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| − | Where did 19th-Century Latter-day Saints believe that Freemasonry came from? | |
| − | *Didn't Latter-day Saint leaders claim that the temple endowment was the "true" form of the masonic ritual originating with the Temple of Solomon?
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| − | It was a common 19th century belief of both Mormons and Masons that Masonry had it origins in the Temple of Solomon. A few Masons cling to this view even today. An opinion not, it turns out, supported by the historical evidence but it was only an opinion. When studying the relationship between Mormonism and the fraternal order known as Freemasonry it is important to acknowledge and understand the perspective expressed by nineteenth century Latter-day Saints. Below are seven examples of what some Mormons thought about where the rites and teachings of the Masons came from (some of these people were also Masons). Notice that some of these quotes purport to reflect the view of the Prophet Joseph Smith on this subject.
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| − | *'''Willard Richards (16 March 1842)''': “Masonry had its origin in the Priesthood. A hint to the wise is sufficient.” <ref>Letter, 7–25 March 1842, Willard Richards to Levi Richards, published in Joseph Grant Stevenson, ed., ''Richards Family History'' (Provo, UT: Stevenson’s Genealogical Center, 1991), 3:90.</ref>
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| − | *'''Heber C. Kimball (17 June 1842)''': “There is a similarity of priesthood in Masonry. Brother Joseph [Smith] says Masonry was taken from priesthood.” <ref>Stanley B. Kimball, ''Heber C. Kimball: Mormon Patriarch and Pioneer'' (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1981), 85.</ref>
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| − | *'''Benjamin F. Johnson (1843)''': Joseph Smith “told me Freemasonry, as at present, was the apostate endowments, as sectarian religion was the apostate religion.” <ref>Benjamin F. Johnson, ''My Life’s Review'' (Heber City, UT: Archive Publishers, 2001), 113.</ref>
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| − | *'''Joseph Fielding (December 1843)''': The LDS temple ordinances are “the true origin of Masonry.” <ref>''Brigham Young University Studies'', vol. 19, no. 2, Winter 1979, 145; hereafter cited as ''BYUS''.</ref>
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| − | *'''Saints in Salt Lake City (1849–50)''': “Masonry was originally of the church, and one of its favored institutions, to advance the members in their spiritual functions. It had become perverted from its designs.” <ref>John W. Gunnison, ''The Mormons, or Latter-day Saints, in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake'' (Philadelphia: Lippincott and Company, 1856), 59.</ref>
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| − | *'''Heber C. Kimball (9 November 1858)''': “The Masonry of today is received from the apostasy. . . . They have now and then a thing that is correct, but we have the real thing.” <ref>''BYUS'', vol. 15, no. 4, Summer 1975, 458.</ref>
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| − | *'''Church Authorities (1842–1873)''': “The Mormon leaders have always asserted that Free-Masonry was a . . . degenerate representation of the order of the true priesthood.” <ref>Thomas B. H. Stenhouse, ''The Rocky Mountain Saints'' (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1873), 698.</ref>
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