Title :
Moses 5:14–59 includes a Masonic
Year :
1994
POI :
Johnson,Post,Smith
City :
Nauvoo
Scripture Reference : Moses 5:14–59, Moses 5:31, Moses 1, Moses 4, Moses 5:1–13, Moses 5:14–59, Moses 6:1–50, Moses 6:51–68, Moses 7, Moses 8, Moses 2–3
Content :
Moses 5:1459 includes a Masonic reference to Cain, the brother and murderer of Abel: And Cain said: Truly I am Mahan, the master of this great secret, that I may murder and get gain. Wherefore Cain was called Master Mahan, and he gloried in his wickedness. Moses 5:31 Moses 1 Moses 4 Moses 5:113 Moses 5:1459 Moses 6:150 Moses 6:5168 Moses 7 Moses 8 Moses 23
Notes :
Image source: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ye7Lfgd5fZI/TDITd3hnePI/AAAAAAAAAXE/ix5p48WJeg0/s1600/cabII.jpg Joseph Smiths idea was that there was a true Masonry and an apostate imitation passed down from Cain and Lamech. Restoration" of the Melchizedek Priesthood and temple ceremonies brought back the true priesthood. Quoting Michael Homer (1994): "According to Heber C. Kimball, Smith believed there was "similarity of preast Hood [sic] in Masonary [sic]" and that Freemasonry was "taken from [the] preasthood [sic] but has become degenrated [sic]."428Benjamin F. Johnson, a Nauvoo Mason, also quoted Smith teaching that "Freemasonry as at present, was the apostate endowments, as sectarian religion was the apostate religion.Source: Michael W. Homer, Similarity of Priesthood in Masonry: The Relationship between Freemasonry and Mormonism,Dialogue: A Journal of MormonThought, 27, no. 3 (Fall 1994): 7071. https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V27N03_15.pdf
Moses 5:14–59 includes a Masonic
Year :
1994
POI :
Johnson,Post,Smith
City :
Nauvoo
Scripture Reference : Moses 5:14–59, Moses 5:31, Moses 1, Moses 4, Moses 5:1–13, Moses 5:14–59, Moses 6:1–50, Moses 6:51–68, Moses 7, Moses 8, Moses 2–3
Content :
Moses 5:1459 includes a Masonic reference to Cain, the brother and murderer of Abel: And Cain said: Truly I am Mahan, the master of this great secret, that I may murder and get gain. Wherefore Cain was called Master Mahan, and he gloried in his wickedness. Moses 5:31 Moses 1 Moses 4 Moses 5:113 Moses 5:1459 Moses 6:150 Moses 6:5168 Moses 7 Moses 8 Moses 23
Notes :
Image source: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ye7Lfgd5fZI/TDITd3hnePI/AAAAAAAAAXE/ix5p48WJeg0/s1600/cabII.jpg Joseph Smiths idea was that there was a true Masonry and an apostate imitation passed down from Cain and Lamech. Restoration" of the Melchizedek Priesthood and temple ceremonies brought back the true priesthood. Quoting Michael Homer (1994): "According to Heber C. Kimball, Smith believed there was "similarity of preast Hood [sic] in Masonary [sic]" and that Freemasonry was "taken from [the] preasthood [sic] but has become degenrated [sic]."428Benjamin F. Johnson, a Nauvoo Mason, also quoted Smith teaching that "Freemasonry as at present, was the apostate endowments, as sectarian religion was the apostate religion.Source: Michael W. Homer, Similarity of Priesthood in Masonry: The Relationship between Freemasonry and Mormonism,Dialogue: A Journal of MormonThought, 27, no. 3 (Fall 1994): 7071. https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V27N03_15.pdf
