Why do Mormons memorialize the fall by using fig leaf aprons in the secret temple ceremonies?
by Mister IT has a Liahona equipped COAT on January 25th, 2009 Unfortunately no Temple Mormon will be willing to give you a straight answer to this question since they would have to break LDS Temple vows and oaths in the process. I however, am not a Temple Mormon so I am under no such compulsion – here is the answer straight from the 1990 version of the Temple Endowment ceremony transcript. Here’s the SHORT ANSWER: The aprons in the LDS Temple endowment symbolize Adam and Eve’s attempt to cover themselves with fig leaves. It comes from this section of what is a VERY long ceremony – which represents the LONG ANSWER: SCENE: In the Garden of Eden. CONTEXT: The Temptation and Fall of Adam and Eve. EVE: Adam, here is some of the fruit of that tree. It is delicious to the taste and very desirable. ADAM: Eve, do you know what fruit that is? EVE: Yes, it is the fruit of the tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. ADAM: I cannot partake of it. Do you not know that Father commanded us not to partake
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