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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Also tagged covenant, D&C, endowment, exaltation, history, john a. widtsoe, ordinances, plan of salvation, preparation, principles, restoration, salvation, temple worship
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September 24, 2009 – 1:36 pm
Val Brinkerhoff is an associate professor of photography in BYU’s Visual Arts Department, and over the last decade has focused his studies on sacred architecture, particularly of temples. He’s authored or co-authored a number of books, the three most recent being about finding the meaning of symbolism in sacred architecture. Yesterday he gave a lecture [...]
August 17, 2009 – 9:31 am
This is TempleStudy.com’s first guest blog post. It is by Jennifer O., a reader here, and a student of the gospel. She sent me the following short article she wrote about the talith, and I thought it had some great thoughts to share with all of you. -Bryce The Jews have a religious symbol called [...]
By Guest Blogger
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Posted in Artifacts
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Also tagged elijah, garments, genealogy, jews, marks, marriage, prayer, protection, sanctuary, tabernacle, tallit katan, tzitzit
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Now that is an odd thing to say, and sounds silly, yet it is precisely what some of our critics claim members of the Church are doing, especially in the design and function of our temples. This is the premise of a great new blog post by James Carroll at Amateur Scriptorians called “The Language [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Artifacts, Temples Today
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Also tagged church, critics, design, devils, evil, representation, satan, satanic, symbolism, worship
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November 27, 2008 – 11:59 am
There is an article this morning in the Mormon Times about the symbolism in the architecture of the Salt Lake Temple. It is written by Lynn Arave who used as a reference Dean R. Zimmerman’s article in the New Era entitled “The Salt Lake Temple” from June 1978. The article cites a brief description and [...]
