Salt Lake Temple
40 46'13 "N 111 53'30" W / 40.77028, -111.89167
| Temple in Salt Lake City | |
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| Contact | Not specified ( Find this place ) |
| Country |  United States |
| Region |  Utah |
| City | Salt Lake City |
| Worship | Mormon |
| Type | Temple |
| Construction begins | 1853 |
| Work Completed | 1893 |
| Style (s) dominating (s) | Gothic Revival |
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The Salt Lake Temple is the central building of Temple Square in Salt Lake City , Utah , is the largest (over 130 worldwide) and most famous temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Saints days. It is the sixth temple built by the church and the fourth temple built in function since the exodus of the Mormon pioneers from Nauvoo, Illinois to the valley of Great Salt Lake.
The temple evokes the Temple of Solomon and is oriented toward Jerusalem. The large basin used as a baptismal font is mounted on the backs of twelve oxen as the bronze sea in the Temple of Solomon Construction and Dedication Four days after their arrival in the Great American Desert in 1847, the valley of Great Salt Lake , the Mormon pioneers began to build a new temple that lasted nearly 40 years, the Salt Lake Temple whose location has was appointed July 28, 1847 by Brigham Young , second president of the Church. He then appoints the architect Truman O. Angell as designer of the building, but nevertheless sent him to Europe so that it can study the great cathedrals and religious structures of the Renaissance. The temple site was dedicated February 14, 1853. Brigham Young laid the first stone at a ceremony on April 6 this year. The sandstone was originally used for foundations. During the war of Utah, the foundations were buried to make it look like a plowed field to avoid attracting the attention of federal troops. After the tension had decreased in 1858 and resumed work on the temple, it was discovered that many of the foundation stones were cracked, making them unusable. The sandstone defective was replaced by quartz monzonite (having the appearance of granite ) from Little Cottonwood Canyon , located 32 km south-east of the temple. These stones were first transported by oxen, and after completing the first transcontinental railroad in 1869, by the train at a much faster rate. The keystone was laid April 6, 1892 through an electric motor and a switch operated personally by Wilford Woodruff , fourth President of the Church, completing the work on the temple from outside. At the ceremony, President Woodruff suggested that the building will be completed within one year, allowing the temple to be dedicated forty years after its inception. John R. Winder oversaw the completion of the procedure prescribed in schedule, he served as a member of the temple presidency until his death in 1910. President Woodruff dedicated the temple April 6, 1893, exactly forty years after the cornerstone had been laid. The official name of the Temple in Salt Lake is also unique. In the early 2000s, such as building temples accelerated dramatically, the Church announced a naming convention for all current and future temples. For temples located in the United States and Canada , the temple's name is usually that of the city in which it is located, followed by the name of the state or province (no comma). For the temples outside the United States and Canada, the name of the temple is usually the name of the city (see above), followed by the name of the country. However, for reasons on which the Church did not elaborate (perhaps because of the historical significance and worldwide importance of the temple), the Salt Lake Temple is the exception to this new rule, and thus avoided being renamed the Salt Lake City, Utah Temple The building of the temple has six arrows, suggesting the Gothic and other classical styles but remains unique, distinctive and symbolic. It has four rooms and twelve successive orders sealing rooms. The walls of the Temple in Salt Lake is nine feet (2.4 m) thick at the base and six feet (1.83 m) thick at the top. It was the first temple adorned at the top of the imposing statue of the angel Moroni created by the Paris-trained sculptor Cyrus E. Dallin. Previously, the Nauvoo Temple endured a weather vane depicting a flying angel. The installation of other statues will continue thereafter on almost all temples from this scheme. The angel Moroni is a messenger for the restoration of the gospel and a herald of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ "the Son of man cometh, and he shall send his angels before him with a loud trumpet, and gather his elect from the four corners of the earth "(JS-M 1:37). The Salt Lake Temple is characterized by successive styles of murals in the four rooms of orders, excluding room Terrestrial and celestial room, which are decorated in Renaissance French. This is the ornamentation of the temple's most symbolic of all the temples built, surpassing the spiritual motives of the Nauvoo Temple. The towers of