
FAIR is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing well-documented answers to criticisms of the doctrine, practice, and history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Latter-day Saints believe that the Temple endowment is an eternal ordinance that Joseph Smith received by revelation from God. Why, then, have changes been made to it several times since it was first revealed?
As pessoas as vezes confundem a ordenança da investidura com a apresentação da investidura. A apresentação tem sofrido muitas mudanças desde o tempo de Joseph Smith, visto que é ajustada para se adequar às necessidades de membros modernos em contínua mudança.
Joseph Smith restaurou a ordenança da investidura, mas o método de apresentação da ordenança é adaptado para se adequar às necessidades de cada época. Não haveria nenhuma lógica em haver contínua revelação, que é uma ideia fundamental de nossa fé, se não temos a permissão de evoluir e se adequar às necessidades. There would be no point in having continuing revelation, a founding idea of our faith, if we are not permitted to advance and meet new needs. God’s directives and how He deals with His people may vary according to His people’s understanding and needs. God doesn’t tell everyone to build an ark and wait for a flood. Changes sometimes occur as a result of God dealing with His children according to their changing circumstances.
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