4. View of God. In Mormon thought, God has a physical
body. According to Doctrine and Covenants, “The Father has
a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s; the Son
also;” but “The Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh and
bones, but is a personage of Spirit.”
Whether God the Father is self-existent is unclear. There was
a long procession of gods and fathers leading up to our
Heavenly Father. Brigham Young once remarked, “How many
Gods there are, I do not know. But there never was a time
when there were not Gods and worlds.” What is clearer is
that the Mormon God is not a higher order or a different
species than man. God is a man with a body of flesh and
bones like us.
Mormons do not believe in the Trinity. They affirm the unity
of three personages, but the unity is a relational unity in
purpose and mind, not a unity of essence. The three
separate beings of the Godhead are three distinct Gods.

5. View of Christ. Mormons believe Jesus is Redeemer,
God, and Savior. He is endless and eternal, the only begotten
son of the Father. Through Jesus, the Heavenly Father has
provided a way for people to be like him and to live with him
forever.
But this familiar language does not mean the same thing to
Mormons as it does to Christians. Jesus was born of the
Father just like all spirit children. God is his Father in the
same way he is Father to all. Whatever immortality or
Godhood Jesus possesses, they are inherited attributes and
powers. He does not share the same eternal nature as the
Father. Jesus may be divine, but his is a derivative divinity.
Mormon theology teaches, in the words of Joseph Smith,
that Jesus Christ is “God the Second, the Redeemer.”

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