September 6, 2008 – 12:44 pm
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I was doing some research this morning when I stumbled upon a very interesting passage from a book published in 1916 by Levi Rightmyer entitled, The Light of Truth as Revealed in the [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Scholarship, Texts
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Also tagged abraham, altar, altar of incense, apostasy, book, google, imagery, incense, jesus christ, joseph smith, melchizedek, non-lds, prayer, priesthood, resurrection, saints, scholar, scriptures
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While there is undoubtedly an abundance of temple allusions in the whole of Enoch apocryphal literature, I came across a good example today. I will certainly add more as I learn about them.
This example is from 2 Enoch. This apocrypha text is a pseudepigraphon, meaning its authorship is unknown, but is considered part [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Texts
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Also tagged anointing, ascension, celestial, cherubim, enoch, exaltation, garments, glory, greek, heaven, imagery, light, literature, new name, pseudepigrapha, revelation, round dance, translation
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The Testament of Levi is one of the books in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, and is an apocryphal and pseudopigraphal work so we do not know its original author or source. The Testament of Levi, as we have it today, was composed in its final form in the second century B.C. [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Texts
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Also tagged anointing, apron, ascension, book of mormon, cap, celestial, clothing, coronation, crown, early christian, garments, gate, heaven, holy of holies, holy place, jesus christ, joseph smith, nephi, new name, ordination, priesthood, prophet, revelation, robe, sacred, sacrifice, washing
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April 10, 2008 – 10:59 pm
The sacred ceremonies in which new monarchs are crowned kings and queens in the United Kingdom have significant parallels to the LDS Mormon endowment. These traditions stem from ancient times in English history, and have remained relatively unchanged in form throughout ages. The most recent coronation ceremony was on June 2, 1953, when [...]
By Bryce Haymond
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Posted in Practices
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Also tagged altar, anointing, blessing, cap, ceremony, coronation, critics, crown, endowment, garments, initiate, liturgy, oath, ordinances, robe, royal, symbols, tokens, uplifted hands, video
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