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Salt Lake Temple
- Location & Contact Information
- Address: 50 W North Temple Salt Lake City UT USA 84150
- Telephone Number: +1-801-240-4872
- Official Website: [1]
- Overview
Salt Lake Temple is the largest (of more than 120 around the world) and best-known temple of Mormon exodus from url = /ensign%20may%201991%20.htm/prophets.htm?f=templates$fn=default.htm$3.0 | title = Prophets | last = Craven | first = Rulon G. | journal = Ensign | date = May 1991 | page = 28}} As such, there are special meeting rooms in the Salt Lake Temple for these purposes, including the Most Holy Place#Latter-day Saints|Holy of Holies , which are not present in other temples.The official name of the Salt Lake Temple is also unique. In the early 2000s, as the building of LDS temples accelerated dramatically, the Church announced a formal naming convention for all existing and future temples. For temples located in the United States and Canada, the name of the temple is generally the city or town in which the temple is located, followed by the name of the applicable state or province (with no comma). For temples outside of the US and Canada, the name of the temple is generally the city name (as above) followed by the name of the country. However, for reasons on which the Church did not elaborate (possibly due to the historical significance and worldwide prominence of the temple), the Salt Lake Temple was granted an exception to the new rule and thus avoided being renamed the Salt Lake City Utah Temple.The Temple is intended to evoke the Temple of Solomon at Jerusalem. It is oriented towards Jerusalem and the large basin used as a baptismal font is mounted on the backs of twelve oxed as was the brazen sea in Solomons Temple. Hamblin, William J. and Seeely, David Rolph, Solomons Temple; Myth and History, Thames and Hudson, 2007, p. 191-3[1]
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