Category: Temple Garments
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LDS Newsroom Video Features Temple Garments
The following was originally printed in the January/February 2015 edition of Mormonism Researched. To request a free subscription, please visit here. Among the many unique aspects of the LDS faith, the peculiarity of the Mormon temple garment has attracted a lot of curiosity as well as ridicule among non LDS members. Known in Mormon circles as the…
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How Do You Like Your Mormon Temple Garments?
The Mormon Church is asking its members to answer an online questionnaire about temple garments in order to assist the Church in “providing for the needs of members worldwide.” The questions focus on things like garment fit, style, and fabric. According to Fox13 News, “[Church] Officials are looking for changes or improvements that could be…
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Mormonism’s Sacred Temple Garments
In a move that has surprised Mormons and critics alike, in mid-October the LDS Church’s Newsroom site posted a video that literally looks at Mormonism’s “Sacred Temple Clothing.” Both temple robes (the outer clothing worn by Mormons during a temple endowment ceremony, known as “the robes of the holy priesthood”), and temple garments (worn by…
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Do Temple Garments Protect the Faithful Mormon?
Do Temple Garments Protect the Faithful Mormon?By Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson In the temple pre-endowment instructions, patrons are told that their obedience to the covenants they are to make, along with their wearing the temple garments, will protect them. They are instructed:
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Garments of the Holy Priesthood (Defined)
Garments of the Holy Priesthood. Sacred underwear worn by faithful temple Mormons which, they are told in the temple, “will be a shield and protection to you against the power of the destroyer until you have finished your work here on earth.” Sewn into the garments are markings that resemble the compass, square, and level of Freemasonry.…
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The Protective Garments of the Holy Priesthood
Do temple garments offer protection to the wearer? Joanna Brooks, a Mormon writing for Religion Dispatches, an online magazine, bemoaned “Bill Maher’s Issues with Mormon Underwear” made by the irreverent comedian on the David Letterman show ([Religious Dispatches, April 27, 2011](http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/joannabrooks/4548/bill_maher’s_issues_with_mormon_underwear)). The topic turned to Mormon presidential candidate Mitt Romney and, according to Ms. Brooks,…
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Sacred Mormon Garments Work Like a Charm
Comedienne Joy Behar recently interviewed Donny & Marie Osmond. They talked very briefly about many subjects, which resulted in virtually nothing being said about anything, with one minor exception. When the questions turned to Mormonism, and specifically to what Ms. Behar referred to as “magic underwear,” Donny and Marie got serious. Ms. Behar said, “Explain…