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    The Nauvoo Temple was the second temple constructed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The church's first temple was completed in Kirtland...
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    Nauvoo Illinois Temple is the 113th dedicated temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The intent to build the temple was...
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    Nauvoo (/ˈnɔːvuː/ NAW-voo; from the Hebrew: נָאווּ, Modern: Navu, Tiberian: Nâwû, 'they are beautiful') is a small city in Hancock County, Illinois, United...
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    on June 27, 1844. The Nauvoo Temple stood only half finished. Eventually, this temple was finished and dedicated. Some temple ordinances were performed...
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    paraded at ceremonies such as the laying of the cornerstone for the Nauvoo Temple. The Nauvoo Legion was unique among contemporary militias for its chain of...
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    temples in many U.S. states, as well as in many countries across the world. Several temples are at historical sites of the LDS Church, such as Nauvoo...
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  • Christ of Latter Day Saints, and is best known as the architect of the Nauvoo Temple. Weeks was the son of James Weeks, Jr., and Sophronia Fisher and was...
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    scale with the Nauvoo Temple and in subsequent temples built by the LDS Church. As the needs of the church have changed, so has temple architecture—from...
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    and the fourth temple built since the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1846. The temple was closed in December 2019 for a general remodelling and...
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    Mississippi River since 1846, when the original Nauvoo Temple was dedicated. The Washington D.C. Temple is known for its six gold-tipped spires and 18-ft...
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    : 189 : 22  1845 – The Nauvoo endowment ceremony was introduced to the church at large in the Nauvoo Temple. A spacious hall in the temple's attic was arranged...
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    (The first and the third being the Nauvoo Temple and the Nauvoo Illinois Temple). The intent to build the temple was announced during a press conference...
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  • Expanse; see "CQB" (The Expanse) Nauvoo House, boarding house of Joseph Smith in Nauvoo, Illinois Nauvoo Temple, temple constructed by the Church of Jesus...
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    it was the third temple constructed by the church and the first in Utah, following the westward migration of members from Nauvoo, Illinois, after the...
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    Temple. This was the first structure of its kind built by early Latter Day Saints. The Kirtland Temple is different in purpose from the Nauvoo Temple...
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  • rituals occurring in the Kirtland Temple in the mid-1830s, and an elaborate ritual performed in the Nauvoo Temple in the 1840s. The term endowment has...
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  • The history of Nauvoo, Illinois, starts with the Sauk and Meskwaki tribes who frequented the area, on a bend of the Mississippi River in Hancock County...
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    that temple. On the construction of the Nauvoo Temple, Angell served as the superintendent of the joiners. After the dedication of the Nauvoo Temple, Angell...
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    movement and the only one completed in Smith's lifetime, although the Nauvoo Temple was partially complete at the time of his death. The schisms stemming...
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    Israel Barlow (category People from Nauvoo, Illinois)
    Barlow (September 13, 1806 – November 1, 1883) was one of the founders of Nauvoo, Illinois, and a noted early member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
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    "beloved, good, everything nice and desirable." The Nauvoo Temple was the first Latter Day Saint temple to be crowned with a figure of an angel. This angel...
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    1844, when resources were pulled away from the Nauvoo House to concentrate on completion of the Nauvoo Temple. After Smith and his brother Hyrum were killed...
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    members in Nauvoo. He joined the Nauvoo city council in 1841 and oversaw the first baptisms for the dead in the unfinished Nauvoo temple. He joined the...
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    banks of the Mississippi River, renamed the area Nauvoo, Illinois, and began constructing the Nauvoo Temple. The city became the church's new headquarters...
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    Store, in Nauvoo, Illinois, to represent "the interior of a temple as circumstances would permit".: 2  The next day, May 4, he introduced the Nauvoo endowment...
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  • Ordinance room (category Temples (LDS Church))
    temple is discussed in the bible. The first building to have ordinance rooms, designed to conduct the Endowment, was Joseph Smith's store in Nauvoo,...
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    Utah: Deseret News Press, 75) Van Wagoner, Richard S. "Mormon Polyandry in Nauvoo" (PDF). 18. Retrieved 8 January 2017. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires...
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  • of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Nauvoo, Illinois, less than 1,000 feet (300 m) from the Nauvoo Temple. Until recently, the Academy was home to...
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    inverted five-pointed stars in Temple architecture, dating from the Nauvoo Illinois Temple dedicated on 30 April 1846. Other temples decorated with five-pointed...
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