The Development of the Mormon Temple Endowment Ceremony
April 17, 2018Dialogue 20.4 (Winter 1987): 75–122 Buerger outlines the history of the endowment ceremony but does not share anything that he has covenanted not to divulge.
Dialogue 20.4 (Winter 1987): 75–122 Buerger outlines the history of the endowment ceremony but does not share anything that he has covenanted not to divulge.
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