What are Mormons allowed to discuss about the temple, when not inside the temple?
score:12
Accepted answer
From lds.org:
What can I say to others about my experience in the temple?
You can talk about what the interior of the temple looks like, and you can freely share the feelings you have in the temple. However, temple covenants and ordinances, including the words used, are too sacred to be discussed in detail outside the temple. By avoiding discussion of these sacred things outside the temple, we protect them from mocking, ridicule, or disrespect. Do not be casual when talking about your experiences in the temple.
For much more on the topic of temples, what is sacred, and how to treat sacred topics with respect, see the special edition of the Ensign magazine, October 2010 issue. For pictures, try a PDF copy of the issue.
In particular, see The Holy Temple by President Boyd K. Packer. He says:
The ordinances and ceremonies of the temple are simple. They are beautiful. They are sacred. They are kept confidential lest they be given to those who are unprepared. Curiosity is not a preparation. Deep interest itself is not a preparation. Preparation for the ordinances includes preliminary steps: faith, repentance, baptism, confirmation, worthiness, a maturity and dignity worthy of one who comes invited as a guest into the house of the Lord.
More post
- 📝 What kind of Elijah did the Jews expect?
- 📝 Under What Conditions Can a Priest Validly Refuse to Absolve Sins?
- 📝 What is the meaning of "excellent things" in Proverbs 22:20
- 📝 How does the Catholic Church justify discouraging romantic freedoms of h*m*sexuals?
- 📝 What are the present conditions (or restrictions) regarding professing Christians in Hong Kong?
- 📝 Is the Solar System Described in a Psalm?
- 📝 Is there an argument that God, as a self-proving entity, is necessary for logic?
- 📝 What is the simplest, clearest interpretation of the English text of the Authorized Version on Romans 9:5?
- 📝 If both the Orthodox and Catholic Church affirm salvation by grace through faith, why did the Protestant Reformation happen?
- 📝 Why were Pseudo-Dionysius's works accepted as authentic for so long?
- 📝 Why should we pray if God knows everything?
- 📝 What is the Biblical basis the for Immutable Nature of God?
- 📝 What exactly is Peter's connection to Rome according to Catholic dogma?
- 📝 Is the “Dome of the Rock” the “Abomination of Desolation” spoken of by the prophet Daniel?
- 📝 Why in the Reformed tradition the 7 spiritual gifts mentioned in Isaiah 11:1-3 are no longer taught?
- 📝 According to non-Pentecostal Protestants, what are concrete practical ways by which Christians can be filled (and stay filled) with the Holy Spirit?
- 📝 Why did Mary ask Jesus to make wine at the Wedding at Cana
- 📝 According to Reformed Theologians, when did the kingdom of God arrive?
- 📝 What arguments are there that, by him who is Logos, life was not - immediately and purposefully - created on earth?
- 📝 Should the "angel of the abyss" be capitalized?
- 📝 According to Catholicism who was the Pope that immediately followed Peter?
- 📝 Efforts and motivation on sanctification
- 📝 How can Dietrich Bonhoeffer's inclusion of non-Christians be explained theologically?
- 📝 Does the Bible itself give us clues about which parts to interpret literally and which figuratively?
- 📝 Who consecrated Scipione Rebiba?
- 📝 Persecution of Jewish people by Christians in Middle Ages?
- 📝 How do the Catholic and LDS views of what a prophet is differ?
- 📝 According to the Catholic Church, is Jesus a man, or does He rather have a human nature without being a man?
- 📝 Is there any Denomination which think that the "serpent" at the beginning of his existence in Eden is not a bad being?
- 📝 Mere Christianity Book IV Chapter 9 ("Counting the cost") : George MacDonald References
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 What are Mormons allowed to discuss about the temple, when not inside the temple?
- 📝 What does the Bible say about this question- Why do Jesus and God have two seats in heaven when they are the same God?
- 📝 When talking about the Trinity, what does "persons" mean?
- 📝 What evidence do we have today about Christian groups not represented at the first four ecumenical councils?
- 📝 What are the main differences between Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses?
- 📝 God created male and female.... What about those who do not fit in the box?
- 📝 What is the source of the story about the melted gold in the destroyed temple in 70 AD?
- 📝 What do Catholics mean when they talk about the Real Presence in the Eucharist?
- 📝 What should be a Christian's attitude when his prayers are not answered?
- 📝 What does "the saints are not keepers of the law, but legislators" mean?
- 📝 What actions does the LDS church (Mormon) take when a member does not pay tithing?
- 📝 To what are the scriptures referring when they speak of the books of the "chronicles of the kings"?
- 📝 What misconceptions about the LDS church are a product of Mark Hofmann's forgeries?
- 📝 What is the rationale for forbidding priests to marry in traditions where already-married men are allowed to become priests?
- 📝 According to churches which teach Believer's Baptism, what are the consequences of not being baptized with water?
- 📝 What do Lutherans mean when they talk about the Real Presence in the Eucharist?
- 📝 If most of the Jehovah's Witnesses today are not a part of the 144,000, then what exactly are they?
- 📝 What are the differences between Mormonism and Islam, and how do Mormons react to comparisons with it?
- 📝 For Catholics who have expressed concern about Pope Francis and are wary of his pontificate, what are the key issues?
- 📝 What is the biblical basis for the belief that people do not go to heaven or hell immediately when they die?
- 📝 What is the biblical basis that people who are attracted to the same sex were not created by God that way?
- 📝 What are the biblical arguments that the Bible canon is NOT closed?
- 📝 What do Orthodox Christians mean when they talk about the Real Presence in the Eucharist?
- 📝 What defined a "clean" animal prior to the flood when mankind did not eat meat?
- 📝 Why are we given details about what the descendants of Cain did? Is there special significance to these details?
- 📝 Is there consensus between Christian commentators about how Jesus came to be atop the temple when being tempted by Satan in the wilderness?
- 📝 What is the Catholic biblical or canon basis saying some moral works without grace (transient or permanent) are good (or not have the nature of sin)?
- 📝 What does the Nicene Creed mean when it says that the Father and the Son are of the same substance?
- 📝 What are the main reasons of EOC for why the Protoevangelium of James was not to be included in the canon?
- 📝 According to the Catholic Church, what is to become of a family when the married couple discovers they are brother and sister?
