Ama-Mormonism, ama-Masonry, kanye nemicikilisho yabo ehlobene yethempeli
Ngabamba iqhaza emsebenzini weThempeli likaMormon iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amabili njengeMormon. Angibonanga ukuthi empeleni ngangibandakanyeka ekukhulekeleni kobuqaba kobuqabax. UJoseph Smith, umsunguli weMormonism waba yiMason ngonyaka we-1842. Uthe "ngangihamba neMamelodium Lodge futhi ngafinyelela ezingeni eliphakeme kakhulu." Wethule umcimbi wethempeli likaMormon ngaphansi kwezinyanga ezimbili kamuva (I-Tanner xnumx).
I-Freemasonry yinhlangano enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, endala, futhi evelele kunazo zonke. Kwaqala eLondon ngo-1717. IBlue Lodge Masonry yakhiwe ngama-degree amathathu: 1. Wangena ku-Apprentice (iziqu zokuqala), 2. I-Fellow Craft (iziqu zesibili), no-3. Master Mason (iziqu zesithathu). Lawa ma-degree ayizidingo zokuqala zamazinga aphakeme e-York Rite, iScotland Rite, kanye ne-Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Kukhulunyiwe ngeFreemasonry ukuthi "uhlelo oluhle lokuziphatha, lumbozwe ngomfanekiso futhi lufanekiswa ngezimpawu." Inganekwane yinganekwane lapho kuvezwa khona iqiniso lokuziphatha ngabalingiswa abaqanjiwe. I-Mormonism nayo 'imboziwe' ngomfanekiso. Kusukela emahoreni ocwaningo engiwenzile emlandweni wokuqala wamaMormon, kusobala ukuthi iNcwadi kaMormoni iwukukopela okuvela emsebenzini wenganekwane owabhalwa nguSolomon Spalding, uhlanganiswe namavesi ahlukahlukene emiBhalo avela eBhayibhelini afakwa yiBaptist eyisihlubuki umshumayeli ogama lakhe linguSidney Rigdon.
UPawulu waxwayisa uThimothewu - “Lapho ngiyanincenga lapho ngiya eMakedoniya - hlalani e-Efesu ukuba nikhokhise abanye ukuthi bangafundisi enye imfundiso, futhi banganaki izinganekwane nohlu lozalo olungapheli, olubangela izingxabano kunokwakha kokukholwa okukholwayo."(1 Thim. 1: 3-4) UPawulu waphinde wayala uThimothewu - “Shumayela izwi! Lunga ngesizini nangesikhathi sonyaka. Vumela, ukhuze, ukhuthaze, ngakho konke ukubhekakade nokufundisa. Ngoba isikhathi siyofika lapho bengayikukhuthazelela imfundiso enhle, kodwa ngokwezifiso zabo, ngoba banezindlebe ezinde, bayoziqongelela othisha; futhi bayophendukisa izindlebe zabo eqinisweni, baphambukele ezinganekwaneni."(2 Thim. 4: 2-4) Ngatshelwa kaninginingi njengeMormon ukuthi iNcwadi kaMormoni yayiyincwadi 'elungile' kunazo zonke emhlabeni; kunembile kuneBhayibheli. Ngangingazi ukuthi kwakuyinsumansumane nje efafazwe ngamavesi athile eBhayibheli.
