The Holy Temple (Illustrated Edition) (Hardcover)
by Boyd K. Packer
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In The Holy Temple, President Boyd K Packer examines in appropriate detail the doctrines and practices which surround that holy building, with special emphasis on their implications for the individual Church member. He shares the Lord's invitation: "Come to the temple," setting forth the requirements for attendance, including preparation through worthiness. Writing directly to the reader, President Packer sensitively and authoritatively discusses the endowment with its sacred covenants and elevating symbolic instruction, the sealing ordinance, and other temple ceremonies. This special illustrated edition is filled with beautiful photographs and paintings of temples around the world.
About the Author
Boyd Kenneth Packer was the tenth of eleven children born to Ira and Emma Packer in Brigham City, Utah. After graduating from high school, he served as a pilot in the US Army Air Forces from 1942 to 1946. He served in the Pacific theater of World War II.
After the military, he attended Weber College (now Weber State University), where he met his wife, Donna (Smith). They married in the Logan Utah Temple in 1947 and had ten children. After their marriage, he attended Utah State University, earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees and later an EdD from Brigham Young University.
He has served as a General Authority of the Church since 1961 and an Apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve since April 1970. He served as Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve from 1994 to 2008 and was made President in January 2009.
In addition to his natural gift to teach, he was blessed with a remarkable gift as an artist. President Packer’s artistic bent and love of nature are as integrally a part of him as his spirituality, compassion, steadiness, and humor.
A book to be passed down for generations
by Customer - reviewed on December 17, 2012
Heirloom Quality and written for all ages.
