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| | Endowment (Mormonism) |
 | | Brigham Young once stated that "there are but few, very few of the Elders of Israel, [and members of the church] now on earth, who know the meaning of the word endowment [the primary temple ordinance]. |
 | | This is an endowment room in the Houston, Texas Temple, which was dedicated on the 26 August 2000 |
 | | Heber C. Kimball seemed to support this position, writing that Masonry had "degenerated." [link] John A. Widtsoe said of the similarities, "these similarities, however, do not deal with the basic matters but rather with the mechanism of the ritual". |
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