Key to the Science of TheologyPratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker)
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Key to the Science of Theology
Pratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker)
Latter Day Saint churches; Latter Day Saint churches -- Doctrines
All these are kingdoms which, together with their Kings, are in
subordination to the great Head and Father of all, and to Jesus Christ
the first born, and first heir, among the sons of God.
All these kingdoms, with all their intelligences, are so many
acquisitions to _His_ dominion who is Lord of lords, and King of
kings, and of whom it is written, by the Prophet Isaiah, "Of the
increase of his kingdom there shall be no end."
All these are so many colonies of our race, multiplied, extended,
transplanted, and existing for ever and ever, as occupants of the
numberless planetary systems which do now exist, or which will roll
into order, and be peopled by the operations of the Holy Spirit, in
obedience to the mandates of the sons of God.
These kingdoms present every variety and degree in the progress of the
great science of life, from the lowest degradation amid the realms of
death, or the rudimental stages of elementary existence, upward
through all the ascending scale, or all the degrees of progress in the
science of eternal life and light, until some of them in turn arise to
thrones of eternal power.
Each of these Gods, including Jesus Christ and his Father, being in
possession of not merely an organized spirit, but a glorious immortal
body of flesh and bones, is subject to the laws which govern, of
necessity, even the most refined order of physical existence.
All physical element, however embodied, quickened, or refined, is
subject to the general laws necessary to all existence.
Some of these laws are as follows--
First. Each atom, or embodiment of atoms, necessarily occupies a
certain amount of space.
Second. No atom, or embodiment of atoms, can occupy the identical
space occupied by other atoms or bodies.
Third. Each individual organized intelligence must possess the power
of self motion to a greater or less degree.
Fourth. All voluntary motion implies an inherent will, to originate
and direct such motion.
Fifth. Motion, of necessity, implies that a certain amount of time is
necessary, in passing from one portion of space to another.
These laws are absolute and unchangeable in their nature, and apply to
all intelligent agencies which do or can exist.
They, therefore, apply with equal force to the great, supreme, eternal
Father of the heavens and of the earth, and to His meanest subjects.
It is, therefore, an absolute impossibility for God the Father, or
Jesus Christ, to be everywhere personally present.
The omnipresence of God must therefore be understood in some other way
than of His bodily or personal presence.
This leads to the investigation of that substance called the Holy
Spirit.
As the mind passes the boundaries of the visible world, and enters
upon the confines of the more refined and subtle elements, it finds
itself associated with certain substances in themselves invisible to
our gross organs, but clearly manifested to our intellect by their
tangible operations and effects.
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