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It is common to point out similarities between Masonic and LDS temple ritual. This may give uninformed readers the impression that vast amounts of the LDS ceremony and the Masonic ritual are the same or show clear evidence of borrowing. If we consider the many areas of Masonic ritual with no analogue in LDS temple ritual, it becomes obvious that this is not the case. | It is common to point out similarities between Masonic and LDS temple ritual. This may give uninformed readers the impression that vast amounts of the LDS ceremony and the Masonic ritual are the same or show clear evidence of borrowing. If we consider the many areas of Masonic ritual with no analogue in LDS temple ritual, it becomes obvious that this is not the case. | ||
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Important note: Members of FAIR take their temple covenants seriously. We consider the temple teachings to be sacred, and will not discuss their specifics in a public forum.
It is common to point out similarities between Masonic and LDS temple ritual. This may give uninformed readers the impression that vast amounts of the LDS ceremony and the Masonic ritual are the same or show clear evidence of borrowing. If we consider the many areas of Masonic ritual with no analogue in LDS temple ritual, it becomes obvious that this is not the case.
Researcher Matthew B. Brown offers the following list of elements found in Masonic ritual (as Joseph Smith and his contemporaries would have experienced it) that have no analogue to LDS temple worship:[1]
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To see citations to the critical sources for these claims, [[../CriticalSources|click here]]
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