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Washing and anointing (also called the initiatory) is a temple ordinance practiced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and Mormon fundamentalists as part of the faith's endowment ceremony. It is a purification ritual for adults, usually performed at least a year after baptism. The ordinance is performed by an officiator of the same sex as the participant. In the ritual, a person is sprinkled with water to symbolically wash away the "blood and sins of this generation." After the washing, the person is then anointed to become a "king and priest" or a "queen and priestess" in the afterlife. Originally, the washing and anointing portions of the ceremony were performed nude. Beginning in the 20th century, the LDS Church gradually reduced and then eliminated nudity from its version of the ritual. Once washed and anointed, the participant is dressed in the temple garment, a religious undergarment which the participant is instructed to wear throughout his or her life. (Since 2005, participants in the LDS Church version of the ritual already come clothed in this garment prior to the washing and anointing.) Finally, the participant is given a "new name" which he or she is instructed never to reveal except under certain conditions in the temple. Mormons link the ritual to biblical washings and anointings. The temple garment symbolizes the skins of clothing given to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, and the "new name" is linked to Revelation 2:17, which states that God will give those who overcome "a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it." ==History== As the Mormons were completing their first temple in Kirtland, Ohio, founder Joseph Smith led many of the prominent Mormon males in a pre-endowment ritual patterned after similar washings and anointings described in the bible.〔.〕 This ritual took place beginning on 21 January 1836 in the attic of a printing office.〔 Their bodies were washed with water and anointed with perfume, and then their heads were anointed with consecrated oil.〔 Soon after the temple's dedication ceremony on 27 March 1836, about 300 Mormon men participated in a further ritual washing of feet and faces.〔 Several years later, after Mormons moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, Joseph Smith revised the washing and anointing rituals as part of the new Nauvoo endowment.〔 On 4–5 May 1842, nine prominent Mormon men were inducted into this endowment ceremony in the upper story of Smith's store.〔 The first woman (Joseph Smith's first wife Emma) was inducted into the endowment ceremony on 28 September 1843. As the washings and anointings were practiced in Nauvoo, men and women were taken to separate rooms, where they disrobed and, when called upon, passed through a canvas curtain to enter a tub where they were washed from head to foot while words of blessing were recited.〔.〕 Then oil from a horn was poured over the head of the participant, usually by another officiator, while similar words were repeated.〔 As part of the ceremony, participants were ordained to become kings and queens in eternity.〔 Men performed the ritual for men, and women performed the ritual for women.〔 Also, as part of the ceremony, participants were given a new name and a ritual undergarment in which symbolic marks were snipped into the fabric.〔〔.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Washing and anointing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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