November 19, 2009 – 10:59 pm
My father is on the High Council in the Riverton Utah Stake, and this past Sunday he was asked to speak in a ward about the temple and family history work. He sent me his talk, and I thought it was good and thought provoking. I thought you might like it too. -Bryce By Mark [...]
By Guest Blogger
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Posted in Church History, Temples Today
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Tagged ancestors, baptism for the dead, baptismal font, elijah, family, family history, familysearch, genealogy, hearts, joseph smith, kirtland, nauvoo, nauvoo temple, ordinance work, ordinances, priesthood, promises, restoration, technology, temple worship
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November 9, 2009 – 10:56 am
Occasionally you encounter a talk or book or article that is a classic. Elder John A. Widtsoe‘s talk on “Temple Worship” given at a meeting of the Genealogical Society of Utah at the Assembly Hall in Salt Lake on October 12, 1920, is one of those talks. There are portions of this talk that many [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in General Authorities, Temples Today
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Tagged covenant, D&C, endowment, exaltation, history, john a. widtsoe, ordinances, plan of salvation, preparation, principles, restoration, salvation, symbols, temple worship
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November 6, 2009 – 12:35 pm
David Larsen at Heavenly Ascents continues to provide excellent notes from his attendance at the Temple Studies Group Symposium in London last weekend. Recently he posted his notes on Archimandrite Ephrem‘s presentation about the Holy Oil in the Orthodox Church. Father Ephrem gave out a handout which included detailed notes on the anointing rite in [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices, Scholarship
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Tagged anointing, david, david larsen, eastern orthodox, hands, heavenly ascents, oil, priest, rite, signs, symposium, temple studies
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November 4, 2009 – 10:36 am
In the April General Conference earlier this year Elder Richard G. Scott spoke about the temple. He said: I have seen that many times individuals have made great sacrifices to go to a distant temple. But when a temple is built close by, within a short time, many do not visit it regularly. I have [...]