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Second anointing

In the Latter Day Saint movement, the second anointing, or second endowment, is the pinnacle ordinance of the temple and an extension of the endowment ceremony.: 11 Joseph Smith taught that the function of the ordinance was to ensure salvation, guarantee exaltation, and confer godhood. In the ordinance, a participant is anointed as a "priest and king" or…

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related to Ceremony · 28
Second anointing → According, And, Anointing, Birgitta, Brigham Young, Brother Brigham Young, Church, Elder Hans Mattsson, First, For, God, Godhead, Hans, Heber, Husband, Israel, Jesus Christ, Kimball, Later, Latter-day Saints
related to Second anointing meanings · 19
Second anointing → According, Bruce, Church, Covenants, Doctrine, Epistle, Him, Illinois, In, Joseph Smith, LDS Church, Lord, McConkie, Nauvoo, Peter, Smith, The, We, When
related to LDS practice under Taylor and after (1877–1950) · 12
Second anointing → By, During, Grant, Heber, In, It, John Taylor, Lorenzo Snow, Quorum, Stake, The, Twelve Apostles
related to LDS practice under Young (1842–1877) · 11
Second anointing → After, After Smith's, Beginning, February, In January, LDS, Nauvoo Temple, Salt Lake Valley, Smith, Smith's, Young
related to Modern LDS practice · 11
Second anointing → According, Kimball, Latter-Day Saint, Michael Quinn, Nelson, One British, Russell, Second, Spencer, The, Tom Phillips
related to Controversy and criticism · 7
Second anointing → Americans, Frankfurt Temple, Hans Mattsson, LDS, One, Salt Lake Tribune, The
related to First anointing meanings · 6
Second anointing → Brigham Young, God, In, Priesthood, The, When
related to Eligibility · 4
Second anointing → All, Black, LDS, Some
related to Feminine priestesshood · 4
Second anointing → Smith, Some, The, These

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the Community of Christinstance ofit is not performed by denominations0.80text
who historically did not practice the Nauvoo endowment ceremonyinstance ofit is not performed by denominations0.80text
Second anointingrelated to CeremonyAccording0.60section
Second anointingrelated to CeremonyLDS0.60section
Second anointingrelated to CeremonyPrayer0.60section
Second anointingrelated to CeremonyWashing0.60section
Second anointingrelated to CeremonyFirst0.60section
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Second anointingrelated to CeremonyGod0.60section
Second anointingrelated to CeremonyFor0.60section
Second anointingrelated to CeremonyHeber0.60section

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