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	Endowment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Financial endowment; relating to funds or property donated to institutions or individuals.
		Endowment mortgage; a mortgage to be repaid by an endowment policy.
		Endowment policy; a life assurance policy designed to build a capital sum at a pre-determined date.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Endowment (175 words)

	LDS Endowment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In Masonry, the apron is of white leather and represents the apron worn by a stonemason; in the endowment, the apron represents the fig-leaf aprons worn by Adam and Eve.
		The endowment is more firmly grounded in scriptural narrative than Masonry is. While Masonry refers to the building of Solomon's temple, as described in the Bible, the ritual drama that forms the heart of the Master Mason degree (the murder of Hiram Abiff) is legendary, not biblical.
		By contrast, the endowment was administered, almost from its beginning, to women as well as to men, in keeping with Joseph Smith's new doctrine that celestial marriage was required to attain the highest degree of exaltation.
	home.earthlink.net /~ldsendowment/masonry.html (2670 words)

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		The temple Endowment is primarily a vehicle to present knowlege to the Saints.
		The endowment and the temple work as revealed by the Lord to the Prophet Joseph Smith fall clearly into four distinct parts: The preparatory ordinances; the giving of instruction by lectures and representations; covenants; and, finally, tests of knowledge.
		The Temple Endowment, as administered in modern temples, comprises instruction relating to the significance and sequence of past dispensations, and the importance of the present as the greatest and grandest era in human history.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Parthenon/2671/ECLDSEn.html (1336 words)

	The Watchman Expositor: Mormon Temple Ritual Changes
		While the press have interviewed some Mormons who are greeting the revisions with joy, Watchman Fellowship has received several reports of other Mormons who are not at all happy with the changes.
		Mormon Church member Ross Peterson, co-editor of Dialogue, an independent Mormon journal, said the changes are "a breath of fresh air....
		Mormons believe that their 42 temples world-wide represent a "restoration" of the practices of Biblical times.
	www.watchman.org /lds/changeld.htm (988 words)

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		While it is well-known that Mormons are given a “union-suit-like” white garment during the endowment and Mormons wear it continuously under other clothes and are buried in it, there is another Masonic connection.
		Mormons who are also Masons usually may have a bias toward one or the other of their affiliations and are sworn not to reveal details of either of their affiliations.
		The Endowment Ceremony of the Mormon Church is a ritual.
	www.masonicbuilders.org /Article_MormonMason.htm (8979 words)

	Mormonism Research Ministry - Articles - The LDS Temple Ceremony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mormon temples are used for baptisms for the dead and what is known as "endowment ceremonies" for both the living and the dead.
		Mormon Apostle Bruce McConkie explained the endowment ceremony as "certain special, spiritual blessings given worthy and faithful saints in the temples...because in and through them the recipients are endowed with power from on high" (Mormon Doctrine, pg.
		In Mormonism, Lucifer is one of the literal sons of Elohim as is Jehovah and Michael (Adam).
	www.mrm.org /multimedia/text/temple-ceremony.html (2907 words)

	LDS Temple Endowment Homepage
		Mormons believe that the spirits of the dead have the same personalities and tendencies as when they were living.
		Apostle James E. Talmage explains, "The temple endowment, as administered in modern temples, comprises instruction relating to the significance and sequence of past dispensations, and the importance of the present as the greatest and grandest era in human history.
		During the endowment participants are encouraged to view Adam and Eve as representatives of the human race.
	www.lds-mormon.com /veilworker/endowment.shtml (1399 words)

	Mormon Temples
		The mormon temple is the primal central holy place dedicated to the worship of God and the perfecting of his covenant people.
		Mormon temples are also a place where members can perform baptisms for the dead.
		Once a mormon temple is dedicated, ceremonies in the temple are only for members of the Church who have a current identification card, called a temple recommend.
	www.lightplanet.com /mormons/temples (907 words)

	How does one explain similarities between Masonic and temple ritual?
		Further, whole parts of the endowment, what are known as the washing and anointing, predate Joseph's introduction to Freemasonry's rituals and have no connection to any of the rituals which Joseph would have known from Freemasonry.
		Indeed, the Rigdonite branch (a splinter group from early Mormonism that followed the leadership of Sidney Rigdon) continues to practice only the portions of the endowment which were given in Kirtland.
		The simple fact is that no one ever received their endowment in a Masonic lodge and no one has ever been made a Mason in an LDS temple.
	www.fairlds.org /Misc/Similarities_between_Masonic_and_Mormon_Temple_Ritual.html (1529 words)

	Mormonism - Theopedia
		Mormonism, also known as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is a religion with membership of 12,275,822 as of December 31, 2004, with 6.7 million residing outside the United States.
		Among other things, Mormons deny the unique nature of God that makes him distinctly worthy of worship, the design of salvation by grace through faith apart from works, and the purpose of the universe (to glorify the one God).
		That is because the Mormon identity, or "glue", is primarily the culture and not doctrine or theology.
	www.theopedia.com /Mormonism (1153 words)

