The Nauvoo Temple: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast

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On April 4, 1999, President Gordon B. Hinckley stunned Latter-day Saints with an announcement that the Nauvoo Temple would be reconstructed. This episode considers what it means today to know that a temple once again stands in Nauvoo.

We describes the gradual return of the Latter-day Saints to Nauvoo, exploring the various efforts of churches and governments to designate the "City Beautiful" as a historic site. Guests: Alex Smith, Benjamin Pykles, Lachlan Mackay, Steven Olsen

This episode explains how the murder of Joseph and Hyrum Smith coupled with hostility towards the Saints affected the construction and dedication of the Nauvoo Temple and forced the Saints to prepare to leave the city—possibly even the country.

This episode considers the ways that Joseph Smith prepared church members to receive the endowment and sealing ordinances in the temple, including through the founding of the female Relief Society of Nauvoo.