Alma 1:2 Nevertheless he established laws, and they were
acknowledged by the people; therefore they were obliged to abide by the laws which he had made.
Alma 21:120 Yea, he was
acknowledged king throughout all the land, among all the people of the Lamanites, who were composed of the Lamanites, and the Lemuelites, and the Ishmaelites, and all the dissenters of the Nephites, from the reign of Nephi down to the present time.
DC 99:2a Joseph Smith, Jr., Sidney Rigdon, and Frederick G. Williams, were
acknowledged presidents by the voice of the council; and Joseph Smith, Sr., John Smith, Joseph Coe, John Johnson, Martin Harris, John S. Carter, Jared Carter, Oliver Cowdery, Samuel H. Smith, Orson Hyde, Sylvester Smith, and Luke Johnson, high priests, were chosen to be a standing council for the church, by the unanimous voice of the council.
DC 99:6a The president of the church, who is also the president of the council, is appointed by revelation, and
acknowledged, in his administration, by the voice of the church;
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