I-Mormonism, iMasonry, kunye neNkcubeko yabo eNxulumene neTempile
Ndithathe inxaxheba kumsebenzi weTempile kaMormoni ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amabini njengeMormon. Andizange ndiqonde ukuba ndibandakanyeka kunqulo lobuhedeni, kubugqi. UJoseph Smith, umseki weMormonism waba yiMason ngo-1842. Ucacisile ukuba "bendikunye neMamel Lodge kwaye ndaphakama ndaya kwinqanaba eliphantsi." Wazisa umsitho wasetempileni kaMormoni ngaphantsi kweenyanga ezimbini kamva (Tanner xnumx).
I-Freemasonry lelona lizwe likhulu, elidala kunye nelona libalulekileyo. Iqale eLondon ngo-1717. IBlue Lodge Masonry yenziwe ngeedigri ezintathu: 1. Wangena u-Apprentice (isidanga sokuqala), 2. I-Fellow Craft (isidanga sesibini), kunye ne-3 Master Mason (isidanga sesithathu). Ezi izidanga ziyimfuneko yokufumana izidanga eziphezulu zeYork Rite, iScotland Rite, kunye neNobles ye-Mystic Shrine. Kuye kwathiwa malunga ne-Freemasonry "yinkqubo enhle yokuziphatha, ehlanganiswe kwizifaniso kunye nemifanekiso." Umzekeliso yintsomi apho inyaniso ngokuziphatha kuboniswa ngabalinganiswa abaziintsomi. I-Mormonism 'igutyungelwe' ngomzekeliso. Ukusukela ngeeyure zophando endizenzileyo kwimbali yakuqala kaMormoni, kuyacaca ukuba iNcwadi kaMormoni kukukhuphela umsebenzi wobuxoki obhalwe nguSolomon Spalding, udityaniswe neendinyana ezahlukeneyo zeZibhalo ezisuka eBhayibhileni ezongezwa ngumBhaptizi okreqileyo umshumayeli ogama linguSidney Rigdon.
UPawulos walumkisa uTimoti -Njengoko ndanivuselela eMakedoni, ndakuba ndikubongoza, xenikweni ndandiye kwelaseMakedoni, ndinga angabafundisi mfundiso le, banilumkele iintsomi, kunye nemilibo yokuzalwa."(1 Tim. 1:3-4) UPawulos waphinda waluleka uTimoti- “Shumayela igama! Lunga ngexesha kunye nexesha. Ukukholwa, ukohlwaya, ukucebisa, ngako konke ukuzeka kade umsindo kunye nemfundiso. Kuba liyeza ixesha lokuba bangavumi kunyanisa imfundiso ephilayo, kodwa ngokweminqweno yabo, ngenxa yokuba baneendlebe, baya kuziqwebela abafundisi; Kwaye baya kuzisonga zimke iindlebe kuyo inyaniso, baphambukele ke iintsomi."(2 Tim. 4:2-4Ndaxelelwa kaninzi njengeMormon ukuba iNcwadi kaMormoni yeyona ncwadi 'ichanekileyo' emhlabeni; ichaneke ngakumbi kuneBhayibhile. Ndandingazi ukuba yayiyintsomi nje efafazwe ngeevesi ezithile zeBhayibhile.
I-specimative Masonry isebenzisa izixhobo ezisebenzayo ze-mason esebenzayo, njenge-24 gauge gavel, i-gavel eqhelekileyo, i-plumbline, isikwere, ikhampasi, kunye ne-trowel, kwaye yabela ngamnye intsingiselo yokomoya okanye yokuziphatha ukuze asasaze iimfundiso zayo zonqulo phakathi kwayo amalungu. AmaMason afundiswa ukuba banokutolika uThixo nokuba bafuna ntoni, kubandakanya nendlela amaMormon, amaSilamsi, amakholwa angamaJuda, amaBuddha, okanye amaHindu amtolika ngayo uThixo. Izibane ezithathu eziBalaseleyo zoMsebenzi ziiVolumu yoMthetho oyiNgcwele (VSL), isikwere, kunye nekhampasi. Umthamo woMthetho oyiNgcwele ujongwa nguMason njengelizwi likaThixo. Umsebenzi wamatye ufundisa ukuba yonke imibhalo 'engcwele' ivela kuThixo. Amasiko eMasonic afundisa ukuba imisebenzi elungileyo iya kulunga ukungena kwabo ezulwini, okanye 'iCelestial Lodge' ngasentla. Ubugcisa, njengoMormonism ufundisa ukuzilungisa okanye ukuziphakamisa. Amanqaku alandelayo abonisa ukufana okumangalisayo phakathi kweMormonism kunye neMasonry:
- Zombini iiMormon neMasons zinamanqaku amahlanu obudlelane kwiitempile zabo.
