Sentences with phrase «lds temples»

Many non-Mormons falsely assume the large and often magnificent white LDS temples they see in their cities are where Latter - day Saints go for church.

Also referred to as temple work, ordinances are the sacred ceremonies performed within LDS temples for the living and the dead.

Mainline Protestant churches, Jewish synagogues, and LDS temples I've visited as guests are nearly 100 % white.

Only vetted LDS members can attend ceremonies in the LDS temples.

Case in point being that since people of all races can go to LDS temples for eternal marriages and so forth.

But the church's involvement in the Prop 8 battle, and the Mormons who financially fueled the effort, created rifts in wards, spawned protests outside LDS temples and pushed some members, likely already on the churchgoing fence, out the door.

He later closeted himself and married a woman in an LDS temple, only to divorce a couple of years later after realizing he was kidding himself.

If peoples from all races can go to an LDS temple then guess what, everyone of all races can receive the same blessings.

If a pragmatic reason for the revelation must be found, it is better found in the fact that on October 30 an LDS temple will be dedicated in Sao Paulo, Brazil — and making sufficient determination as to which Mormons were racially acceptable to enter the holy place could have proved a horrendous task.

Erickson states that she grew up in a devout Mormon household, and was even married in the LDS temple according to mandated rituals.

Go ahead and try to get in to the Salt Lake City LDS temple and see how many uniformed thugs intercept you.

* Laie Mormon Temple: A to visit the beautiful LDS temple.

Not exact matches

Why does the LDS church not recognize the symbol of the cross; instead choosing the statue of Moronie the angel who spoke to Joseph Smith to sit upon the spires of its temples?

I have absolutely no problem with Poligomy it is the whole «an Angel gave golden plates (which have never been seen) to Joesph Smith» thing plus the whole women as subserviant to men aspect of LDS and the «inner circle of MEN only in the temples running everything» that make it hard for me to accept.

Why must an LDS Mormon be required by the church to give 10 % of their income to the church on a regular basis as a requirement for a temple pass from your ward Bishop?

Also, quit acting like you are LDS, when LDS people don't broadcast that they go to the temple to impress others, and certainly aren't proud of having tattoos (tribal or otherwise).

Why secret rituals, handshakes and words within the LDS church or temple.

Also, black people were not permitted to participate in ordinances performed in the LDS Church temples, such as the endowment ritual and temple marriages and family sealings.

The lds church changed its temple rituals to remove parts members found unsettling.

They refused to accept plural marriage, the idea of the political kingdom, and temple worship, as well as the more esoteric LDS doctrines such as plurality of gods and baptism of the dead.

In baptismal fonts in the 136 LDS Church temples that span the globe, temple ordinances for the dead take place every day but Sunday.

In the LDS hierarchy, only the Prophet and his Quorum of 12 get salaries — Temples are run by volunteers.

The LDS church usually buys such artifacts & locks them up in a vault beneath the Salt Lake City temple.

Here is a list of things taught by Jesus, His apostles, or early Christians: Temple rituals: (see FAIR lds Early Christian temples, and many Christians still practice these, including the oldest surviving Christian Church - the Armenian Apostolic).

Vicarious baptisms are usually performed by LDS youth, often brought to a temple in groups and then repeatedly baptised as proxies for a list of deceased persons; most of the time, the proxy has never heard of the person they are representing.

The endowment, on the other hand, is administered to LDS adults either before serving a mission or before a temple marriage (if one or both members of the couple did not serve a mission).

After the LDS Church proxy baptizes a deceased person, they then perform the endowment ceremony (another temple ritual and the principal one in which adult Mormons participate) for that person, using an adult member as a proxy.

In September 1993, six prominent Mormon scholars were excommunicated or disfellowshipped — stripped of certain religious rights, including access to LDS Church temples.

Today's fun fact — The LDS has been fighting China to acknowledge the religion and allow for temples etc..

Members of the LDS Church perform the full range of LDS ordinances by proxy for the deceased, including washings and anointings, temple endowments, and marriage sealings.

And just ask the LDS about what it takes to receive and maintain a temple recommend.

I do understand that there are deep consequences if an LDS member resigns or just stops going to their temple, whatever they call it.

Salt Lake City's most popular churches and temples include the Salt Lake City Christian Center, the Salt Lake City LDS Temple, and the Rock Church, while spiritual centers include the Unity Spiritual Community of Salt Lake, the Satya Center, and the Center for Spiritual Living Salt Lake.