temple clothing , also known as clothing , clothing of the sacred priesthood , or pants in Mormon by the followers of the Latter-day Saint movement after they took part in the endowment ceremony. The garments are worn day and night and are needed for every adult who previously participated in the endowment ceremony to enter the temple. The lingerie is seen as a symbolic reminder of the covenant made in the ceremonies in the temple and is seen as a symbolic and/or literal source of the evil of the world.
Garments are provided as part of the washing and anointing part of the endowment. Today, temple wear is worn mainly by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and by members of some Mormon fundamentalist churches. Adherents regard them as sacred and unsuitable for public display. Anti-Mormon activists sometimes openly display or destroy temple clothing to advance their opposition to the LDS church.
Temple clothing is sometimes mocked as "magical in underwear" by non-Mormon, but Mormon views this terminology to mislead and offend.
Video Temple garment
Destination
According to the LDS Church, temple clothing serves a number of purposes. First, the garment gives members a "constant reminder" of the covenants they make in the temple. Second, clothing "when worn properly... provides protection against temptation and evil". Wearing clothes is also "an outward expression of the inner commitment" to follow Jesus Christ. General Authority Carlos E. Asay added that clothing "strengthens the wearer to resist temptation, fend off evil influences, and stand firm for the right."
The nature of protection that is believed to be given by temple clothing is unclear and varies between adherents. Researchers interviewing samples of Latter-day Saints who wear temple clothing report that almost all users express the belief that wearing such clothing provides "spiritual protection" and encourages them to keep their covenants. Some of those interviewed "confirmed that garments also provide physical protection, while others seem to be unsure of any physical aspects of protection." In Mormon folklore, stories are told of Latter-day Saints who praise their temple clothing by helping them survive car accidents, fires, and natural disasters.
By 2015, the LDS Church released an online video explanation showing photographs of temple clothes and clothing used in temple worship. The video states that "there is nothing magical or mystical about the temple clothing."
Maps Temple garment
Purity among members
For members of the LDS Church, the temple dress symbolizes the sacred and personal aspect of their relationship with God. President of the Church Joseph F. Smith taught that the clothes should be held as "the most sacred of all things in the world, in addition to their own virtue, in addition to the purity of their own lives." For this reason, most church members feel uncomfortable discussing garments in the usual or impolite way. Some church leaders have compared the clothing to clothing clothing worn by other church pastors. Church leaders have publicly discussed the above principles and beliefs in general since the mid-1840s. Many Latter-day Saints see the garments associated with temple rites as sacred. Some church members criticize garment sales on online auction sites.
The origin and evolution of the garment
The first garment described in the 1840s was a one-piece underwear that extended to the ankles and wrists, resembling a union's suit, with open crotch and collar. Made of unbleached cotton and combined with double knot ties. Most of the clothes are made by themselves.
Garment markings
The original garment has four markings cut into the fabric as part of the original Nauvoo rescue ceremony. These signs are an inverted L-shaped symbol on the right breast, a V-shaped symbol on the left chest, and a horizontal mark on the navel and above the right knee. These pieces are then replaced by embroidered symbols.
According to Mormon doctrine, the mark in clothing is a sacred symbol. Thus, the V-shaped symbol on the left breast is called "The Compasses," while the L-shaped symbol on the right breast is referred to by the early church leaders as "The Square".
According to the description of LDS Church president John Taylor in 1883, "Square" represents "the justice and justice of our Heavenly Father, that we will receive all the benefits that come to us or all we get, on the square agreement", and "Compass "represents" North Star ". In addition to Square and Compass, Taylor describes other symbols as follows: the collar represents the idea that "the yoke is easy and its light weight", or "The Crown of the Priesthood"; Double bonding lines symbolize the "Trinity" and "marriage agreement"; the navel marks symbolize "the strength of the navel and the bone marrow"; and the knee sign represents "that every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is the Christ".
In 1926, the Apostolic Zionist David O. McKay offered an updated account which was later incorporated into the church's celestial ceremony. According to McKay's account, "the sign of the Compass" represents "an endless path that leads to eternal life, a constant reminder that desire, taste, and desire must be preserved within the boundaries that God has set, and that all truth may be limited to one great overall "; "sign of the Square" represents "precision and honor" in obeying God's commandments and covenants; the navel symbol represents "the need for constant food for body and spirit"; and "knee mark" symbolizes "that every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is the Christ." Unlike Taylor, McKay did not describe the symbolism of collars or rope bonds because the garment elements had been removed in 1922.
