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Old 01-08-2008, 08:40 PM   #51
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Originally Posted by Tex View Post
Dare I through the 5th Lecture on Faith into this discussion? Though we don't have firm authority on the exact author, JS without a doubt approved it if not actually wrote it.

While he does detail 2 personages in that lecture, we also have him speaking of the Father as a personage of spirit.

It does seem as though even Joseph's understanding of the Godhead grew over time.
Tex, I think the Lectures on Faith are a good example. I think there is a bit of a presentist bias when we discuss the first vision and it sometime spills over into an issue when people have trouble reconciling the different accounts.
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