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According to an official church web site: Eight (8) temples do not have an angel Moroni. They are the St. George Utah, Logan Utah, Manti Utah, Laie Hawaii, Cardston Alberta, Mesa Arizona, Hamilton New Zealand, and Oakland California Temples. http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/articles/facts/
This is not an official statement of the church, but...
A statue of the angel Moroni is not necessary for a temple to be complete. It is no official symbol of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a Church which holds no official symbols (such as the cross, Christian fish, etc.). Many temples which today have such a statue on their tops didn't in years past. It is popular, but it is not a defining characteristic of a temple. For more on temples, see http://www.lds.org/temples/
Currently there are 8 temples without Angel Moroni statues. These are St. George Utah, Logan Utah, Manti Utah, Laie Hawaii, Cardston Alberta, Mesa Arizona, Hamilton New Zealand, and Oakland California. Others have received a statue after their dedication, including Idaho Falls, Frieberg Germany, Ogden and Provo Utah, Sao Paulo Brazil, Tokyo, Bern Switzerland, London England, Sydney Australia, Boston, and Manhattan New York.
The reason why Laie, Cardson, and Mesa don't have one is because they don't have a spire to put one on. St. George, Logan, and Manti were built before the Salt Lake Temple, before the original Angel Moroni Statue were made. (unless you consider the original Nauvoo Temple angel as Moroni...) The center spire of the Oakland temple might be a bit difficult to add a statue to, and it is gold anyway so the statue would hardly be visible. As for Hamilton... it could have one added, but has not received one yet. Those that received theirs afterwards were because of city zoning requirements or because the people of the temple district requested one.
It was not a tradition to put the Angel Moroni on all temples until the 1980's. This is rumored to be due to criticism of the original design of the Atlanta temple in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, which lead to the temple being redisigned to include a spire and statue. All those currently without Moroni statues were built before that time.
Having an angel Moroni statue on the temple is not necessary and has only been included in the design of every Temple since the Atlanta Georgia Temple was first built in 1983. When a review of the temple in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution mentioned the writer's wish that the temple had a Moroni statue, the Church added one to the Atlanta Temple's design, and has included one in the design of every Temple since then (although some were dedicated without angels because they had not yet been approved by local authorities). The Church also added Moroni statues to existing Temples that did not previously have one where feasable. (Idaho Falls, Ogden, Provo, Freiburg, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Bern, London)
Eight Temples remain without Angel Moroni statues. (St. George, Logan, Manti, Laie, Cardston, Mesa, Hamilton, Oakland) Laie, Cardston, and Mesa do not have spires so it is unlikely they will ever recieve a Moroni statue unless it is on a spire seperate from the Temple. The others may recieve a statue in the future, although no plans to do so have been announced.
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Does the Logan Utah Temple have an Angel Moroni on top of it?
Eight (8) temples do not have an angel Moroni. They are the St. George Utah, Logan Utah, Manti Utah, Laie Hawaii, Cardston Alberta, Mesa Arizona, Hamilton New Zealand, and Oakland California Temples.
On Mormon Temples what direction does the Angel Moroni point his horn and why?
There is no set direction in which the Angel Moroni points. And in fact, as of 2013, eight Mormon Temples don't have any Angel Moroni statue at all. Eight additional temples have received a statue several years after their dedication to help identify them as Mormon Temples. On most temples, the angel statue faces east if possible. This is supposedly because Moroni is meant to be heralding or signaling the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, whom is often associated with the east in scripture; but this is more of a tradition than an official belief or practice. There are several temples where the angel faces another direction simply because of the direction of the building or the lot it was built on. On five temples (Seattle, Manilla Philippines, Taipei Taiwan, Spokane, and Nauvoo, Illinois), the angel faces due west because the temple faces west.
How many LDS temples do not have the angel Moroni on top?
Eight (8) temples do not have an angel Moroni. They are the St. George Utah, Logan Utah, Manti Utah, Laie Hawaii, Cardston Alberta, Mesa Arizona, Hamilton New Zealand, and Oakland California Temples.
What is the moroni angel made of?
Most of the Angel Moroni statues found on Temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) are made of fiberglass and then covered in gold leaf.
How tall is Angel Moroni?
No description of the actual Angel Moroni's heighth exists.
Did anyone actually see the alleged angel Moroni's spacecraft?
The angel Moroni doesn't have a spacecraft.
Which way does angel Moroni face on temples?
It does not always face east, but often does. This is because Moroni is supposed to be heralding the return of Jesus Christ, who is to come from the east. See Revelation 7:2 and Doctrine and Covenants 77:9.
Who was the Israelite prophet who taught that god was loving?
Could it be the angel Moroni. Popular among the Latter Day Saints. He adorns some of the spires of the temples around the world.
Where does captian moroni point?
Captain Moroni points the Nephite military in the right direction... If you are referring to the Moroni statue found on Mormon temples, that is the prophet Moroni, not captain Moroni. They are two different men with the same name, and lived about 500 years apart. The Moroni statue most often faces east, but not always.
Where did the angel of Moroni come from?
Moroni was originally a man found in the Book of Mormon. There are two mentioned there. One who is a military captain, and another who is the son of Mormon (the man who compiled the Book of Mormon). Angel Moroni is Moroni, son of Mormon. This Moroni is the last prophet of the Book of Mormon, who lived in about 421 a.d. As the last rememaining prophet before all the world went apostate (the Christians in the Old World had already fallen away by this time), it was his duty to restore what was lost to these latter days. He did so by returning to the earth as an angel, teaching Joseph Smith and giving him the Book of Mormon. A statue of the Angel Moroni is found on the majority of the Temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as he has become a symbol of the restoration of ancient truths.
What name did the Native Americans give to the alleged angel Moroni?
Well, as Moroni is a character from the Book of Mormon, and Mormons believe that the Book of Mormon people are the ancestors of today's Native Americans. So Moroni is his Native American name, Moroni is a Native American.
Who is the angel on top of the Mormon tabernacle?
The Angel Moroni typically faces east. Presumably this is symbolic of Moroni heralding the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, who will come from the east (Matthew 24:27). Not all Moroni statues face east, however. One exception is the Angel Moroni atop the Nauvoo, Illinois Temple. This angel faces to the West in commemoration of the Saints' Trek to the Great Salt Lake Valley from Nauvoo. Other Moroni statues that do not face east are: Accra Ghana (NorthEast); Anchorage Alaska (NorthEast); Apia Samoa (SouthWest); Boise Idaho (South); Buenos Aires Argentina (SouthEast); Chicago Illinois (North); Dallas Texas (South); Johannesburg South Africa (South); Kona Hawaii (NorthEast); London England (South); Manhattan New York (SouthWest); Manila Philippines (West); Mexico City Mexico (south); Nuku'Alofa Tonga (West); Oaxaca Mexico (SouthEast); St. Louis Missouri (South); Santiago Chile (South); Seattle Washington (West); Seoul Korea (south); Stockholm Sweden (south); Suva Fiji (south); Taipei Taiwan (west); and Veracruz Mexico (west). Temples with no Angel Moroni statue are Cardston Alberta; Hamilton New Zealand; Laie Hawaii; Logan Utah; Manti Utah; Oakland California; and St. George Utah.
