What is the Mormon doctrine of Deity, of God?
“Since the time of the First Vision people have raised this question, and they continue to raise it and will do so for so long as they believe in the God of their tradition, while we bear testimony of the God of modern revelation. … We do not accept the Athanasian Creed. We do not accept the Nicene Creed, nor any other creed based on tradition and the conclusions of men. …We do accept, as the basis of our doctrine, the statement of the Prophet Joseph Smith that when he prayed for wisdom in the woods, ‘the light rested upon me [and] I saw two Personages, whose brightness and glory defy all description, standing above me in the air. One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the other—This is my Beloved Son. Hear Him!’ (Joseph Smith—History 1:17). “Two beings of substance were before him. He saw them. … They were not amorphous spirits. … They were beings of flesh and bone. … “Our entire case as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
