Defense of the Faith and the Saints (Volume 2 of 2)Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
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Defense of the Faith and the Saints (Volume 2 of 2)
Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
Latter Day Saint churches
As to the doctrine of Deity, the "Address" declares: "We believe in
the God-head, comprising the three individual personages, Father, Son
and Holy Ghost." As this declaration stands here, it will not perhaps
suggest Tritheism or Materialism to Christians unfamiliar with Mormon
theological terms. But when the full doctrine of the Deity, as taught
in Mormon congregations, is known, it will at once be seen that no
Christian can accept it. In fact, the Mormon Church teaches that God
the Father has a material body of flesh and bones; that Adam is the
God of the human race; that this Adam-God was physically begotten by
another God; that the Gods were once as we are now; that there is a
great multiplicity of Gods; that Jesus Christ was physically begotten
by the Heavenly Father of Mary, His wife; that, as we have a Heavenly
Father, so also we have a Heavenly Mother; that Jesus Himself was
married, and was probably a polygamist--at least so it has been printed
in their publications and taught among their people; and that the Holy
Spirit is of material substance, capable of actual transmission from
one person to another.
"We know that both the Father and the Son are in form and stature
perfect men; each of them possesses a material body, infinitely
pure and perfect, and attended by a transcendant glory, yet a body
of flesh and bones."--Talmage, Articles of Faith, page 41. See also
Doctrine and Covenants, chapter cxxx, 22d verse.
"Admitting the personality of God, we are compelled to accept the
fact of his materiality; indeed, an immaterial being, under which
meaningless name some have sought to designate the condition of
God, cannot exist, for the very expression is a contradiction of
terms."--Talmage, Articles of Faith, page 42.
"Now hear it, O inhabitants of the earth, Jew and Gentile, saint
and sinner: When our Father Adam came into the garden he came into
it with a celestial body, and brought Eve, one of his wives, with
him. He helped to make and organize this world. He is Michael, the
Archangel, the Ancient of Days, about whom holy men have written
and spoken. He is our Father and our God, and the only God with
whom we have to do. Every man upon the earth, professing Christian
or non-professing Christian, must hear it, and will hear it, sooner
or later. * * *
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