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The Louisville Kentucky Temple is the 76th operating temple of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]].  
 
The Louisville Kentucky Temple is the 76th operating temple of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]].  
  
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Early Saints in Kentucky knew they would face persecution for joining the Mormon Church but they felt it worth the sacrifice like John Lowe Butler who said, "I saw the sacrifice I had to make in losing my good name and also what little property I had that it would go if I joined these Mormons, but then it was the truth that we had heard and the Elders were sent of God to preach the true and everlasting Gospel. What could I do? I had promised the Lord that I would serve and obey him and even lay down my life for the Gospel sake if necessary, and what was my property against my life, why nothing at all."1
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Most of the early members in Kentucky, when the Mormon Church was still young, went [[Westward Migration|west]] with the body of the Saints and the Mormon Church had little growth in the state until after World War II. Since then membership has grown and in 2000 there were 23,000 members, enough to have a Mormon temple built in the state.
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Most of the members in Kentucky went west with the Saints and the Mormon Church had little growth in the state until after World War II. Since then membership has grown and in 2000 there were 23,000 members, enough to have a Mormon temple built in the state. Now members do not have to worry about sacrificing their property just their time while serving in the temple.  
 
  
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During the groundbreaking services for the Louisville Kentucky temple Elder Carmack quoted Hugh Nibley in saying, "that ordinances create order from chaos, and that like an observatory, the temple helps one get a bearing on the universe." 2 Within the reverent peaceful atmosphere of Mormon temples members can realize their place in the world and commune with God.
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President [[Thomas S. Monson]], of the [[First Presidency]] of the Church, dedicated the Louisville Kentucky Temple on 19 March 2000.  The dedication was held after a weeklong open house where the public was invited to tour the sacred building and learn more about the eternal purpose of Mormon temples.  
  
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Hugh Nibley also explains that in Mormon temples Mormons are taught by symbols and examples. The "temple represents the principle of order in chaos, it also represents the foothold, you might say, of righteousness in a wicked world."3
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During the dedicatory prayer President Monson, referring to the temple, said, "May it be a house of peace, a house of worship, a house of faith, and a house of prayer. May the ordinances performed herein, eternal in their nature, affect for everlasting good the lives of all who participate, whether they be working in their own behalf, or in behalf of the dead. May all who enter the portals of this house do so with clean hands and pure hearts, having left behind the stress and the worries of the world, to come within these walls and here experience the quiet beauty of Thy Holy Spirit." [1]
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In Mormon temples members learn how Satan tempted Adam and Eve and gained influence over the hearts of men. Then the "foundation for that order of existence which God intends his children to have here" is laid out, the base of which is family. Covenants are made where members promise to live moral lives and serve the Lord. The blessings promised are based upon the "degree [members] live up to the principles and laws of the temple… The temple is there to call us back to our senses, to tell us where our real existence lies, to save us from ourselves."4
 
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Members of the Mormon Church believe that the saving ordinances of the temple are necessary to save mankind and allow them to return to live with God. It is also within temples that families can be sealed together forever, so that after death the family relationship continues.
 
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President Thomas S. Monson, of the First Presidency of the Church, dedicated the Louisville Kentucky temple on 19 March 2000.  The dedication was held after a weeklong open house where the public was invited to tour the sacred building and learn more about the eternal purpose of Mormon temples.
 
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The Louisville Kentucky temple has the same design as the other small temples being built around the world and consists of 10,700 square feet. The exterior is made of white marble quarried in Vermont and has a single-spire topped with a gold statue of the angel Moroni.
 
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During the dedicatory prayer President Monson referring to the temple said, "May it be a house of peace, a house of worship, a house of faith, and a house of prayer. May the ordinances performed herein, eternal in their nature, affect for everlasting good the lives of all who participate, whether they be working in their own behalf, or in behalf of the dead. May all who enter the portals of this house do so with clean hands and pure hearts, having left behind the stress and the worries of the world, to come within these walls and here experience the quiet beauty of Thy Holy Spirit." 5
 
  
 
The Louisville Kentucky temple has the same design as the other small temples being built around the world. The exterior is made of white marble quarried in Vermont and has a single-spire topped with a gold statue of the [[angel Moroni]]. It has a total floor area of 10,700 square feet, two ordinance rooms, and two sealing rooms.
 
The Louisville Kentucky temple has the same design as the other small temples being built around the world. The exterior is made of white marble quarried in Vermont and has a single-spire topped with a gold statue of the [[angel Moroni]]. It has a total floor area of 10,700 square feet, two ordinance rooms, and two sealing rooms.
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
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(1) History of the Church in Kentucky. Public to Tour New Temple in Louisville Kentucky. Newsroom.lds.org. http://www.lds.org/newsroom/showpackage/0,15367,3899-1---3-212,00.html
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# "Dedicatory prayer excerpt: 'Bless the youth in this temple district,'" Church News 25 Mar. 2000, 25 Jun. 2005  
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(2) Church News, 5 June 1999
 
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(3) Temple and Cosmos, volume 12 in The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and FARMS, 1992), 1–41.
 
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(4) Temple and Cosmos.
 
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(5) "Dedicatory prayer excerpt: 'Bless the youth in this temple district,'" Church News 25 Mar. 2000, 25 Jun. 2005  
 
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 12:10, 11 May 2006

The Louisville Kentucky Temple is the 76th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Most of the early members in Kentucky, when the Mormon Church was still young, went west with the body of the Saints and the Mormon Church had little growth in the state until after World War II. Since then membership has grown and in 2000 there were 23,000 members, enough to have a Mormon temple built in the state.

President Thomas S. Monson, of the First Presidency of the Church, dedicated the Louisville Kentucky Temple on 19 March 2000. The dedication was held after a weeklong open house where the public was invited to tour the sacred building and learn more about the eternal purpose of Mormon temples.

During the dedicatory prayer President Monson, referring to the temple, said, "May it be a house of peace, a house of worship, a house of faith, and a house of prayer. May the ordinances performed herein, eternal in their nature, affect for everlasting good the lives of all who participate, whether they be working in their own behalf, or in behalf of the dead. May all who enter the portals of this house do so with clean hands and pure hearts, having left behind the stress and the worries of the world, to come within these walls and here experience the quiet beauty of Thy Holy Spirit." [1]

The Louisville Kentucky temple has the same design as the other small temples being built around the world. The exterior is made of white marble quarried in Vermont and has a single-spire topped with a gold statue of the angel Moroni. It has a total floor area of 10,700 square feet, two ordinance rooms, and two sealing rooms.

Notes

  1. "Dedicatory prayer excerpt: 'Bless the youth in this temple district,'" Church News 25 Mar. 2000, 25 Jun. 2005

See also

External links

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