Was Joseph Smith a Monarchotheist?: An Engagement with Blake Ostler's Theological Position on the Nature of God
Ostler quotes Laub as reporting that "the Holy Ghost is yet a Spiritual body and waiting to take upon himself a body, as the Savior did or as god did."[52] Ostler concludes from this that "Joseph Smith taught that already divine persons, including the Son and the Holy Ghost, take upon...
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| Language: | English |
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Foundation
2022
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Dialogue
Year: 2022, Volume: 55, Issue: 2, Pages: 37-55 |
| Further subjects: | B
FATHER-son relationship
B Gods B Priests B ATTRIBUTES of God B Natural Theology B God |
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| Summary: | Ostler quotes Laub as reporting that "the Holy Ghost is yet a Spiritual body and waiting to take upon himself a body, as the Savior did or as god did."[52] Ostler concludes from this that "Joseph Smith taught that already divine persons, including the Son and the Holy Ghost, take upon themselves bodies." He states, "in the very beginning there is a plurality of Gods - beyond the power of refutation."[60] From Thomas Bullock's record, Smith is clear, there are a plurality of head gods who appointed one God to preside over the earth. [8] Ostler admits that this seems to contradict what Smith says in the King Follett Sermon, in which he claims, "for I am going to tell you how God came to be God. Third, Ostler argues that Smith's use of Genesis 1:1 shows that Smith believed in a monarch God who rules over a heavenly council of gods. |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5406/15549399.55.2.02 |