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|link=Mormonism and temples/Endowment/Freemasonry | |link=Mormonism and temples/Endowment/Freemasonry | ||
|subject=Relationship between the Endowment and Freemasonry | |subject=Relationship between the Endowment and Freemasonry | ||
− | |summary=Critics of the | + | |summary=Critics of the Church often point to similarities between the rituals of Freemasonry and the temple endowment as practiced by the Church of Jesus Christ. They then claim that since Joseph Smith was initiated as a Freemason in Nauvoo, Illinois shortly before he introduced the full endowment to the Saints (as opposed to the partial endowment given in the Kirtland Temple), he must have incorporated elements of the Masonic rites into his own ceremony. Implicit in this charge is the idea that Joseph Smith's ritual was not revealed to him by God and thus not a legitimate restoration of ancient Israelite and early Christian ordinances. |
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|summary=Latter-day Saints believe that the Temple endowment is an eternal ordinance that Joseph Smith received by revelation from God. Why, then, have changes been made to it several times since it was first revealed? | |summary=Latter-day Saints believe that the Temple endowment is an eternal ordinance that Joseph Smith received by revelation from God. Why, then, have changes been made to it several times since it was first revealed? | ||
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