Category: Temples and Temple Ceremony
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The Changing World of Mormonism: Chapter 22
Temple Work [NOTE: On May 3, 1990, the New York Times made the startling announcement that the Mormon Church had changed some of its secret temple ceremony. The penalties, which played such a prominent part in the ritual, have now been completely removed and other important changes have been made. In our book, Evolution of the Mormon Temple Ceremony:…
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Secret Temple Ceremony
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner The following statement is recorded in Joseph Smith’s History under the date of March 15, 1842: “In the evening I received the First Degree in Free Masonry in the Nauvoo Lodge, assembled in my general business office” (History of the Church, vol. 4, page 551). The next day Joseph Smith…
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Temple Ceremonies
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner In past issues of the Messenger we have shown that the anti-Negro doctrine comes from the Book of Abraham, and that the translation of the papyri by Egyptologists has destroyed the basis of this doctrine. The translation of the papyri may have other serious effects upon the doctrines of the…