The Rise and Fall of NauvooRoberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
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The Rise and Fall of Nauvoo
Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
Latter Day Saints -- Illinois -- Nauvoo; Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History
We worship one God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity; neither
confounding the persons, nor dividing the substance. For there
is one person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of
the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost
is all one: The glory equal, the majesty co-eternal. Such as the
Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Ghost. The Father
uncreate, the Son uncreate, and the Holy Ghost uncreate. The Father
incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible. The Father eternal,
the Son eternal, and the Holy Ghost eternal. And yet these are
not three eternals, but one eternal. As also there are not three
incomprehensibles, nor three uncreated, but one uncreated and one
incomprehensible. So likewise the Father is Almighty, the Son
Almighty, and the Holy Ghost Almighty, and yet there are not three
Almighties, but one Almighty. So the Father is God, the Son is God,
and the Holy Ghost is God, and yet there are not three Gods, but
one God.
It is of course apparent at a glance that the first great revelation
to Joseph Smith declared facts in relation to the nature of God--His
personality--the fact that the Father was distinct from the Son--the
fact that the there were two--or a plurality of Gods--which are at
variance with the orthodox creed on the subject of Deity. This truth
he continued to unfold from time to time, though the fullness and
climax respecting this doctrine was reached at Nauvoo; and as it is the
teachings of the Prophet and not a defense of them which I here wish to
exhibit, I quote his own words:
GOD'S DISTINCT PERSONALITY.
The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as a man's,
the Son also, but the Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh and bones,
but is a personage of spirit. Were it not so the Holy Ghost could
not dwell in us. A man may receive the Holy Ghost, and it may
descend upon him and not tarry in him.
THE HOLY GHOST A PERSONAGE.
The sign of the dove was instituted before the creation of the
world, a witness of the Holy Ghost, and the devil cannot come
in the sign of a dove. The Holy Ghost is a personage, and is in
the form of a personage. It does not confine itself to the form
of a dove, but in the sign of a dove. The Holy Ghost cannot be
transformed into a dove; but the sign of a dove was given to John
to signify the truth of the deed, as the dove is an emblem or token
of truth and innocence.
IGNORANCE AS TO THE CHARACTER OF GOD.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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