Editing Anointing (section)

=====Latter-day Saints=====
Members of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] practice anointing with pure, consecrated olive oil<ref>{{Cite web|title=When did the use of consecrated olive oil in priesthood blessings originate?|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1991/10/i-have-a-question/when-did-the-use-of-consecrated-olive-oil-in-priesthood-blessings-originate?lang=eng|access-date=2020-08-26|website=www.churchofjesuschrist.org}}</ref> in two ways: 1) as a priesthood [[Ordinance (Latter Day Saints)|ordinance]] in preparation for the administration of a [[priesthood blessing]], and 2) in conjunction with [[Washing and anointing|washing]] as part of the [[Endowment (Latter Day Saints)|endowment]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Prophetic Teachings on Temples: Washing and Anointing - Initiatory|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/temples/prophetic-teachings-on-temples?lang=eng|access-date=2020-08-26|website=www.churchofjesuschrist.org}}</ref>
The [[Doctrine and Covenants]] contains numerous references to anointing<ref>{{Cite web|title=Anointing, Anoint|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/triple-index/anointing?lang=eng|access-date=2020-08-26|website=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints}}</ref> and administration to the sick<ref>{{Cite web|title=Administration to the Sick|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/triple-index/administration-to-the-sick?lang=eng|access-date=2020-08-26|website=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints}}</ref> by those with authority to perform the laying on of hands.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hands, Laying on of|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/triple-index/hands-laying-on-of?lang=eng|access-date=2020-08-26|website=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints}}</ref> On 21 January 1836, [[Joseph Smith]] instituted anointing during the rites of sanctification and consecration preparatory to the rites practiced in the [[Kirtland Temple]].<ref>{{citation |contribution-url=http://josephsmithpapers.org/topic?name=Anoint |contribution=Anoint |title=The Joseph Smith Papers |access-date=24 October 2012 |archive-date=September 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910171904/http://josephsmithpapers.org/topic?name=Anoint}}</ref> The anointing would prepare church members to receive the endowment of "power from on high" promised in an earlier 1831 revelation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Endowment of Power|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/topics/endowment-of-power?lang=eng|access-date=2020-08-26|website=www.churchofjesuschrist.org}}</ref> At the present time, any holder of the [[Melchizedek priesthood (Latter Day Saints)|Melchizedek priesthood]] may anoint the head of an individual by the laying on of hands. Olive oil must be used if available, and it must have been consecrated earlier in a short ordinance that any holder of the Melchizedek priesthood may perform.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Consecrating Oil|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/general-handbook/18-priesthood-ordinances-and-blessings?lang=eng#title_number39|access-date=2020-08-26|website=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints}}</ref>