Please help me understand this sentence.

The contradiction between wealth and property which were personal and yet the basis for participation in civic life which was collective and which declared a sacred legitimacy was an active one.

I couldn't figure out what does "which declared a sacred legitimacy" refer to, "wealth and property" or "civic life". I thought the phrase refers to the civic life, then I feel the author should omit a which, and write like " ...in civic life which was collective and declared a sacred legitimacy".

Thanks a lot!