John Wesley Kelchner, Founder of the Temple Restoration Movement: A Freemason’s Attempt to Build a World Chain of Solomon’s Temples for Global Peace

John Wesley Kelchner (1866-1942) was a visionary promoter, elocutionist, and entertainer in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Freemasons regarded him as an authority on sacred space and a leading expert on the architecture and design of the tabernacle of Moses and King Solomon’s temple. A...

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Main Author: Burton, Kevin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Andrews Univ. Press [2019]
In: Andrews University Seminary studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 57, Issue: 1, Pages: 91-136
RelBib Classification:AZ New religious movements
HB Old Testament
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KDG Free church
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