	Gospel Link
		After receiving his or her personal Endowment, a Church member is encouraged to return often to re-experience the same ordinances on behalf of persons who have died without receiving them.
		Endowments for the dead were inaugurated there in January of that year, enabling the Saints to perform these important rites as proxies on behalf of their forebears.
		As the number of endowments for the dead increased, the basic design of temples was modified to accommodate the ordinance.
	ldsfaq.byu.edu /emmain.asp?number=187 (9275 words)

	Mormonism Research Ministry - Articles - Masonic Influence in the Endowment Ceremony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Signs, grips, oaths, and tokens used in Mormonism are so similar that one can't escape the suspicion Smith "borrowed" these Masonic practices, especially since he became a Mason on March 15, 1842 (Documentary History of the Church 4:550-551).
		Mormon Apostle Heber C. Kimball, himself a Mason, saw a parallel between the endowment and Masonry.
		He wrote, "There is absolutely no question in my mind that the Mormon ceremony which came to be known as the Endowment, introduced by Joseph Smith to Mormon Masons initially, just a little over one month after he became a Mason, had an immediate inspiration from Masonry" (No Help For the Widow's Son, 1980, pg.
	www.mrm.org /multimedia/text/masonic-influence.html (581 words)

	øBook Review
		His belief that Hyde correctly portrayed the Endowment was confirmed by his recollection of the earlier tract, so he freely used Hyde’s text to prove his point that the secret Endowment ceremony enslaves the soul to serve Mormon leaders in strict obedience.
		Even though today’s Mormonism has abandoned the murder of apostates, the Adam-god doctrine, and polygamy, the underlying foundation upon which these corruptions were built still remains in Mormonism, that is, new revelation that supplants the Bible.
		Today’s Mormon missionaries go to the doors of the world with a message that “we are Christians” and “we believe in the Bible.” In reality, they hold the Bible as an inferior work to the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price, and current church leadership.
	www.utahgospelmission.org /Docs/Mormonism/Secret.htm (1865 words)

	Mormon Temple Endowment - 1931 Version (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Mormon 1931 Temple Endowment Ceremonies Forward The Temple ritual as it is here given, while true to the spirit, action and phrasing of the Endowment Service, is of course a condensation as the service is at least three hours long.
		For a woman the sacred under garment, a white skirt and blouse, the robe and girdle, a white cloth, cap or hood, a part of which may be used as a veil, the cloth moccasins and the fig leaf apron.
		One of the Mormon thrill masters calls it "an ecstasy of delicate and luxurious color." The endowees fill their eyes with its splendor, preen their feathers before its great mirrors, or rest from the excitement of their hours of initiation on its richly furnished chairs and lounges.
	packham.n4m.org /endow31.htm (5155 words)

	Mormon Endowment and Masonry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mormons that only participated in post 1990 ceremonies may not recognize the five points of fellowship and penalty signs.
		The Mormon endowment has four tokens (two for the Aaronic Priesthood and two for the Melchizedek Priesthood), the first three of which correspond in several respects to the three Masonic degrees.
		Lastly, the Masonic elements in the Mormon endowment were much more pronounced at its inception, and many have been deleted as the ceremony has undergone periodic revisions.
	www.helpingmormons.org /masendow.htm (8139 words)

	A Close Look at Mormonism
		Most Mormons will not learn that Jospeh drank beer and wine on numerous occassions, or that he obtained a liquor license from the City of Nauvoo.
		Nor, will most Mormons be taught about his polyandrous relationships with married women, or his violation of Illinois State law and the Doctrine and Covenants in his practice of polygamy.
		Many Mormons are completely unaware of the Masonic similarities to the LDS Endowment.
	mormonismi.info /jamesdavid (688 words)

	INVESTIGATING MORMONISM
		Mormonism began in 1820 when a teen-aged boy in western New York named Joseph Smith was spurred by a Christian revival where he lived to pray to God for guidance as to which church was true.
		Although Mormons claim that God is guiding the LDS church through its president (who has the title "prophet, seer and revelator"), the successive "prophets" have repeatedly either led the church into undertakings that were dismal failures or failed to see approaching disaster.
		The role of the Mormon woman is to be a wife and mother and to obey and honor her priest husband (or father).
	www.exmormon.org /tract2.htm (7128 words)

	MORMON CENTRAL - JOSEPH SMITH - LDS TEMPLES - BOOK OF MORMON - MORMONISM
		This enables them to enter any temple for their own personal endowment or to go through the ceremony in behalf of a deceased individual.
		The endowment is an initiation into the highest order of the priesthoods of the church.
		In the dialogue the wording is repeated a number of times as the commands, reports and obligations are expressed in the drama of the endowment.
	www.xmission.com /~research/central/temple4a.htm (705 words)