I-speculative Masonry isebenzisa amathuluzi okusebenza kamasoni osebenzayo, njenge-gauge engu-24 inch, i-gavel ejwayelekile, i-plumbline, isikwele, ikhampasi, ne-trowel, futhi inika ngamunye incazelo engokomoya noma yokuziphatha ukuze asakaze izimfundiso zayo zenkolo phakathi kwayo amalungu. AmaMason afundiswa ukuthi angakwazi ukutolika uNkulunkulu nganoma iyiphi indlela afuna ngayo, kufaka phakathi indlela amaMormon, amaSulumane, amakholwa angamaJuda, amaBuddha, noma amaHindu ahumusha ngayo uNkulunkulu. I-Three Great Lights of Masonry yi-Volume of Sacred Law (VSL), isikwele, nekhampasi. Umthamo woMthetho Ongcwele ubhekwa ngabakwaMason njengezwi likaNkulunkulu. Isakhiwo samatshe sifundisa ukuthi yonke imibhalo 'engcwele' ivela kuNkulunkulu. Amasiko amaMasonic afundisa ukuthi imisebenzi emihle izofanela ukungena kwabo ezulwini, noma i-'Celestial Lodge 'engenhla. Ubuciko bamatshe, njengeMormonism ifundisa ukuzilungisa noma ukuziphakamisa. Amaphuzu alandelayo akhombisa ukufana okumangalisayo phakathi kweMormonism neMasonry:
- Bobabili amaMormon namaMasoni banamaphuzu amahlanu wobudlelwano emathempelini abo.
- Lapho umuntu ozongenela isabelo sethempeli likaMormon ethola i-'The First Token of the Aaronic Priesthood, 'wenza isithembiso esifana nesifungo esenziwe' ngezinga lokuqala 'lesiko lamaMasonic.
- Izinsimbi zezandla ezisetshenziswe emasikweni angenhla ziyefana.
- Isifungo, ukusayinwa, nokubamba 'koPhawu lwesiBili lobuPristi buka-Aaron' kuyefana nalokho okwenziwe ebangeni lesibili lobuMason, futhi kuzo zombili izinkambiso igama liyasetshenziswa.
- Isithembiso esenziwe ngesikhathi samukela 'Uphawu Lokuqala Lobupristi bukaMelkisedeki' siyefana naleso esisetshenziswa kwi-Master Mason degree.
- Ingxoxo esemgubuzelweni womkhosi wethempeli likaMormon icishe ifane naleyo eshiwo ngu'Fellow Craft Mason 'lapho ebuzwa ngokubanjwa.
- Bobabili basebenzisa ukubamba okwaziwa ngokuthi 'uphawu lwesipikili' emasikweni abo asethempelini.
- Bobabili bashintsha izingubo ngaphambi kokuhlanganyela emasikweni abo.
- Bobabili basebenzisa ama-aproni emikhosini yabo.
- Bobabili 'bagcoba' abazobamela.
- Bobabili banikeza 'igama elisha' kulabo abazobamela.
- Bobabili basebenzisa izembozo 'ukudlula' emasikweni abo asethempelini.
- Bobabili banendoda emele u-Adamu noNkulunkulu emicimbini yabo.
- Isikwele nekhampasi zibaluleke kakhulu kumaMasons futhi kukhona izimpawu zesikwele nekhampasi ezingutsheni zethempeli laseMormon.
- Kusetshenziswa inhlamvu kuyo yomibili imikhosi yabo. (Tanner 486-490)
Kokubili iMormonism kanye neMasonry yizinkolo ezisuselwa emisebenzini. Bobabili bafundisa ukuthi insindiso ingeyokufaneleka komuntu siqu hhayi ngalokho uJesu asenzele kona esiphambanweni. UPawulu wafundisa abase-Efesu - “Ngoba ngomusa nisindisiwe ngokukholwa, futhi hhayi kini; kuyisipho sikaNkulunkulu, hhayi semisebenzi, funa umuntu aziqhayise."(Efe. 2: 8-9) UPawulu wafundisa amaRoma - “Kepha manje sekwambulwa ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu ngaphandle komthetho, kufakazelwa ngumthetho nabaProfethi, yebo ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu, ngokukholwa kuJesu Kristu, kubo bonke nakulabo abakholwayo. Ngoba akukho mehluko; ngoba bonke bonile futhi bayasilela enkazimulweni kaNkulunkulu, belungiswa ngokukhululekile ngomusa wakhe ngokuhlenga okukuKristu Jesu. "(Rom. 3:21-24)
IZINDABA:
UTanner, uJerald noSandra. I-Mormonism - Umthunzi noma ubuqiniso? ISalt Lake City: Inkonzo Yombane we-Utah, ngo-2008.
http://www.utlm.org/onlineresources/masonicsymbolsandtheldstemple.htm