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The Mormon Doctrine of Deity

B. H. Roberts

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. . .f element of the happiness of heaven will consist in the beatific vision; that is, in seeing God face to face, unveiled as he really is. The "face to face" however is, literally true only of our blessed Savior who ascended into heaven with his sacred body. Otherwise, as God is a spirit, he has no body and consequently no face. In paradise, spirits (angels and our souls) see spirits. We shall see God and angels, not with the eye of the body, nor by the vibrations of cosmic light, but with the spiritual eye, with the soul's intellectual perception, elevated by a supernatural influx from God. As in ordinary vision, the image of an object is impressed on the retina, so in the beatific vision, the perfect image of God will be reflected on the soul, impressing on it a vivid representation of him. We shall thus enjoy an intellectual possession of him, very different from our possession of earthly things.

4. That angels as well as God are bodiless beings, is also clearly. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Invaluable. Unmistakably Clear.

Shocking … because that which was made plain from the beginning is indeed plainly obvious.

It may seem masked, hidden, and made mysterious because we’ve erred in discerning truth from error, preferring contortion, confusion, and confounding, over thought-to-be blasphe

Much to learn in this book.

B. H. Roberts clearly defends the doctrine of Deity and explains the nature of God. It was interesting to see the other view of the Godhead.

I highly recommend this book. The foreword was written by my absolute favorite philosopher at BYU, Dr. David L. Paulsen. During his lifetime, B. H. Roberts, the author, was affectionately known as "defender of the faith"- I often think of Susan Easton Black as the current "defender of the faith", th