	Occultic, Magic and Masonic Influence in Early Mormonism
		By drawing only on authorized descriptions of the endowment by LDS leaders, I believe it is possible to see within historical context how the Mormon endowment reflected the ancient and occult mysteries far closer than Freemasonry (Early Mormonism and the Magic World View, p.
		Therefore, what similarities may exist between Freemasonry and Mormonism seem more appropriately to be regarded as superficial, whereas the ancient occult mysteries and the Mormon endowment manifest both philosophical and structural kinship.
		This former Mormon husband and wife research/publishing team are well-known for their carefully documented critiques of Mormonism.
	www.irr.org /mit/masonry.html (2292 words)

	The Mormon Curtain - MORMON TEMPLES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Utah Mormons used to call these "ceremonial" or "session" garments, but they were actually the garments worn by all endowed members, at all times, prior to the modification made by Heber J. Grant in the 1930's.
		Also, part of the endowment at that time, now removed, was a "preacher" coming out at a certain point, who represented the "teachings of men, mingled with scripture." The preacher was a buffoonish character who proceeded to give a clownish and mocking rendition of the Christian doctrine of the Trinity.
		In a film version of the endowment used in the same era, the preacher was played by Spencer J. Palmer, a professor at BYU and later a friend and colleague of mine.
	www.mormoncurtain.com /topic_temples.html (8029 words)

	The Mormon Curtain - MORMON TEMPLE CHANGES
		But yeah, mormons don't like to acknowledge the changes, and also seem to want to forget that those death penalties and the awkward five points of fellowship at the veil were ever part of the ritual, so it's not uncommon to see them deny it all.
		You MIL feels that she is being completely honest when she says the endowment has not changed because she believes it when she is told that the stuff taken out wasn't really part of the endowment but simply extra stuff that helped people learn the endowment.
		The last time the Mormon Church made changes to its secret temple ritual in 1990, it eliminated some "penalties" for revealing temple secrets that had temple patrons acting our their own disembowelment and the slitting of their throats.
	www.mormoncurtain.com /topic_templechanges.html (8752 words)

	Stories of Others Who Have Left Mormonism
		You are instructed early on in the endowment that you can withdrawal rather than go through the ceremony.
		I saw one explanation at the time claiming that he told others that he was restoring the corrupted portions of the endowment that had been lost and that the masons traced their ceremonies all the way back to the Temple of Solomon.
		I started doing some research into the temple endowment and the Book of Abraham--my two biggest problems with the Mormon church at the time.
	www.exmormon.org /whylft7.htm (1063 words)

	Was Masonry Derived from Mormonism? - SHIELDS
		Freemasonry was the apostate endowment, as sectarian religion was the apostate religion.
		Indeed, most recent scholars are content to point out superficial resemblances between the Mormon Endowment and the rites of Free-masonry, while entirely ignoring the fact that the Endowment far more closely resembles the ancient rites of the Church than it does Freemasonry, or than Freemasonry resembles the ancient rites of the Church.
		His conception of the Endowment in fact corresponds far more closely to the Temple-allegories of the early Church Fathers than it does to Masonic ritual, save for the all-important and central encounter with the resurrected Savior, which indeed had a history all of its own, long before the Masons began to imitate it.
	shields-research.org /General/Masonry.html (8542 words)

	The Watcher: New Covenant Ministries for Mormons - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Joseph Smith - Nephilim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Regarded by Mormons as the "one and only true church upon the face of the earth" and by anti-Mormons as a deliberate fraud by its founder, Joseph Smith, the debate as to which, if either, truth claim is the correct one has tended to generate more smoke than fire.
		When he finally came across a Mormon break-off group claiming even more dramatic experiences than Joseph Smith and possession of the Sealed Portion of the Book of Mormon, he thought he had found the ultimate and truest expression of the Restoration Movement.
		Learn how one of Mormonism's key historical events - the Kirtland Temple Endowment - when important characters from Biblical times supposedly manifested themselves in the company of hundreds of angels to allegedly hand over keys of legalistic authority to Joseph Smith, was in fact a drunken party.
	www.nccg.org /LDS-Page.html (778 words)

	WHAT'S GOING ON IN HERE? An excerpt from a booklet on the practices that take place in the Mormon Temple Ceremonies ...
		TheÂ tapeÂ recording of the Mormon Temple EndowmentÂ fromÂ which thisÂ bookletÂ was transcribed was recorded inÂ theÂ LosÂ Angeles MormonÂ Temple.Â The recording was made using a personalÂ pocket size tape recorder carried by one of the patrons during Endowment presentation.
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	endowment - OneLook Dictionary Search
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	Helping Mormons Reach Perfection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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		Helping Mormons Reach Perfection is making these materials available in our efforts to advance the truth and understanding of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, their belief system and history.
		We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law.
	www.helpingmormons.org (977 words)

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