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  Salt Lake Temple - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is the sixth temple built by the church overall, and the fourth operating temple built since the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois.
Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, the location for the temple was first marked by Brigham Young, the church's president and prophet at the time, on July 28, 1847, just four days after arriving in the Salt Lake Valley.
The Salt Lake Temple also is the location of the weekly meetings of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
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 Salt Lake City, Utah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Salt Lake City's population, as determined by the 2000 Census, was 181,743.
Winter weather is moderated by the Great Salt Lake to the northwest of the city and the Rocky Mountains to the north and east of the state, which serve as barriers to frigid arctic air.
Salt Lake City is the primary jumping-off point for exploring the national parks and monuments and rugged terrain of the southern half of the state.
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 Utah History Encyclopedia
The Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle was built between 1864 and 1867 on the west center-line axis of the temple.
The entrance to the temple is from the Chapel Annex to the north.
This is an indication of the traditional and symbolic importance of the Salt Lake Temple to the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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 Salt Lake Temple - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Salt Lake Temple is the fourth completed (of more than 100) and best-known temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Groundbreaking ceremonies were presided by Brigham Young, the church's president and prophet at the time, who laid the cornerstone; construction officially began on April 6 of that year.
The Salt Lake Temple is the centerpiece of the 10 acre (40,000 m²) Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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 Encyclopedia: Salt Lake Temple   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Jump to: navigation, search The Salt Lake City temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the largest attraction in the citys Temple Square.
Salt Lake Valley is a valley in north-central Utah located in Salt Lake County.
Quarrying granite for the Mormon Temple, Utah Territory.
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 Salt Lake City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Salt Lake City and County Building on State Street coming into the city.
Salt Lake City Utah, founded by Brigham Young and a group of heroic pioneers, home of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon Church), future site of the 2002 Winter Olympics, and located in the high desert Great Basin region between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California.
Temple Square is where the Salt Lake Temple is located.
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 Mormon Temple by Sword of the Spirit Apologetics
The architect for the Salt Lake Temple was Truman Angell, construction supervisor for the Kirtland Temple and Brigham Young's brother-in-law.
A "temple recommend" which is signed by the candidate's bishop, is required by each participant before entering the temple or participating in the ceremonies involved.
Temple "endowments," marriages, "sealings," and proxy "baptisms for the dead" are all part of the temple mystery.
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 About Salt Lake City.
Salt Lake City is the international headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly known as the Mormon Church.
Salt Lake City lies high above sea level in a mountain valley flanked by the Wasatch Range to the east and the Oquirrh Mountains to the southwest.
Salt Lake County is governed by a county mayor elected to a four-year term and a nine-member county council.
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 The Salt Lake Temple   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Salt Lake Temple is the most recognized symbol of the Church.
With its annex, offices and additions the Salt Lake Temple is the largest in the Church.
The Salt Lake Temple serves stakes in part of Salt Lake and Summit counties, Utah.
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 Endowment Houses
temple ordinances may be administered, outside of the temple itself.
Before the Nauvoo Temple was completed, the large upper room of Joseph Smith's red-brick store building in Nauvoo, Illinois, was used to confer the first temple ordinances on a few leaders of the Church on May 4, 1842, and then on their wives.
In the meantime, the upper floor of the Council House, Salt Lake City's first public building, served 2,222 members of the Church as their Endowment house between February 21, 1851, and May 5, 1855.
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 Temple Square Virtual Travel in 839 images
Temple Square is the world headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, commonly known as the Mormons.
The Salt Lake Temple was finished in 1880 and then the Assembly Hall, a 2,000 seat hall was built where the Old Tabernacle used to be.
In 2000 the church bought one block of Main Street separating it from Temple Square and replaced it with underground parking and the new West Church Plaza on the surface.
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 Salt Lake Temple -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Salt Lake Temple is the fourth completed (of more than 100) and best-known (Place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity) temple of (Click link for more info and facts about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Located in (Click link for more info and facts about Salt Lake City, Utah) Salt Lake City, Utah, the temple site was dedicated on February 14, 1853.
Groundbreaking ceremonies were presided by (United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877)) Brigham Young, the church's president and prophet at the time, who laid the cornerstone; construction officially began on April 6 of that year.
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 Salt Lake City's Temple Square - Go Utah Travel Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Temple Square is the the most popular attraction in the state with several million annual visitors.
In the immediate vicinity of Temple Square are numerous other attractions which may be of interest, especially to those of the Mormon faith.
At the corner of South Temple and State Street is the Beehive House, the large, attractive former home of Brigham Young.
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 Driving Tour: Salt Lake Valley @ nationalgeographic.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This drive begins in Salt Lake City and ends in Provo and the recreational wonderland just east, where trout-fishing canyons and quiet farming valleys notch into national forests.
Dictated to a scribe by church founder Joseph Smith, it is the fundamental scripture of the Latter-day Saints.
Salt Lake City was only seven years old when Brigham Young moved his first wife and their six children into Beehive House (67 E. South Temple St.
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 Skyline Inn - Salt Lake City Attractions — Salt Lake City Hotel near Utah Ski Resorts
Temple Square is home to the historic Salt Lake Temple, the Tabernacle (home to the world-renown Mormon Tabernacle Choir), the Assembly Hall, and numerous monuments, fountains, and statues.
Temple Square is the most visited attraction in the entire state of Utah and is well worth your time.
