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The mysteries of godliness : a history of Mormon temple worship

1994

Format:	Book
Author:	Buerger, David John, 1955-
Title:	The mysteries of godliness : a history of Mormon temple worship / by David John Buerger.
Publisher, Date:	San Francisco : Smith Research Associates ; Salt Lake City, Utah : Distributed by Signature Books, 1994.
Description:	ix, 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary:	Drawn from authentic sources, David Buerger's study succeeds as the first scholarly history of LDS temple worship in print. From its humble beginnings in Ohio where members practiced Old Testament-like ceremonies to the adoption and transformation of Masonic ritual in Illinois to recent modifications which suggest a concern for "political correctness," perhaps no aspect of Mormonism reveals the dynamics of continuing revelation as completely as the evolution of temple worship. - Jacket.
Subjects:	Temple endowments (Latter Day Saint churches) -- History. Latter Day Saint temples -- History.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:	Prelude to the endowment -- The Kirtland ceremony -- Joseph Smith's ritual -- Brigham Young's revisions -- Developments in nineteenth-century Utah -- The twentieth-century temple -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 : The December 1845 meetings of the Holy Order -- Appendix 2 : Published transcriptions of the temple ceremony.
LCCN:	94037828
ISBN:	9781560850427 1560851767 9781560851769 1560850426
Other Number:	31408260
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Control Number:	9581
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Call Number:	289.3 Buerger

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