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    22 November 2019. "The Nauvoo Temple: Destruction and Rebirth". history.churchofjesuschrist.org. Why so many new Mormon temples when LDS growth is flat...
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    gathering in Nauvoo, Illinois. During the conflict, 22 people were killed (three Mormons and one non-Mormon at Battle of Crooked Creek, one Mormon prisoner...
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    church since its founding, and the fourth operating temple built following the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois. Beginning in 1963, two visitors' centers...
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    not remain in Nauvoo, Illinois—which the church had recently purchased, improved, renamed, and developed, because of the Missouri Mormon War, setting off...
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    The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, first published in 1830 by Joseph Smith as The Book of Mormon: An Account Written...
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  • Freemasons and joined the Masonic Lodge in Nauvoo, Illinois. Soon after joining Freemasonry, Smith introduced the temple endowment ceremony including a number...
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  • and economic power of the Mormon community, concentrated in the city of Nauvoo. As the Mormon population expanded, non-Mormons in Hancock County, especially...
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    except at a certain part in the ceremony, and the receipt of the temple garment, which Mormons then are expected to wear under their clothing day and night...
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    West, Missouri 1838 Mormon War Thomas B. Marsh Liberty Jail History of Nauvoo, Illinois Nauvoo Temple University of Nauvoo Nauvoo Legion Second anointing...
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    were founding members of a lodge in Nauvoo, Illinois in March 1842. There are some similarities between Mormon temple worship and symbolism and the stories...
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