061 Temple Work Without Temples

Church History Matters

Scripture Central

Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Beginning in 1846, thousands of Latter-day Saints left Nauvoo, Illinois and trekked over one thousand miles west to the Salt Lake Valley. Having, of necessity, abandoned the Nauvoo Temple for which they had worked so hard and sacrificed so much, they were now a temple-centered people without a temple. Now they certainly would go on to build more temples—the first of which was the Saint George Temple, completed in 1877—but how would the saints do temple related work in the meantime? In this episode of Church History Matters, Casey and Scott walk through the unique story of how temple work continued during that 30-year season of no temples, where Church leaders used Ensign Peak, a multi-purpose building called the Council House, a one-of-a-kind building called the Endowment House, and administrative offices for these purposes. We’ll also highlight some important take-aways from Church leaders’ response to the crushing government legislation they faced in the late 1880s forcing the decision between losing all temples or ending the practice of plural marriage. For show notes and transcript for this and other episodes go to https://doctrineandcovenantscentral.org/church-history-matters-podcast/

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Scott from Church History Matters.
0:02.6	This series on Latter-day St. Temple worship is soon coming to an end,
0:06.7	and we want to hear your questions.
0:08.6	In two weeks, we will be pleased to have as our special guest,
0:11.9	Dr. Richard Bennett, to help us respond to your questions
0:14.6	about the development of temple worship. Dr. Bennett has literally written the book on this
0:19.5	topic, and so he's more than ready to respond.
0:22.5	So please send in your thoughtful questions
0:24.8	any time before May 9, 2024,
0:27.5	to podcasts at scripturecentral.org.
0:30.5	As always, let us know your name, where you're from, and try to keep each question as concise as possible when you email them in.
0:37.0	That helps out a lot.
0:38.0	Okay, now on to the episode. beginning in 1846,
0:45.0	1846, thousands of Latter-day Saints left Navu, Illinois
0:51.0	and trekked over 1,000 miles west to the Salt Lake Valley.
0:55.9	Having of necessity, abandoned the Navu temple for which they had worked so hard and sacrificed
1:01.0	so much.
1:02.2	They were now a temple-centered people without a temple.
1:06.5	Now they certainly would go on to build more temples, the first of which would be the
1:10.2	St George temple completed in 1877. But how would they do temple related work in the meantime?
1:17.2	In today's episode of Church History Matters, Casey and I walked through the unique story of how
1:22.0	temple work continued during that 30 year
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