- Xa umgqatswa wethempile wase-Mormon efumana 'uMqondiso wokuqala woBubingeleli buka-Aron,' wenza isithembiso esifana nesifungo esathathwa 'kwinqanaba lokuqala' lesiko leMason.
- Izibambo zesandla ezisetyenziswe kwezi zithethe zingasentla ziyafana.
- Isifungo, umqondiso, kunye nokubambelela 'koMqondiso wesiBini woBubingeleli buka-Aron' iyafana naleyo yathathwa kwinqanaba lesibini lobuMason, kwaye kuzo zombini izithethe igama lisetyenzisiwe.
- Isithembiso esenziwe xa kusamkelwa 'uMqondiso wokuqala woBubingeleli bukaMelkitsedeke' siyafana noko kusetyenziswa isidanga se-Master Mason.
- Incoko ekwisigqubuthelo somsitho wetempile wase-Mormon iyafana kakhulu naleyo ithi 'uMhlobo wobugcisa uMason' xa ebuzwa malunga nokubamba.
- Zombini zisebenzisa ukubamba okwaziwa ngokuba 'ngumqondiso wesikhonkwane' kwimikhuba yabo yasetempileni.
- Bobabini batshintsha iimpahla ngaphambi kokuthatha inxaxheba kumasiko abo.
- Zombini zisebenzisa iiapile kwimisitho yazo.
- Bobabini 'bathambisa' abagqatswa babo.
- Bobabini banika 'igama elitsha' kubagqatswa babo.
- Bobabini basebenzisa izigqubuthelo 'ukudlula' kwizithethe zabo zetempile.
- Zombini zinendoda emele uAdam noThixo kwiminyhadala yabo.
- Isikwere kunye nekhampasi zibaluleke kakhulu kuMasons kwaye kukho amanqaku esikwere kunye nekhampasi kwiingubo zetempile kaMormoni.
- Imaphu isetyenziswa kuyo yomibini iminyhadala. (Tanner 486-490)
Zombini i-Mormonism kunye ne-Masonry ziinkonzo ezisekwe kwimisebenzi. Zombini zifundisa ukuba usindiso lungelungelo lomntu endaweni yento eyenziwa nguYesu emnqamlezweni. UPawulos wafundisa abase-Efese- “Kuba nisindiswe ngokubabalwa nangalo ukholo, nako oko kungaphumi kuni. sisipho sikaThixo eso, kungengamisebenzi, ukuze kungabikho namnye unokuqhayisa."(Efe. 2: 8-9) UPawulos wafundisa amaRoma - "Ke ngoku kubonakaliswe ubulungisa bukaThixo, kungekho mthetho, bungqinelwa nguwo umthetho, nangabaprofeti, nangobulungisa BukaThixo, ngalo ukholo kuye uYesu Kristu, kubo bonke abakholwayo. Kuba akukho mehluko; kuba bonile bonke, basilela eluzukweni lukaThixo, begwetyelwe ngesisa lubabalo lwakhe ngako ukukhululwa kuKristu Yesu. "(I-ROM. 3: 21-24)
IINKONZO:
Tanner, Jerald noSandra. I-Mormonism-Ngaba uMthunzi okanye iNyani? ISalt Lake City: Icandelo le-Utah Lighthouse Ministry, ka-2008
http://www.utlm.org/onlineresources/masonicsymbolsandtheldstemple.htm