1. Metaphysics: LDS COSMOLOGY 2 Module 16: 1

2. LDS COSMOLOGY 1: An Everlasting Covenant Made In Heaven 2: Differentiating Holy Ghost & Holy Spirit 3: God’s Omnipotence, Omniscience, Omnipresence 4: LDS Cosmology 5: Abominable Creeds 2

3. Three Divine Beings In One Eternal Godhead FATHER SONHOLY GHOST 123 HOLY SPIRIT FULNESS Light & Truth GLORY 4 THREE DISTINCT PERSONAGESONE DIVINE SUBSTANCE + Infinite Eternal 5 ONE ETERNAL GODHEAD Infinite Eternal Omnipotence Omniscience Omnipresence = FATHER SON HOLY GHOST THREE DIVINE BEINGS ONE DIVINE NATURE The Holy Spirit is a Divine Substance and the power by which the Godhead operates throughout the immensity of space and by which it is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent. 3

4. Charles W. Penrose: “As I have previously explained, God is not every where present personally, but He is omnipresent in the power of that spirit—the Holy Spirit—which animates all created things … This Spirit which pervades all things which is the light and life of all things, by which our Heavenly Father operates, by which He is omnipotent [omniscient and omnipresent] never had a beginning and never will have an end. It is the light of truth; it is the spirit of intelligence … And we are told … that this Spirit, when it is manifest, is God moving in His glory. When we look up to the heavens and behold the starry worlds, which are kingdoms, we behold God moving in His majesty and His power. Now, this Spirit always existed; it always operated, but it is not, understood, and cannot be comprehended except through organisms. If you see a blade of grass you see a manifestation of that Spirit which is called God. If you see an animal of any kind on the face of the earth having life, there is a manifestation of that Spirit. If you see a man you behold its most perfect earthly manifestation. God’s Omnipotence, Omniscience & Omnipresence 4

5. And if you see a glorified man, a man who has passed through the various grades of being, who has overcome all things who has been raised from the dead, who has been quickened by this Spirit in its fulness, there you see manifested, in its perfection, this eternal, beginningless, endless spirit of intelligence. Such a Being is our Father and our God, and we are following in His footsteps. He comprehends all things, because in Him dwelleth the fullness of the Godhead, bodily. He is a perfect manifestation, expression and revelation of this eternal essence, this spirit of eternal everlasting intelligence or light of truth. It is embodied in His spiritual personality or spiritual organism … [in short] … The perfection of its manifestation is in the personality of a being called God. That is a person who has passed through all the gradations of being, and who contains within Himself the fullness, manifested and expressed, of this divine Spirit which is called God.” (JD 26:21-25). 5

6. LDS COSMOLOGY 1: An Everlasting Covenant Made In Heaven 2: Differentiating Holy Ghost & Holy Spirit 3: God’s Omnipotence, Omniscience, Omnipresence 4: LDS Cosmology (Metaphysically Given) 5: Abominable Creeds Cosmology: From the Greek, kosmos "world" and logia "study of", is the study of the origin, evolution, and eventual fate of the universe. (Wikipedia.org) The branch of philosophy dealing with the origin and general structure of the universe, with its parts, elements, and laws, and especially with such of its characteristics as space, time, causality, and freedom. (Dictionary.com) 6

7. Christian, Judaic, Islamic Absolutism of God (Primacy of Consciousness) GOD OUTSIDE THE BOX Get Out of the Box Absolutism of Reality (Primacy of Existence) Get Along with the BoxBecome One with the Box Greek / Pagan MythologyEastern Mysticism GOD IS THE BOX (ABIDE AND ABOUND) (ASCETICISM AND TRANSCENDENCE)(EXTREME QUIETISM / OBLIVION) GOD INSIDE THE BOX NIRVANA creatio ex nihilo Pantheism (Mixed Premises) creatio ex materia E ternalism APOSTASYRESTORATION The Key to Unraveling the Mysteries of Eternalism and God’s Divine Nature THE HOLY SPIRIT 7

8. SPIRIT Not a Divine Being But a Divine Substance ABSOLUTISM OF REALITY / PRIMACY OF EXISTENCE GOD INSIDE THE BOX 8

9. Parley P. Pratt Key to the Science of Theology Eighth: “There is a divine substance, fluid or essence, called spirit, widely diffused among these eternal elements. This spiritual substance is the most refined, subtle, and powerful element in the universe. It is the light, life, power, and principle of all things. This divine element, or spirit, is the immediate, active or controlling agent in all holy miraculous powers... By this Divine Spirit all things were formed … and all in accordance with the laws of nature, it being perfectly natural for the subordinate elements to obey the supreme, all-controlling, all-pervading element, under the directing power of Deity.” (KST, p. 64, 67). The Holy Spirit Not a Divine Being But a Divine Substance 9

10. “THE METAPHYSICALLY GIVEN” 10

11. Matter 1. SPACE IS BOUNDLESS AND FILLED WITH MATTER Brigham Young: Brigham Young: “Eternity is without bounds, and is filled with matter; and there is no such place as empty space.” (JD 7:2). 11

12. Matter 2. PRIMARY ELEMENTS ETERNAL (Uncreated and Indestructible) Charles W. Penrose: Charles W. Penrose: “When you go right down to the primary elements, they never had a beginning, they will never have an end. For in their primal condition they are not ‘created’.” (JD 26:27). 12

