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The garment is given as part of the washing and anointing portion of the endowment. Today, the temple garment is worn primarily by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and by members of some Mormon fundamentalist churches. [8] [9] Adherents consider them to be sacred and not suitable for public display.
The design has elements representing Latter-day Saint symbolism, which provide deeper spiritual meaning to the temple's appearance and function. Symbolism is important to church members. The temple itself is a symbol, being a “house of the Lord” and as a symbol of faith. [20]
The Washington D.C. Temple (originally known as the Washington Temple, until 1999), is the 16th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Located in Kensington, Maryland, just north of Washington, D.C., and near the Capital Beltway, it was the church's first temple built east of the Mississippi River since the original Nauvoo Temple was completed in 1846.
Images of temples, especially of the Salt Lake Temple, are commonly used in Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints media as symbols of the faith. Additionally, church leaders have encouraged members to hang pictures of temples on the walls of their homes, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and it has become a common cultural phenomenon described even in ...
The Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in the Logan Square neighborhood of Philadelphia.Completed in 2016, the intent to construct the temple was announced on October 4, 2008, during the church's general conference by LDS Church president Thomas S. Monson. [3]
The 57,000-square-foot (5,300 m 2) temple is 166 feet (51 m) high from the main level to the top of the structure's spire, which includes the angel Moroni statue that had historically been included on most Latter-day Saint temples. The location near the mouth of Draper's Corner Canyon includes a Latter-day Saint meetinghouse.
The design uses elements representing Latter-day Saint symbols, which provide deeper spiritual meaning to the temple's appearance and function. Symbolism is an important subject to church members. One example in the temple is the carpets, which begin as a dark brown color and slowly become lighter as one travels upward through the temple, until ...
The Oklahoma City Oklahoma Temple is the 95th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It serves stakes in Oklahoma , Arkansas , and Kansas . The Oklahoma City Oklahoma Temple was announced on March 14, 1999, [ 1 ] to be built on land purchased years earlier for the building of a meetinghouse, along with ...