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[[Vicarious Work]] is [[ordinance]] work done on behalf of those who are deceased. Such work is performed in [[Mormon temple|temples]].
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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.
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
* [[Baptism for the Dead]]
 
* [[Baptism for the Dead]]
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* [[Atonement of Jesus Christ]]
  
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[[Category:Beliefs]]

Revision as of 15:10, 7 January 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