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TrinityJoseph Smith taught, "Many men say there is one God; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are only one God! I say that is a strange God anyhow - three in one, and one in three!... He would be a wonderfully big God - he would be a giant or a monster" (Joseph Smith - History of the Church of Latter-day Saints, volume 6, p. 476). "I have always declared God to be a distinct personage, Jesus Christ a separate and
distinct personage from God the Father, and that the Holy Ghost was a distinct personage
and a Spirit: and these three constitute three distinct personages and three Gods"
(Teachings of Presidents of the Church - Joseph Smith, 2008, pp. 41-42). Between 1835 and 1921, the LDS Church included the "Lectures on Faith" in
its canonized version of Doctrine and Covenants. It taught the Godhead consisted of
only two Personages. See
this article.
Also online here.
By the Scriptures. Genesis 1:26: (Also 2:6). From my research, today's Mormon missionaries believe in 3 Gods (well, 4 if you include Heavenly Mother) and 1 Godhead. The Bible teaches there is only 1 God. |