15. Tempile iNauvoo

ITempile iNauvoo yokuqala yayakhiwe ngelitye lekalika lasekuhlaleni elibungwevu-mhlophe. Isakhiwo sasingumlinganiselo ongama-39 eemitha ubude nobubanzi obungama-27 eemitha. Umphezulu wenkcochoyi wema ungama-48 eemitha ngentla kolungelelwaniso lomhlaba. Amalungu eBandla enza ukuncama okukhulu ukuze akhe le tempile intle, ekuqaleni umsebenzi ngowe-1841. Amanye asebenza iinyanga ekwakheni; amanye ancama imali yawo. Nangona kunjalo yayingagqitywanga ngokupheleleyo, itempile yayizala ime ngeembambo ngamalungu azele imimiselo ngethuba leenyanga phambi kokusabela kwawo eNtshonalanga. Ngexesha abaninzi babaNgcwele bemka eNauvoo ekuqalekeni kwentlakohlaza yowe-1846 phantsi kwesoyikiso sogonyamelo lwezaphuli-mthetho, iqela elikhethekileyo lahlala ngemva ligqibezela itempile. NgoAprili 30, 1846, uMdala Orson Hyde noWilford Woodruff beKhoram yabaLishumi elineSibini nabanye ababe malunga nama-20 bangcwalisa le ndlu yeNkosi. Itempile yashiywa ngoSeptemba xa amalungu awayesele eBandla agxothwa aphuma eNauvoo; imikhosi yamaqela ezaphuli-mthetho ngoko yangcolisa isakhiwo esingcwele. Umphakathi watshatyalaliswa ngomlilo ngo-Oktobha 1848. Itempile eyakhiwe kwakhona (iboniswe ngomfanekiso apha), umfanekiso wokuqala othembekileyo wangcwaliswa nguMongameli uGordon B. Hinckley ngoJuni 27–30, 2002.

Izehlo eziBalulekileyo: Inkomfa jikelele yabanjelwa kwigumbi lokuhlanganele itempile ngo-Oktobha 5, 1845. Umsebenzi weziphiwo waqala ngoDisemba 10, 1845, waza waqhubeka kwada kwanguFebruwari 7, 1846. AbaNgcwele beMihla yokuGqibela abangaphezu kwama-5,500 bafumana iziphiwo zabo, nobhaptizelo lwabafileyo oluninzi notywino lwenziwa.