55 years ago today - Apr 17, 1969 [David O. McKay] President [N. Eldon] Tanner referred to initiatory ordinances in the temple for the dead and proposed the adoption of the following procedure: Perform the ordinations to the Melchizedek Priesthood in advance with the other initiatory work to follow by other proxies. Under this plan one proxy would be ordained for each individual name as at present, but at one sitting he would act as proxy for several individual names. This proposed procedure would eliminate the proxy walking back to the ordaining area after completing each initiatory ordinance. Instead, the proxy would remain in an assigned ordinance booth to complete all the names on his list. This would give three proxies for the same person instead of two. This was approved. [Anderson, Devery; The Development of LDS Temple Worship, 1846-2000: A Documentary History, https://lnkd.in/ePMmYdHi] https://ift.tt/jKX4nQB
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