Temple Square is a 10 acre plot of ground that draws millions of people from all over the world each year.
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 deseretnews.com | New temple to rise in Salt Lake Valley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Jordan River Temple, at 10200 South and 1300 West in South Jordan, was dedicated in November 1981, nearly 100 years after its predecessor in downtown Salt Lake City, and has since become one of the most heavily used of the faith's 119 operating temples.
Eleven temples now cover the state from Logan to St. George, and both the Bountiful and Mt. Timpanogos temples are within a 30-minute drive of the Salt Lake Valley.
President Hinckley also announced plans Saturday for a new temple in Twin Falls, Idaho, to serve the "thousands of members who live between Idaho Falls and Boise." Idaho has the third-largest LDS membership of any state, outranked only by California — where the ground for the Sacramento Temple was recently broken — and Utah.
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 AllRefer.com - Salt Lake City, United States (U.S. Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
c.4,330 ft (1,320 m), state capital and seat of Salt Lake co., N central Utah, on the Jordan River and near the Great Salt Lake, at the foot of the Wasatch Range; inc. 1851.
The prominence of the gigantic Temple (built 1853–93) on Temple Square at the city's heart reflects the Mormon nature of Salt Lake City; nearby are the Mormon Tabernacle (opened 1867) and Conference Center (opened 2000).
After 1849, Salt Lake City was a supply point for overland travel to California and was connected with the first transcontinental railroad by a line built (1869–70) by Brigham Young to Ogden.
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 Photograph: Salt Lake Temple
This Salt Lake Valley landmark took 40 years to build.
A few days after the first pioneer company of Latter-day Saints entered the Salt Lake Valley, President Brigham Young struck the ground with his walking stick and proclaimed, “Here we will build the temple of our God.” Ground was broken on 14 February 1853.
The temple was completed and dedicated 40 years later on 6 April 1893.
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 Meridian Magazine : : Church Update: New Salt Lake Valley Temple Announced
SALT LAKE CITY — During his opening remarks Saturday at the first session of the 175th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Gordon B. Hinckley announced that a new temple will be built in the western part of the Salt Lake Valley.
This new temple will be the fourth in the Salt Lake area and the thirteenth in Utah.
Temple services bind families together forever, teach the purpose of life and explain God’s plan of salvation.
www.meridianmagazine.com /churchupdate/051003temple.html   (250 words)

  
 SLC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This is the small church (assembly hall) which was built with left over materials from the larger Salt Lake Temple.
There were nice views of Salt Lake City to be seen, including the state capitol building and this red mansion.
The woodwork on the rostrum is cherry veneer, all from a single cherry tree from the east coast.
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 Information about U.S. FDC: 10¢ Salt Lake Temple Postal Card: Historic Preservation Series   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Six years later, the cornerstone of the Salt Lake Temple was laid in a breathtaking spot personally chosen by Brigham Young.
Although the Temple defies a single architectural classification, it achieves a uniquely impressive beauty in perfect harmony with the surrounding granite hills.
The Salt Lake Temple is appropriately commemorated on this postal card, the fourth in the Historic Preservation Series.
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 Salt Lake Temple Square - Hotels - compare prices, reviews and buy at NexTag - Price - Review
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 Sunset: Temple Square throws the switch - Christmas lights on the Salt Lake Temple and Temple Square, Salt Lake City, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Temple Square throws the switch - Christmas lights on the Salt Lake Temple and Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah
For most of the year, Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City is synonymous with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's Sunday morning broadcasts.
Atop the 100-year-old Temple, closed to all but the Mormon faithful, a gold leaf Angel Moroni seemingly blows his horn in cadence with the music wafting from below.
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 Pentagram: Satanic Symbol on Salt Lake Temple?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hanks demonstrating that the Bible calls the Tabernacle a temple and a House of the Lord, (1 Samuel 1:7, 9, 24; 3:3.
So for the Salt Lake Temple to have a pentagram is in line with the idea of the number 5, as a symbol to be on and directly, intimately involved in the very measurements of Israel’s ancient Tabernacle in the wilderness.
That these ideas are also on the Salt Lake Temple, is indeed remarkably insightful of the early Saints of the Salt Lake Valley.
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 Salt Lake City - Salt Lake City Utah Attractions
Salt Lake City - Salt Lake City Utah Attractions
There are plenty of attractions to keep your family busy while in Salt Lake City.
• Several important buildings to the Mormon culture are located on the square, including the Salt Lake Temple, the Tabernacle building with its magnificent pipe organ, and the Assembly Hall where concerts are held throughout the year.
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 Salt Lake Temple Photo
This unusual glass negative of Temple Square was recently found while cleaning out a grandmother's basement in a small Utah town.
Measuring 53 by 16 3/4 inches, it is the largest known photograph of Temple Square of the time period.
It shows a panoramic view of the Salt Lake Temple, the Tabernacle, the Assembly Hall, and the grounds as they were around 1896.
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 moon phases Salt Lake Temple online resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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 City Tour: Salt Lake City Historic Sites @ nationalgeographic.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
An image of the Salt Lake City Temple at night.
In 1847 pilgrims led by Brigham Young trekked west from a Mormon colony in Illinois, finding in Utah's fertile Salt Lake Valley a haven from religious persecution.
An image of the copper dome and statue of Utah's state capital building in Salt Lake City.
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