the temple east and west are the priesthood of Melchizedek and the priesthood of Aaron , as the chairs of the East and West 'Assembly Hall' in Kirtland and Nauvoo. Other symbols were added to the towers. The towers of the faade represent the First Presidency of the Church, the highest office of the Melchizedek Priesthood. The west towers represent the Presiding Bishopric, the highest office of the priesthood of Aaron. There are twelve pinnacles on each tower, pinnacles is representing the Office of the Twelve Apostles , and pinnacles west representing the Grand Council. The walls surrounding the temple symbolize the separation from the world and protection of holy orders from the outside world. At the base of each buttress is a land of stone, representing the Earth, "the footstool of God." The land itself is in a state telestial, but will move toward a state land, and finally, with the advent of the millennium finally receive his heavenly glory at the end of a thousand years. Moon stone is located directly above the land of stone. Each moon stone is represented in a different phase. The evolution of the moon represents the stages of human progression from birth, life, death and resurrection. It also represents the journey from darkness to full light of Christ. Above the stone is the moon stone suns, representing the heavenly glory. Two clouds are engraved stone in the center of the tower, with rays of light descended. The original plan included a stone white and one black, with trumpets down. The parallel of this symbolism is found in the Old Testament. Once enshrined in the temples of ancient Israel, they were filled with the cloud of the Lord. " At Mount Sinai , the children of Israel saw this cloud in both dark and light accompanied by the sound of a trumpet. Various rock stars adorn the temple. Six pointed stars represent the stars in the sky. Five stars represent the stars of the morning , compared to the "son of God" in Scripture. The five large stars represent the vertical power of the priesthood and the five smaller stars represent the vertical saving power of the priesthood for those who honor Him. West central tower has a representation of the constellation of Ursa Major. It is the means used by travelers for thousands of years to find the North Star. This symbolizes the aim of the temple showing the way to God. At the center of each tower is a handshake identifier 'right hand as a sign of communion', quoted in Galatians 2:9. In Jeremiah 31:32, the Lord uses to describe the alliance of the handshake as an act of worship in the heart of the temple. At the center of each of these towers is carved 'God's eye sees everything', which represents God's ability to see and know all things The holy of holies is the name given to the high part of the Salt Lake Temple in which between the President of the Church, acting as President of the High Priesthood, high priest in Israel in direct relationship with God the Father, according Interpretation of Latter-day Saints from the Book of Exodus. Therefore, the Holy of Holies in the Salt Lake Temple is related to the sanctuary of the Tabernacle and the Temple of Jerusalem. Although there are no guided tours inside the temple (because it is considered sacred by the church and its members, a recommendation is needed), the temple grounds are open to the public and are a popular tourist attraction. Because of its proximity to the headquarters of the Church and its historical significance, it is frequented by many Latter-day Saints many parts of the world. The Salt Lake Temple is the venue's weekly First Presidency and Quorum of Twelve Apostles. To this end, there are meeting rooms in the Salt Lake Temple, including the Holy of Holies , not found in other temples. The Sacraments in the Salt Lake Temple are the same as in all temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. James E. Talmage (The House of the Lord, Salt Lake City, 1912) and Boyd K. Packer (The Holy Temple, Bookcraft, Salt Lake City, 1980), Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, have each in their writings mentioned various sacraments or ordinances of the temple. There is mention of the following sacraments: There is mention of the temple ordinances and practices also in the Scriptures (see Doctrine and Covenants 88:137-141; 124:37-39). The temple ordinances are divided into four categories that result in four different sessions in which the Latter-day Saints found eligible can participate: To define what is done to the temple, another apostle of the Church, Robert D. Hales said: The temple is the best university that man has ever owned to acquire knowledge and wisdom about the creation of the world. Ablution and unction tell us who we are and the endowment gives us instructions on how we should conduct our lives in mortal ... The ceremony of the endowment is a gift, which consists of a series of instructions on how we should live, and alliances that we live in righteousness by following our Savior 
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