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SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Tuesday the acquisitions of the Kirtland Temple, other historic Nauvoo buildings, manuscripts and artifacts. In total, the church paid $192.5 million for the properties and items. Discussions around the ownership transition began in June 2021. Located in Ohio, the Kirtland Temple was the first temple built by early

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints now owns the historic Kirtland Ohio Temple and other property from the Community of Christ, the two churches said Tuesday in a joint announcement. The Kirtland Temple has deep historic and religious significance to millions of Latter-day Saints and others as the first temple completed after the church’s founding in 1830. Joseph Smith dedicated

The classical schooling movement has become a source of retrieval, revival even, of so many sources of knowledge and human flourishing abandoned by modernity. The classical Christian school can also renew the rich Christian heritage and vitality of hymn singing. To that end, Preston Atwood’s just published hymnal, , shows how hymnody is of great educational benefit. In church history, two

Jesus Christ's triumphant return to Jerusalem is depicted in this image from the Bible Videos of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This article was first published in the ChurchBeat newsletter. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox each Wednesday night. The events of Easter have always been revered and honored by Latter-day Saints. For example, the word “Resurrection”