Cloth color
In 1893, the church declared an official preference for white clothing, which has since become a standard color, with the exception of military clothing. Military members can purchase desert sand-colored clothing and can send any color-coded military shirts to churches for the addition of customary symbolic signs.
Design
For decades after its introduction in the 1840s, the original 19th-century union style was accepted in the Mormon doctrine as irreversible. In 1906, LDS Church president Joseph F. Smith was characterized as a "grave sin" of every effort, in the name of a change in fashion trends, to modify the pattern of 1840s garments, characterized as "sacred, unchanged, and unchanged from patterns in where God gave them. "However, while the original pattern of garments is still used by some Mormon fundamentalists, the LDS Church has renewed its original pattern, which the fundamentalists have criticized.
In 1923, a letter from LDS Church president Heber J. Grant to stake and temple presidents, stated that after careful and prayerful considerations the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the LDS Church have unanimously decided that certain modifications will allowed for clothing: the arm can end at the elbow; feet can be shortened to just below the knee; and buttons can be used instead of strings. The collar is removed and the crotch is closed. Another change was made after 1923 that shortened the arms and legs further and removed the buttons.
In the 1930s, the LDS Church built Beehive Clothing Mills, which was responsible for producing and selling clothing. This leads to a more standard design. During this time women's clothing is a one-piece design that ends just above the knee and has a cap-arm. In the 1970s, the first two-piece garment became available and Mormon generally accepted the changes. Today, clothing is made in both styles with a variety of different fabrics. The feminine style is sold with a round neckline or a sweet neckline with a hat sleeve. The sweet neckline usually follows the bra line, which is usually worn over the clothes. There are also two styles of neckline for men.
Blessed church members can buy clothes through church distribution centers around the world, by mail, and online. They are sold at a price that is considered close to cost. To purchase temple clothing, members must receive their temple sediments. To buy clothes online, they must provide their membership record number. Blessed members can find their membership record numbers based on their temple recommendations or by getting a copy of their Individual Ordinance Summary.
Until late 1977, church members were instructed that they could make their own clothes with the approval of their local leaders. In 2010, the official documentation of the church institution policy known as Handbook 2: Managing the Church states that, both temple attire and clothing in general, only handmade temple aprons, and then using " Embroidery aprons and approved sewing equipment available through Church Distribution Services. "
LDS Church teachings
In the Church Handbook , leaders are instructed to tell their members to wear day and night clothes, and that they should not change them. In temple recommend interviews, members are asked whether they wear "day and night" clothes according to the covenant made in the temple, although the temple ordinances simply state that "you must wear [clothing] throughout your life." Members are told that they should not remove some or any part of the garment to participate in activities that can "reasonably do with properly worn under garments", such as "work on the page". If necessary, the garment may be temporarily removed, but the members are notified that after the activity "they must return it as soon as possible." Swimming is given as an example of activity that would justify the removal of the garment.
Garment users are also instructed that they should not adjust the clothes or wear them in a way that will accommodate the use of what the church considers to be impolite attire. This includes revealing areas of the body that are usually covered by clothing, such as the shoulders and lower thighs. Members are instructed to keep the clothes clean and repaired and refrain from displaying them or exposing them to the views of others who may not understand the meaning. Before disposing of old clothing, the members are asked to cut the mark on them. Once the mark is removed, "the fabric is not considered sacred" and the garment cloth can be cut and thrown away or used for other purposes.
Use in protest
Some opponents of the church have used common occasions, such as biennial church conferences, to mock and parody garment clothing. During the LDS LDS General Conference in October 2003, several anti-Mormon demonstrators outside the LDS Conference Center reported spat on and stepped on clothes because of those attending the conference. A protester blew his nose into the clothes he wore around his neck. A fight broke out between a protester and two church members who tried to take clothes from him. To avoid a repeat of the conflict, the city government of Salt Lake City plans to adopt stronger words of fighting and hate speech for the April 2004 conference in Salt Lake City with a new protest buffer zone.
See also
- Cilice
- Christian concealment
- Hijab
- Kachchhera
- Kasaya (clothing)
- Masonic Rituals and Symbolism
- Cloak of the Temple
- Tichel
- Tzniut
- Vest
- Yajnopavitam
References
Note
Bibliography
External links
- "Mormon Clothing or Clothing" (MormonStudies.net) - an explanation of Mormon temple clothing.
- Mormon Clothing (MormonWiki.com) - articles on temple wear.
- Mormon Clothing (LDSChurchTemples.com) - Information on how clothing deals with temple worship.
- Holy Temple Clothes (YouTube) - Video published by LDS Church in 2014 shows and portrays temple wear.
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