October 2, 2008 – 12:45 pm
When I attended the FAIR Conference a couple months ago I was privileged to meet Hannah Rebekah, who is a reader here and also among many forums and blogs in the Bloggernacle. This morning she was kind enough to forward me some thoughtful words about the temple, written by Tom Kelly in the Ensign a [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Temples Today
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Also tagged bloggernacle, BYU, conference, ensign, fair, happiness, heaven, home, jesus christ, sacred, sacrifice
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In recent weeks I have encountered what I consider to be one of the most damaging forms of criticism of the Church. You might think that it is from all the anti-Mormon literature or propaganda. Or perhaps it is those who are so vocal as to picket the curbs at our General Conferences with signs, [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in General Authorities, Temples Today
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Also tagged anti-Christ, anti-mormon, apostasy, apostles, authority, book of mormon, calling, church, covenant, doctrines, earth, ezra taft benson, fall, hell, inside, jesus christ, life, obedience, opposition, paul, priesthood, principles, prophet, purpose, restoration, revelation, scriptures, testimony, thomas s. monson, truth
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I was first introduced to Cyril’s Catechetical Lectures by Hugh Nibley in his phenomenal work The Message of the Joseph Smith Papyri. Cyril of Jerusalem is a prominent early Christian theologian, and is considered a saint by many. His most famous writings are set of twenty-three catechetical lectures which he delivered around 347 [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices, Scholarship, Texts
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Also tagged adam, anointing, atonement, baptism, cyril of jerusalem, early christian, garments, hugh nibley, imitation, initiates, jesus christ, mystery, ordinances, washing, water
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Today in priesthood we talked about chapter 7 in the Joseph Smith manual. It is about “Baptism and the Gift of the Holy Ghost.” One thing that struck me as I read the chapter is the number of times that Joseph referred to baptism and some of the other principles and ordinances as [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Church History, Practices
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Also tagged altar, baptism, blessing, covenant, endowment, joseph smith, laying on of hands, ordination, sealing, signs, symbol, vicarious
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