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Moroni’s September 21st Visit to Joseph Smith and the Ancient Temples in South America

George Potter's work depends on a South American model for the Book of Mormon, while many scholars consider the action of the book to be in Meso-America. His points about the temple entrance and the east is worth noting on this day of the autumn equinox.

Moroni’s September 21st Visit to Joseph Smith and the Ancient Temples in South America

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George Potter's work depends on a South American model for the Book of Mormon, while many scholars consider the action of the book to be in Meso-America.

His points about the temple entrance and the east is worth noting on this day of the autumn equinox.

Bolivian archaeologist Hans Ralf Caspery Moreno provides an important connection to the orientation of the entry gate of the temple of Tiwanaku, known as the Kalasasa, and the coming forth of the Book of...

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George Potter's work depends on a South American model for the Book of Mormon, while many scholars consider the action of the book to be in Meso-America. His points about the temple entrance and the east is worth noting on this day of the autumn equinox. Bolivian archaeologist Hans Ralf Caspery Moreno provides an important connection to the orientation of the entry gate of the temple of Tiwanaku, known as the Kalasasa, and the coming forth of the Book of Mormon in the latter days.

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The object of my study involves the analysis of one of the very own architectural characteristics of the Temples of the Tabernacle of Moses, King Solomon, and Nephi, which was the main door that was oriented towards the East and that gave access to its interior. That portal was oriented towards the east, that is to say, to the …

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