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From: pages!bwebster@uunet.uu.net (Bruce F. Webster)
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Subject: Re: Mormon temples
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Date: 14 May 93 06:10:13 GMT
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In article <May.11.02.38.41.1993.28297@athos.rutgers.edu>  
mserv@mozart.cc.iup.edu (Mail Server) writes:
> I don't necessarily object to the secrecy but I do question it, since I see  
no 
> Biblical reason why any aspect of Christian worship should involve secrecy.  
> But I am interested in your claim that early Christian practices "parallel" 
> Mormon temple ceremonies.  Could you give an example?  Also, why do they only 
> parallel Mormon ceremonies?  Why don't Mormon ceremonies restore the original 
> Christian practices?  Wasn't that the whole point of Joseph Smith's stated 
> mission?
> 

I'd recommend reading _Mormonism and Early Christianity_ by Hugh Nibley,  
particularly the articles on Christ's forty-day (post-resurrection) mission,  
baptism for the dead, early Christian prayer circles, and temples (2 articles).  
..bruce..

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