Review of M. Thatcher’s Claims, Pleas and Admissions

(Reprint)

Published: 1996

Good to very good used condition; reprint from the original done in 1896. 

Moses Thatcher was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles who became involved in political tensions during the 1890s as Utah moved toward statehood. Church leadership, including Wilford Woodruff and later Lorenzo Snow, sought to establish political neutrality and required general authorities to obtain First Presidency approval before running for public office. This policy was formalized in what became known as the Political Manifesto (1895–1896).

Thatcher resisted signing the manifesto, believing it infringed on individual political agency. The disagreement escalated, and in 1896 he was dropped from the Quorum of the Twelve. Although he was not excommunicated at that time, he was later disciplined and eventually excommunicated in 1909 after continued estrangement from Church leadership.