063 Temple Q&R with Dr. Richard Bennett

Church History Matters

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Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 14 May 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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What do we know about the purposes and function of the Holy of Holies? And do all temples have one? The word “seal” or “sealing” seems to have multiple meanings. What are those meanings? Also, has the Church’s teachings on wearing garments changed over time? And is there anything doctrinal about the length of garments? Since the garment length has changed in the past to accommodate changes in modern clothing styles, could we expect them to change again as styles continue to change? Furthermore, how do we reconcile examples of clear covenental changes in the endowment ceremony with the common narrative that the covenants don’t change? Today on Church History Matters we sit down with Dr. Richard Bennett, one of the world’s foremost scholars on LDS temple development during the 19th century, to discuss these and other great questions. And, by the way, we apologize in advance for some difficulties with the audio recording of Dr. Bennett. For whatever reason, several times during this interview his audio didn’t record properly and so it was sadly unusable. But we hope you’ll enjoy what we were able to capture from the responses of this great Latter-day Saint scholar. 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	What do we know about the purposes and function of the Holy of Holies?
0:09.4	And do all temples have one?
0:11.4	Also, has the Church's teachings on wearing garments
0:15.0	changed over time?
0:16.6	And is there anything doctrinal about the length of garments?
0:19.8	Since the garment length has changed in the past
0:21.8	to accommodate changes in modern clothing styles,
0:24.6	could we expect them to change again as styles continue to change?
0:28.0	Furthermore, how do we reconcile examples of clear covenantal changes in the endowment ceremony with the common
0:35.3	narrative that the covenants don't change?
0:38.5	Today on Church History Matters, we sit down with Dr. Richard Bennett, one of the world's foremost scholars on
0:44.2	LDS temple development during the 19th century to discuss these and other great
0:48.7	questions. And by the way, we apologize in advance for some difficulties with the audio recording of Dr. Bennett.
0:56.0	For whatever reason, several times during this interview,
1:00.0	his audio didn't record properly, and so it was sadly unusable.
1:04.4	But we hope you'll enjoy what we were able to capture
1:07.2	from the responses of this great Latter-day Saint scholar.
1:10.0	I'm Scott Woodward and my co-host is Casey Griffith's and this is our final episode in this series about the development of Latter-day Saint Temple Worship.
1:22.0	Hello Scott. Hi Casey. It's the end of a series we've really been enjoying today and we have a special
1:30.3	guest with us so this is kind of a wonderful day for us. Yes, a
1:34.7	wonderful way to end a really important series. This has been fun to talk about
1:39.2	temples together and we've been drawing heavily from one particular scholar's research.
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