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Question: What are the differences between the Endowment and Freemasonry?
Researcher Matthew B. Brown offers the following list of elements found in Masonic ritual that have no analogue to LDS temple worship
It is common to point out similarities between Masonic and LDS temple ritual. This may give uninformed readers the impression that vast amounts of the LDS ceremony and the Masonic ritual are the same or show clear evidence of borrowing. If we consider the many areas of Masonic ritual with no analogue in LDS temple ritual, it becomes obvious that this is not the case.
Masonic elements with no analogue to LDS temple worship
Researcher Matthew B. Brown offers the following list of elements found in Masonic ritual (as Joseph Smith and his contemporaries would have experienced it) that have no analogue to LDS temple worship:[1]
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Notes
- ↑ Matthew B. Brown, Exploring the Connection Between Mormons and Masons (American Fork, UT: Covenant, 2009), Kindle edition, location:268–297, converted to bullet list for readability.