Washing and anointing
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Washing and anointing is a Latter-day Saint practice of ritual purification. It is a key part of the temple endowment ceremony as well as the Second Anointing ceremony practiced by the Church of Jesus
Abraham Bloemaert, Ritual Washing of the Israelites, 1606, NGA 56692
Jesus washing Peter's feet. Painted by Ford Madox Brown.
Temple (LDS Church)
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In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a temple is a building dedicated to be a House of the Lord. Temples are considered by church members to be the most sacred structures on earth.
Washing and anointing
…anointings in the Kirtland Temple in 1836, before revising the rituals in Nauvoo, Illinois in 1842. The modern LDS Church only performs these rites in temples set apart and dedicated for sacred purposes according to a January 19, 1841 revelation that Joseph Smith stated was from Jesus Christ. Washing and…
The Helsinki Finland Temple in the Karakallio district in Espoo, Finland
The Frankfurt Germany Temple
The Logan Utah Temple
The spires of the Salt Lake Temple at night