New Document Shows LDS Church Hid and Denied its own Prophet's Polygamy Revelation | Ep. 2032

New Documents Reveal LDS Church Leadership Concealed Prophet John Taylor's Polygamy Revelation for Over a Century

What if the Church you trusted had possession of documents directly contradicting its own official narrative, and chose to remain silent? Recent scholarship examining newly accessible archival materials has surfaced evidence that the third president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, John Taylor, issued a formal revelation reaffirming polygamy in 1886, yet Church leadership appears to have suppressed and denied its existence for generations. This discovery raises fundamental questions about institutional transparency, historical accuracy, and how religious organizations manage inconvenient truths about their founding principles.

The implications reach far beyond academic interest. For members raised on carefully sanitized histories, for researchers investigating truth claims, and for anyone evaluating the Church's credibility as a guardian of its own record, this pattern of concealment demands serious examination.

The Hidden Document: John Taylor's September 1886 Revelation

In September 1886, as federal pressure against polygamy intensified and Church President John Taylor faced declining health, he reportedly received what he understood to be a divine revelation. Written in his own handwriting on pencil, the format is significant, as it contrasts with formally recorded proclamations, the document reaffirmed polygamy as an eternal, unchangeable principle.

The revelation opened with language characteristic of LDS scripture: "Thus saith the Lord." Taylor wrote that commandments given in God's name could not be revoked except by God himself or his authorized representative. The text directly referenced earlier polygamy revelations, particularly Doctrine and Covenants section 132, framing plural marriage as immutable doctrine rather than temporary practice.