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Sunday, March 22, 2009

LDS Temples Worldwide

Facts About LDS Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Temple Firsts
  1. Through the dedication of the Salt Lake Temple, all temples had been built in the same state (or territory) as Church Headquarters: Ohio, Illinois, and Utah. The Laie Hawaii Temple was the first temple "brought to the people."

  2. The Cardston Alberta Temple was the first temple constructed outside of the United States (its states and territories).

  3. The Bern Switzerland Temple was the first temple constructed in Europe.

  4. The Hamilton New Zealand Temple was the first temple constructed in the Southern Hemisphere.

  5. The São Paulo Brazil Temple was the first temple constructed in South America.

  6. The Tokyo Japan Temple was the first temple constructed in Asia.

  7. The Johannesburg South Africa Temple was the first temple constructed in Africa.

  8. The first temple to be built in a nation under Communist rule was the Freiberg Germany Temple.

  9. The Ogden Utah Temple was the first temple dedicated in the state of Utah. (Utah gained statehood on January 4, 1896. Four temples—including the Salt Lake Temple—had already been dedicated in Utah Territory.)

  10. The Mesa Arizona Temple was the first temple to present ordinances in a language other than English. The ordinances were administered in Spanish in 1945.

  11. The Bern Switzerland Temple was the first temple to not have English as its predominant language.

  12. Endowments for the dead were performed for the first time in the St. George Utah Temple.

  13. The first temple constructed with the idea of using a film rather than live acting to present the endowment was the Bern Switzerland Temple.

  14. The first completed "smaller-and-remote-area" temple of the Church as conceived by President Gordon B. Hinckley was the Monticello Utah Temple.

  15. The Vernal Utah Temple was the first temple to be converted from an existing building.

  16. The Cardston Alberta Temple was the first for which the First Presidency invited architects to submit their original designs. (All previous designs had been received by direct revelation.)

  17. Elder Boyd K. Packer dedicated the Regina Saskatchewan Temple—the first 20th century temple to be dedicated by an apostle who was not a member of the First Presidency.

  18. The St. Paul Minnesota Temple was the first temple dedicated in the year 2000.

  19. On November 14, 1999, the Halifax Nova Scotia Temple and Regina Saskatchewan Temple became the first two temples dedicated on the same day.

  20. The Logan Utah Temple was the first temple built with a progressive room scheme for presentation of the endowment.

1 comment:

  1. wheeww! what a great info..thanks for sharing tCes....I really like the structure of the Mormon temple in Utah...:)

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