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A distinct endowment ceremony was also performed in the 1830s in the Kirtland Temple, the first temple of the broader Latter Day Saint movement, which includes other smaller churches such as the Community of Christ. The term "endowment" thus has various meanings historically, and within the other branches of the Latter Day Saint movement.
A year and a half after the June 1831 endowment, Smith said he received a revelation in December 1832 to prepare to build a "house of God", or a temple. [15] A revelation soon followed identifying the location of the temple in Kirtland, Ohio, [ 16 ] and another revelation affirmed that in this building the Lord "design[ed] to endow those [he ...
Washing and anointing is a Latter-day Saint practice of ritual purification. It is a key part of the temple endowment ceremony as well as the controversial Second Anointing ceremony practiced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and Mormon fundamentalists. It was also part of the female-only healing rituals among ...
The Endowment House stood in Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah from 1855 to 1889. 1855 – The first building specifically designed for conducting temple rites with ordinance rooms was constructed and called the Endowment House. [31] 1870s – Second anointings began to be performed vicariously for deceased members of the church. [8]: 30
In the Latter Day Saint movement, the second anointing is the pinnacle ordinance of the temple and an extension of the endowment ceremony. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] : 11 Founder Joseph Smith taught that the function of the ordinance was to ensure salvation , guarantee exaltation , and confer godhood . [ 5 ]
The Washington D.C. Temple is the 16th Latter-day Saint temple. The Richmond Virginia Temple, completed in 2023 The Preston England Temple, located outside Chorley, Lancashire, England. The LDS Church booklet "Preparing to Enter the Holy Temple" explains that Latter-day Saints "do not discuss the temple ordinances outside the temples". [29]
The first building to have ordinance rooms, designed to conduct the Endowment, was Joseph Smith's store in Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1842.Using canvas, Smith divided the store's large, second-floor room into "departments," which represented "the interior of a temple as much as circumstances would permit" (Anderson & Bergera, Quorum of Anointed, 2).
The Holy Temple is a 1980 book by Boyd K. Packer that discusses the doctrine and purpose of the temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), including an explanation of the entrance requirements. The book also explains why LDS Church teachings focus on family history and genealogy and how this relates to the temples.