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==Question: Do modern Mormon temple rituals have analogues in early Christian practice?==
===Joseph Smith was indeed inspired to restore something genuinely Christian and genuinely ancient===

Latter-day Saint temple ritual, though it has some points of contact with nineteenth century ideas, also seems to have selected precisely those elements with analogues in early Christian practice, suggesting that Joseph Smith was indeed inspired to restore something genuinely Christian and genuinely ancient.

{{SeeAlso|Mormonism_and_temples/Garments|l1=LDS temple garments}}

Given the sacred nature of LDS temple worship, this wiki article will avoid the citations of specifics. Instead, we include a list of useful articles and books which the interested reader can consult. Those who have familiarity with the LDS temple ceremony will easily be able to discern the parallels to which the authors allude.

* Matthew B. Brown, "[http://www.fairmormon.org/perspectives/fair-conferences/2008-fair-conference/2008-the-israelite-temple-and-the-early-christians The Israelite Temple and Early Christians]," FAIR Conference, 2008.

===Hugh Nibley===

* {{Book:Nibley:Temple and Cosmos|author=Hugh W. Nibley|article=[https://publications.mi.byu.edu/fullscreen?pub=1123&index=7 The Circle and the Square]}}
* {{Book:Nibley:Mormonism and Early Christianity|pages=Chapter 3|article=[https://publications.mi.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1104&index=4 The Early Christian Prayer Circle]|author=Hugh W. Nibley}}
* {{Article:Nibley:On the Sacred and the Symbolic}}
* {{Book:Nibley:Temple and Cosmos|author=Hugh W. Nibley|article=[https://publications.mi.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1123&index=6 Sacred Vestments]}}
* {{Book:Nibley:Mormonism and Early Christianity|article=[https://publications.mi.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1104&index=9 What is a Temple?]|pages=Chapter 8|author=Hugh W. Nibley}}
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