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“The archives of the Church contain no record of any such revelation, nor any evidence justifying a belief that any such revelation was ever given.” This was the 1933 declaration of the LDS First Presidency regarding a hotly-contested revelation allegedly given to John Taylor in 1886. A growing movement of fundamentalist Mormons knew better. It was real and—to them—the foundation of their belief in “the principle” as a core tenet of Mormonism. What does this revelation say and why is it so controversial? Join Sunstone Mormon History Podcast hosts Lindsay Hansen Park and Bryan Buchanan for a fun lunchtime discussion of it—complete with images of documents and sources.