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(10/21/04)
"The first article anchors our belief in God, our Eternal Father, in
His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost. How grateful we are for
a knowledge of Supreme Beings that rule and govern this world. Our
belief does not come from the speculations of men about the existence
and nature of God, but from firsthand experience from the Prophet
Joseph Smith in the Sacred Grove. His experience clarified for mankind
the existence of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost.
Thus to the world came the vision that three personages comprise this
great presiding council of the universe and have revealed themselves
to mankind as three separate beings, physically distinct from each
other as demonstrated by the accepted records of their divine dealings
with mankind. We know the occasions where they have been in evidence
to mankind as three distinct personages. It is clear that the Father
is a personal being possessing a definite form of body, parts, and
spiritual passions, that Jesus Christ was with the Father in spirit
before coming to dwell in the flesh, and through whom worlds were
made. He lived among men as a man, with all of the physical
characteristics of a human being. After His Resurrection He appeared
in that same form. The Holy Ghost, also called Spirit or Spirit of the
Lord, Spirit of God, Comforter, or the Spirit of the Truth, is not
tabernacled in a body of flesh and bones but is a personage of spirit.
The Holy Ghost is a witness of the Father and of the Son declaring to
man their attributes, bearing record of the other personages of the
Godhead." - L. Tom Perry, "The Articles of Faith," Ensign, May 1998,
p. 23-24
(10/22/04)
"Our Lord gave us an example of the true spirit of forgiveness when he
said from the cross, '... Father, forgive them; for they know not what
they do.' (Luke
23:34.) We read also of that faithful disciple, Stephen, who was
persecuted and stoned, 'And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud
voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said
this, he fell asleep.' (Acts
7:60.)" - N. Eldon Tanner, "The
Importance
of Prayer," Ensign, May 1974, p. 53
(10/23/04)
"When first communicated to mankind by prophets, the teachings we now
have in the Bible were 'plain and pure, and most precious and easy' to
understand (1 Ne.
14:23). Even in the transmitted and translated version we have
today, the Bible language confirms that God the Father and his
resurrected Son, Jesus Christ, are tangible, separate beings. To cite
only two of many such teachings, the Bible declares that man was
created in the image of God, and it describes three separate members
of the Godhead manifested at the baptism of Jesus (see Gen.
1:27; Matt.
3:13-17)." - Dallin H. Oaks, "Apostasy
and
Restoration," Ensign, May 1995, p. 84
1/13/17
Our
first and foremost article of faith in The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints is “We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in
His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.” We believe these three
divine persons constituting a single Godhead are united in purpose, in
manner, in testimony, in mission. We believe Them to be filled with
the same godly sense of mercy and love, justice and grace, patience,
forgiveness, and redemption. I think it is accurate to say we believe
They are one in every significant and eternal aspect imaginable except
believing Them to be three persons combined in one substance, a
Trinitarian notion never set forth in the scriptures because it is not
true. – Jeffrey R. Holland, “The
Only
True God and Jesus Christ Whom He Hath Sent,” Ensign (CR)
November 2007