Description

Well-documented study of the development of LDS temple rituals and their relationship to Masonry.

Table of Contents

Chapter

1. Prelude to the Endowment
2. The Kirtland Ceremony
3. Jospeh Smith's Ritual
4. Brigham Young's Revisions
5. Developements In Nineteenth-Century Utah
6. The Twentieth-Century Temple

Conclusion

Appendix 1: The December 1845 Meetings of the Holy Order
Appendix 2: Published Descriptions of the Temple Ceremony