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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Also tagged ancestors, 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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September 18, 2009 – 12:05 am
I just finished Dan Brown’s latest thriller, The Lost Symbol, which was published a few days ago on September 15th. There has been a lot of anticipation surrounding this book, since 6 years have passed since the publication of his bestseller The Da Vinci Code, with 80 million copies sold worldwide to date. Many wondered [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Texts
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Also tagged ancients, baptism of the dead, bible, book, critics, Dan Brown, discussion, esoteric, historical, initiation, intelligences, masonry, mysteries, ordinances, pop culture, religion, symbolism, theosis
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(Continued from Part 2) Another early Christian evidence for the practice of baptism for the dead is from texts that reference the practice among a group known as the Marcionites. This group was a separate Christian body from the Church of Rome, who followed the teachings of Marcion (ca. 110-160) as their spiritual leader (sometimes [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices, Texts
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Also tagged baptism, clement of alexandria, critics, early christian, john tvedtnes, marcion, marcionites, redemption, resurrection, sacred, vicarious
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(Continued from Part 1) Some of the best studies of the early Christian practice of baptism for the dead have come from Hugh Nibley and John A. Tvedtnes. Both of these LDS scholars have written extensively on the topic. I hope to analyze some of their excellent work and provide examples of the practice of [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Scholarship, Texts
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Also tagged baptism, church, clement of alexandria, clothing, early christian, gate, hugh nibley, john a. tvedtnes, parable, pastor, redemption, redemption of the dead, shepherd of hermas, vicarious, water
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In a letter dated April 5th, and reported by the Catholic News Service on May 2nd, the Vatican issued an order to all Catholic dioceses throughout the world to not give genealogical information in parish registers to Latter-day Saints in an effort to “block posthumous rebaptisms” of LDS ancestors. The Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices, Temples Today
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Also tagged ancestors, baptism, catholic, catholic news service, church, converts, critics, early christian, krister stendahl, priesthood, rebaptism, vatican, vicarious
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