Posted by:
Deb
(
)
Date: April 06, 2020 09:07AM
From Wikipedia:
-In the 1950s, Stephen L Richards, a church apostle, purchased a 3.4-metre (11-foot) replica of the Christus and presented it to church president David O. McKay.
-In 1966, the statue was placed at the church's Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah.
-The church's second Christus replica was created to be displayed in its pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair. The display of the replica "was intended to help visitors understand that Latter-day Saints are Christians".
-Since the display of the Christus at the World's Fair and at Temple Square, the church has created replicas of the statue and displayed them in visitors' centers near its temples in Hamilton, New Zealand; Laie, Hawaii; Los Angeles, California; Mesa, Arizona; Mexico City; Nauvoo, Illinois; Oakland, California; Palmyra, New York; London, England; Portland, Oregon; Rome, Italy; St. George, Utah; Washington, D.C.; Paris, France; São Paulo, Brazil; and Provo, Utah.
-Replicas are also on display at the church's visitors' centers at the Hill Cumorah and in Independence, Missouri.
-The church uses the image of the Christus on its webpages and in other official publications