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[12] In Mormon folklore, tales are told of Latter-day Saints who credit their temple garments with helping them survive car wrecks, fires, and natural disasters. [5] In 2014, the LDS Church released an explanatory video online that showed photographs of both temple garments and the outer clothing used in temple worship. The video states that ...
A feasibility study was done on The Westin Hotel Utah, which determined the building would close as a hotel and be converted to office space for LDS Church. This change was announced by the church's First Presidency on March 12, 1987. In August 1987 The Westin Hotel Utah closed. The Utah Hotel Company was dissolved and sold all its assets to ...
Mormon temple garment underwear for men (left) and women. [6] Adherents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and some Mormon fundamentalist groups often receive temple garments at the time of receiving their endowment, after taking part in the endowment ritual. These religious undergarments are to be worn at all times ...
While the LDS Church was the primary stockholder, many community and business leaders, both church members and those who were not, purchased stock in the effort to provide the city with a first-class hotel. [4] "The largest and finest bar in the West [was built] in the basement of the Hotel" to pay off a $2 million construction loan.
Deseret Industries (/ ˌ d ɛ z ə ˈ r ɛ t / ⓘ) [1] (known locally as DI) is a non-profit organization and a division of the welfare services provided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). DI thrift stores are similar to the well-known Goodwill Industries.
The early LDS Church was more accepting of the symbol of the cross, but after the turn of the 20th century, an aversion to it developed in Mormon culture. [44] However, there are individual Latter-day Saints who tolerate (or even embrace) the use of a cross as a personal symbol of faith. [45]
Granary building at the LDS Church's Welfare Square in Salt Lake City, Utah.Welfare Square began in 1938 as a bishop's storehouse. [1]A bishop's storehouse in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) usually refers to a commodity resource center that is used by bishops (lay leaders of local congregations analogous to pastors or parish priests in other Christian ...
In 1957, church president David O. McKay institutionalized the cultural uneasiness regarding the cross, stating that wearing cross jewelry is not appropriate for Latter-day Saints, and that the use of the cross is a "Catholic form of worship". [20] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints strongly discourages tattoos, including those ...