September 3, 2009 – 12:39 pm
Some of you may remember I wrote about The Apotheosis of Washington painting in the U.S. Capitol. A friend just informed me that someone has published an ebook that investigates the U.S. Capitol as a type of temple, including this painting, and many other interesting details. It is called Freedom’s Gate: The Lost Symbols in [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts, General Authorities, Temples Today, Tidbits
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Also tagged art, book, gate, government, imagery, interior, solomon, symbolism, vatican
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March 20, 2009 – 11:04 am
The gremiale, also called gremial, is an apron-like vestment worn by the bishop as part of the Catholic Mass or other sacred orders. The Catholic Encyclopedia describes the current understanding of this vestment in this way: A square or oblong cloth which the bishop, according to the “Cæremoniale” and “Pontificale”, should wear over his lap, [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts
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Also tagged ancients, anointing, apron, catholic, ceremony, clothing, consecration, hands, latin, liturgy, markings, marks, ordination, priesthood, rome, sacrifice, symbolism, veil, vestments, washing
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March 13, 2008 – 11:04 am
Today a commenter on the site mentioned how I should include more parallels with the practices of the Masons, since that is plainly where the temple ordinances came from. And I would respond, did they? Did they really, so easily, come from the Masons? Can we dismiss Joseph as a prophet, seer, and revelator as [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Scholarship
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Also tagged ceremony, druzes, hopi, hugh nibley, joseph smith, masonry, near east, ordinances, Practices, revelation, rites, rituals
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