Mormon Church Shows Scale Model of Inside of Salt Lake Temple

[mark_a]

“More than a century has passed since the public open house was held for the Salt Lake Temple, but an exhibit featuring a 1:32 scaled replica of the Mormon temple opened today that offers an open house experience of the magnificent building. Earlier this morning, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints unveiled the 88-inch tall, near-identical replica of the temple in the South Visitors’ Center on Temple Square. The permanent exhibit will be open to the public starting at 1:30 p.m. today”

newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/scaled-model-provides-salt-lake-temple-open-house-experience#current

Is the Salt Lake Temple sorta like a Mormon Vatican?

 

[dianaiad]

Is the Salt Lake Temple sorta like a Mormon Vatican?

???

No, although the comparison isn’t exact, of course, the church Office buildings, plus Temple Square, plus the Conference Center, would be more like the Vatican, and the Temple would be more like St. Peter’s Basilica.

Pushing it, of course, but…

 

[PA650]

actually if you remember, it was more a matter of practice. when the time for the Eucharist came, the uninitiated did not partake, they waited outside. also there was a time when the priest would turn his back to the congregation, and they would not see or hear what was being done. nothing wrong with this. but some elements of the mass were more secretive at certain points in our history. for exactly the same reasons. they are and were sacred then as now. peace

The position of ad orientem was not conducted because the consecration was to be a “secret” practice the laity were not suppose to witness. At least in the Latin Rite of the Church. Therefore, perhaps the following piece will shed some light regarding this ancient liturgical practice:
newliturgicalmovement.org/2009/08/bishop-slattery-on-ad-orientem-and-its.html

 

[SirThomasMore]

Excuse me, Timothy, but given that we have public open houses for all our Temples, and invite EVERYBODY in to see them before they are dedicated, and given that one can see pictures of the inside of our Temples on the official church website, may I humbly ask where you got the idea that the 'contents of that building were supposed to be secret?"

Not the contents…the blood oath ceremonies

 

[SirThomasMore]

the temple in boisie idaho is spectacular too!

I was disappointed in Boise, Dallas, Chicago and Guatemala. They are pretty, yes, but when those were built, they used a cookie-cutter approach and they all have the same design. They gave that up later and went back to the old appraoch of different designs.

 

[SirThomasMore]

Great. Now, you just talk about those secre…I mean sacred Endowment Ceremonies.

People of all faiths are invited to any Catholic ceremony.

dianaiad says it all in “We don’t want to expose them to …debate.”

the ceremonies are sometimes pretty, often cruel, and tend to get a little dull. When you give all your secret handshakes and get to go thru the veil into the celestrial room, it is a very beautiful and peaceful room

 

[SirThomasMore]

actually if you remember, it was more a matter of practice. when the time for the Eucharist came, the uninitiated did not partake, they waited outside. also there was a time when the priest would turn his back to the congregation, and they would not see or hear what was being done. nothing wrong with this. but some elements of the mass were more secretive at certain points in our history. for exactly the same reasons. they are and were sacred then as now. peace

Actually, the Priest did not turn his back to be secretive, but to face the altar and God. It was said in Latin, and was printed so people could read and follow along. You can still go to Latin Masses where it is done that same way. Since the Priest quotes the Bible, there is not much secret about it

 

[SirThomasMore]

Is the Salt Lake Temple sorta like a Mormon Vatican?

nooooo…the SLC Temple is just a temple. It is where secret LDS ceremonies take place, including baptisms for the dead, sealings, and the endowments where you take blood oaths

 

[PaulDupre]

nooooo…the SLC Temple is just a temple. It is where secret LDS ceremonies take place, including baptisms for the dead, sealings, and the endowments where you take blood oaths

Actually the blood oaths and death penalties were removed around 1990, when the endowment could first be found on the world wide web. I left the LDS org in 1986, so all my temple experience was pre-1990. We mimed the throat-slitting, disembowelment, etc and swore to accept those penalties rather than reveal the secret handshakes, passwords and penalties. The only-slightly-veiled implication was that we would suffer those penalties at the hands of the church (otherwise, why would they be called “penalties” rather than “martyrdoms”?).

The open-house at the temple means nothing, because the LDS know that you cannot divine the wacky goings-on in the temple from merely walking through it. That’s because there is no imagery or other visual cues in the temple that would give any clue about the content of the ordinances. Now if they would allow visitors to witness a re-enactment of the endowment (especially one of the many pre-1990 versions), that would be educational. Of course, none of those visitors would ever allow the missionaries into their homes after such a re-enactment. The LDS know that, and that is why they keep it secret…er…sacred.

Here is a description of the Masonic origins of the endowment. All LDS should read it to prepare for the endowment.

My secret temple name is Cornelius.

Paul

 

[PaulDupre]

Actually, the Priest did not turn his back to be secretive, but to face the altar and God. It was said in Latin, and was printed so people could read and follow along. You can still go to Latin Masses where it is done that same way. Since the Priest quotes the Bible, there is not much secret about it

That’s right, the priest and the congregation were all supposed to face the altar together.

 

[SirThomasMore]

Actually the blood oaths and death penalties were removed around 1990, when the endowment could first be found on the world wide web. I left the LDS org in 1986, so all my temple experience was pre-1990. We mimed the throat-slitting, disembowelment, etc and swore to accept those penalties rather than reveal the secret handshakes, passwords and penalties. The only-slightly-veiled implication was that we would suffer those penalties at the hands of the church (otherwise, why would they be called “penalties” rather than “martyrdoms”?).

The open-house at the temple means nothing, because the LDS know that you cannot divine the wacky goings-on in the temple from merely walking through it. That’s because there is no imagery or other visual cues in the temple that would give any clue about the content of the ordinances. Now if they would allow visitors to witness a re-enactment of the endowment (especially one of the many pre-1990 versions), that would be educational. Of course, none of those visitors would ever allow the missionaries into their homes after such a re-enactment. The LDS know that, and that is why they keep it secret…er…sacred.

Here is a description of the Masonic origins of the endowment. All LDS should read it to prepare for the endowment.

My secret temple name is Cornelius.

Paul

My last temple endowment weas in 1989. I had read where they made some changes ie. no longer a Catholic Priest (or other clergy) as the tool of Satan, women no longer had to pledge obedience to their husbands, and some other things. I have not been in a temple since, so I am not sure if the changes were actually implemented, or if they were just reported. I know I did the throat slitting and disembowelment many times in my temple visits.