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'''Vicarious Work''' is [[ordinance]] work done on behalf of those who are deceased.  
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[[Vicarious Work]] is work done on behalf of or in place of another person. Mormons do vicarious [[ordinance]] work for their dead ancestors in [[Mormon temple|temples]]. More significantly, the [[Atonement of Jesus Christ]] was also a vicarious act.
  
 
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* [[Baptism for the Dead]]
 
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* [[Atonement of Jesus Christ]]
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[[en:Obra Vicaria]]
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[[ru:Храмовая работа, совершаемая за умерших]]

Latest revision as of 23:18, 24 April 2009

Vicarious Work is work done on behalf of or in place of another person. Mormons do vicarious ordinance work for their dead ancestors in temples. More significantly, the Atonement of Jesus Christ was also a vicarious act.

See Also