February 24, 2011 – 8:45 am
I’m very pleased to welcome another guest post by Matthew B. Brown. Some of his writings, particularly his book The Gate of Heaven, are what inspired me to study the temple more in depth. He offers a wealth of insight and learning for the Latter-day Saints. ~Bryce Matthew B. Brown holds a degree in history [...]
By Guest Blogger
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Posted in Practices, Scholarship
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Also tagged bible, cap, clothing, endowment, garments, history, initiation, israelites, joseph smith, markings, marks, Matthew B. Brown, oil, ordinances, priest, prophet, research, rite, rites, ritual, rituals, robe, robes, royal, sanctuary, scholar, scholars, solomon, symbols, symposium, tabernacle, vestments, washing
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The word guile may date back as early as the 12th century, but is not very common in our vernacular today. At first it seemed to me this might mean “lies,” but there is more to it. Webster defines it as “deceitful cunning : duplicity.” This doesn’t get us very far unless we understand those [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Temples Today, Texts
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Also tagged beguile, endowment, eve, evil, evil speaking, garden of eden, guile, initiation, meridian magazine, psalms, scriptures, washing
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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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Also tagged david, david larsen, eastern orthodox, hands, heavenly ascents, oil, priest, rite, signs, symposium, temple studies
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November 2, 2009 – 10:11 am
My friend David Larsen has some great notes at Heavenly Ascents on the presentation given by Dr. Margaret Barker at the Temple Studies Symposium III in London this past weekend. Her words were an introduction to the symposium which focused on the topic of “The Holy Anointing Oil”: Anointing with myrrh oil was the most [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices, Scholarship
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Also tagged christian, david, david larsen, heavenly ascents, margaret barker, oil, priest, priesthood, rite, symposium, temple studies
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October 19, 2009 – 4:46 pm
The use of those two words together, resurrection in mortality, appears to be perfectly incongruous at first glance. In our common parlance in the Church we understand resurrection to be something that can only happen after mortality. The resurrection “consists in the uniting of a spirit body with a body of flesh and bones, never [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Scholarship, Temples Today, Texts
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Also tagged atonement, calling and election, embrace, eternal life, exaltation, farms, holy of holies, hugh nibley, joseph smith, margaret barker, maxwell institute, presence, priesthood, restoration, resurrection, scholar, seal, temple studies, throne, veil
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