Something does not add up. I know that this protection is given for I, too, have realized it, as have thousands of others who have remembered their obligations” (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Fielding Smith [2013], 235–36). “Through inspiration, the methods of instruction in the temple experience have changed many times, even in recent history, to help members better understand and live what they learn in the temple. The ceremony is not well known by members, and those who are invited to receive it are not allowed to tell others of their change in status, which I suppose explains why it isn’t much talked about. The endowment helps those who receive it to follow the Savior as they strive for “the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ” (Ephesians 4:13), “relying wholly upon the merits of him who is mighty to save” (2 Nephi 31:19). SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced changes to the temple endowment ceremony Monday. “With a concern for all and a desire to enhance the temple learning experience, recent changes have been authorized to the temple endowment ceremony. That’s a rather bold admission to make, and let’s give credit where it’s due. The term endowment has the most significance to adherents of the Latter Day Saint branch known as Mormonism, including most prominently The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), which practices a form of the Nauvoo endowment. All we have to do now is trust him for that great work. President Joseph Fielding Smith said the following about the value of the endowment in our daily lives: “If we go into the temple we raise our hands and covenant that we will serve the Lord and observe his commandments and keep ourselves unspotted from the world. The “now you know series” on the temple and Masons confirm that it is not ancient origins, so why are they now saying it is ancient origins? But what we forget (and I’m as guilty of forgetting as you are) is that the intended audience for most Church PR is active members of the Church a.k.a. As a woman who had to veil her face during the endowment and was constantly uncomfortable under multiple layers of clothing, I find it very hard to be sympathetic to those for whom wearing a mask in the temple would be uncomfortable, stifling or restrictive. The whole historical (or “ancient”)/contemporary divide really gives the church fits in a number of different contexts. And of course, his productions were presented as revelatory. About my ward’s message about safety measures: on the second week, they announced from the pulpit that folks could remove their masks. Plus in the initiatory, they quote a scripture from Exodus to make that particular ordinance sound like it was the same thing Moses did when he ordained/anointed Aaron as a priest in the temple. It just isn’t true. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced changes to the temple endowment ceremony Monday. There is no direct reference in the statement to Covid-19, but it’s fairly obvious to 99% of us that is what is prompting the changes, whatever they are. Help us continue to equip Christians with knowledge, wisdom, and character. The Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate comments about the Eleusinian mysteries, which the American edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica and other sources in 1837 describe as being revealed by God from the beginning of the world and passed on to worthy initiates through washings and anointings, a new name and garment, vows of non-disclosure, lesser and greater rituals, presentation through drama, an oath of chastity, designation as prophets, priests, and kings, emphasis on attaining godhood, and a heavenly ascent past various guards to whom departed spirits must give magical passwords.” (D. Michael Quinn, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, 626). Saturday Morning Session. The changes come as the Church re-opens temples in four phases due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Nauvoo endowment ceremony, introduced by Joseph Smith and codified by Mormon leader Brigham Young, consisted of symbolic acts and covenants designed to prepare participants to officiate in priesthood ordinances, and to give them … It’s all about maintaining the authority and selection of Joseph Smith as the first prophet of this dispensation. Having believed, we were sealed in Him. In Smith's original endowment ceremony, the gods involved in the creation were called "Elohim, Jehovah, and Michael," but unlike in modern Mormon theology, "Jehovah" was not identified as Jesus. In the LDS Church's modern practices, the endowment ceremony directs new participants to take a number of solemn oaths or covenants such as an oath of consecration to the LDS Church. Again, I don’t believe this paragraph is exclusive to the endowment and we’ve certainly seen changes to symbolic actions in the initiatory. 2) “to help members better understand” is an implication that members didn’t understand things in previous versions. … This protection is what these ceremonies are for, in part. I was going to make a comment, but josh h and Brother Sky already summed up what I was going to say. Most people are familiar with symbolic actions that accompany the making of religious covenants (such as prayer, immersion of an individual at baptism, or holding hands during a marriage ceremony). It teaches about the Creation of the earth, the Fall of Adam and Eve, the plan of redemption through Jesus Christ, and our own journey back to the presence of God. So, “recent changes have been authorized to the temple endowment ceremony.” I guess that’s the big reveal, although the title of the statement gave that away right up top. Seems pretty *reasonable* to me. A man who went through the ceremony described his understanding of it this way: With the second endowment, the conditions are removed as you have already proven your faithfulness and entitlement to the blessings. Onandagus, Thanks for the reference. While I would applaud the admission that temple actions are symbolic (no one explained that to me when I held my thumb to my throat, simulating a knife), they’re still challenged to do so in a direct, forthright way. Maybe the new definition should be hundreds of years old (or at least a couple of centuries old). Similar simple, symbolic actions accompany the making of temple covenants. Second LDS President Brigham Young explained the endowment ceremony this way: “Let me give you a definition in brief. Not all changes in the temple dialogue have been to help the members “better understand.” The one deleting the “church of the devil” was apparently removed at the forceful encouragement of Catholic leaders. “I have heard my father say that in the hour of trial, in the hour of temptation, he would think of the promises, the covenants that he made in the House of the Lord, and they were a protection to him. © 2015 - 2020 The first time I heard Pres Nelson talk about the temple and say “ancient” it make my skin crawl because the way he said it reminded me of: “…which society and the works thereof I know to be good; and they are of ANCIENT date and they have been handed down unto us.” 3N3:9. “Erutheus, who cultivated the plains of Eleusis, instituted the Eleusinian mysteries. We have to know what we’d be participating in, judge ourselves whether it is safe, and judge ourselves whether it is compatible with our values. Rather, we invite Church members to continue to look forward to the day when they may return and fully participate in sacred temple work prayerfully and gratefully. You might want to do more thorough research before making absolute/hyperbole claims. All the more reason to just not mention it in this short statement. Many of the early LDS leaders around Joseph were Freemasons and generally believed that Masonry had ancient origins going back to Solomon’s temple. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Why can’t “it is not meet that I should command in all things” be a good enough reason to make the changes due to health concerns? Any sins committed afterward may render you liable to the buffetings in the flesh, but they will not prevent you from attaining your exaltation. Your endowment is, to receive all those ordinances in the house of the Lord, which are necessary for you, after you have departed this life, to enable you to walk back to the presence of the Father, passing the angels who stand as sentinels, being enabled to give them the key words, the signs and tokens, pertaining to the holy Priesthood, and gain your eternal exaltation in spite of earth and hell.” (Brigham …

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