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Floorplan of the Nauvoo Temple basement. The basement of the temple was used as the baptistery, containing a large baptismal font in the center of the main room.. Baptism for the dead, vicarious baptism or proxy baptism today commonly refers to the religious practice of baptizing a person on behalf of one who is dead—a living person receiving the rite on behalf of a deceased person.
Baptismal font in the Salt Lake Temple, circa 1912, where baptisms for the dead are performed. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) believe that the molten sea in Solomon's Temple was a baptismal font. As explained by church leader Bruce R. McConkie:
1840 – Baptisms for the dead began to be performed for the first time. They were initially performed outdoors in the Mississippi River. [20]: 141, 145 1841 – The outdoor practice of baptisms for the dead was halted until a month later when they were first administered indoors in the Nauvoo Temple. [20]: 145
Strangites believe in baptism for the dead and practiced it to a limited extent in Voree and on Beaver Island. However, rather than simply baptizing for anyone whose name can be located, Strang required a revelation for those seeking to have a baptism done for someone outside of a close relative "within the fourth degree of consanguinity". [71]
[16]: 16, 67 The temple also serves as a place for marriage sealing ceremonies for live and deceased persons. Additional uses include functioning as a location for baptisms for the dead, baptisms for health (until being discontinued in 1921), [17]: 98 and, briefly, for re-baptism for the renewal of covenants.
On Saturday, Dec. 21, the Gladiator II star, 69, was baptized at the Kelly Temple Church of God in Christ, located in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. He also was presented with a ...
Baptismal font in the Salt Lake Temple, c. 1912, where baptisms for the dead are performed by the LDS Church. According to Latter Day Saint theology, ordinances can be performed vicariously (i.e., post-mortem) on behalf of any person who would desire to accept the ordinance but did not receive it.
The temple has a total floor area of 160,000 square feet (15,000 m 2), making it the church's third largest. [20] The temple includes one baptistry (for baptisms for the dead), [46] six ordinance rooms and fourteen sealing rooms. [20] The angel Moroni statue, standing on the tallest tower, is 18 feet (5.5 m) tall and weighs 2 tons.