13. MATTERIAL Matter MATERIAL Matter 3. ALL THINGS ARE MATERIAL (Immateriality Denied) Erastus Snow: Erastus Snow: “We read about material and immaterial things … but in truth there is no such thing as immaterial substance.” (JD 19:272). 13

14. Intelligent, Animate, Spirit Matter Acting Matter 4. TWO KINDS OF PRIMAL MATTER (2 Nephi 2:14) THINGS WHICH ACT Non-Acting Matter Non-intelligent, Inanimate, Gross Matter THINGS WHICH ARE ACTED UPON 14

15. Intelligent, Animate, Spirit Matter Spirit Matter THINGS WHICH ACT D&C 88:13: D&C 88:13: The light which is in all things, which giveth life to all things, which is the law by which all things are governed, even the power of God who sitteth upon his throne, who is in the bosom of eternity, who is in the midst of all things. 5. SPIRIT MATTER IS LIGHT & LIFE WITHIN ALL THINGS 15

16. Spirit Matter ENERGY Matter Intelligent, Animate, Spirit Matter Spirit Matter THINGS WHICH ACT 6. SPIRIT A MATERIAL, TANGIBLE SUBSTANCE Charles W. Penrose: Charles W. Penrose: Spirit is a substance, it is not immaterial; it may have some properties that are different from that which we see and handle, which we call matter, but it is a reality, a substantial reality.” (JD 26:22). 16

17. Spirit Matter Non-Acting Matter 7. ALL MATTER IS CAPACITATED TO RECEIVE INTELLIGENCE Brigham Young: Brigham Young: “[All] Matter is capacitated to receive intelligence … matter can be organized and brought forth into intelligence, and to continue to increase in that intelligence.” (JD 7:2-3) There Is No Immaterial Substance Hence No Mind/Body Dichotomy 17

18. EVIL EVIL 8. LIGHT AND TRUTH FORSAKE THAT EVIL ONE Spirit Matter D&C 93:29; 88:40: D&C 93:29; 88:40: “Intelligence, or the light of truth, was not created or made, neither can be … light and truth forsake that evil one.” 18

19. Non-Acting Matter 9. LIGHT CLEAVETH UNTO LIGHT D&C 88:40: D&C 88:40: Intelligence cleaveth unto intelligence; light cleaveth unto light. Spirit Matter Non-Acting Matter Spirit Matter 19

20. ENERGY Matter Spirit Matter ENERGY Matter Spirit Matter ENERGY Matter Spirit Matter ENERGY Matter Spirit Matter ENERGY Matter Spirit Matter ENERGY Matter Spirit Matter ENERGY Matter Spirit Matter 10. LIGHT CLEAVETH TO LIGHT CREATING A SEA OF SPIRIT MATTER D&C 88:40: D&C 88:40: Intelligence cleaveth unto intelligence; light cleaveth unto light. 20

21. Charles W. Penrose: Charles W. Penrose: “This spirit which pervades all things... It is the light of truth; it is the spirit of intelligence.” (JD 26:23). 11. THIS SEA OF SPIRIT MATTER FILLS THE IMMENSITY OF SPACE 21

22. 12. THIS SPIRIT MATTER EXISTS IN AND THROUGH, AND ROUND ABOUT ALL THINGS. Spirit Matter Charles W. Penrose: Charles W. Penrose: “The elements of that eternal spirit which exists in and through and round about all things... never had a beginning and will never have an end. There was no beginning and there will be no end to its operations.” (JD:26:27-28). 22

23. Spirit Matter Orson Pratt: Orson Pratt: “It is this same Spirit that acts in connexion with the Father and Son in governing all things in the heavens and upon the earth, and through all the boundless extent of space.” (JD 2: 340) 13. THIS SPIRIT MATTER IS THE LAW BY WHICH ALL THINGS IN HEAVEN AND UPON EARTH ARE GOVERNED 23

24. Spirit Matter Orson Pratt: Orson Pratt: “Portions of this Spirit, we say, exist throughout every part of space, and they perform all the work of governing, and keeping that perfect harmony which we behold in all nature. All nature is by these means made to submit to the great law of oneness.” (JD 2:341) 14. THE MATERIAL AGENT WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR UNITY, ONENESS AND PERFECT HARMONY OF UNIVERSE 24

25. Orson Pratt: Orson Pratt: “Cause this oneness, this union among the particles of the Spirit, to cease, and you would soon see all things go into confusion. Take away this Spirit, and you would immediately see some things going up, others down; some moving horizontally; one portion of the earth would divide from the other; one part would be flying here and another there.” (JD:2:340) 15. WITHDRAW HOLY SPIRIT AND ALL THINGS BOTH IN HEAVEN AND UPON EARTH WOULD COME UNDONE Matter 25

26. THE OMNIPOTENCE OF GOD Parley P. Pratt: Parley P. Pratt: “There is a divine substance, fluid or essence, called spirit, widely diffused among these eternal elements … It is the light, life, power, and principle of all things … the supreme, all-controlling, all-pervading element, under the directing power of Deity.” (KTST, p. 64, 67). 17. POWER BY WHICH GOD IS OMNIPOTENT 26

27. THE OMNISCIENCE OF GOD Brigham Young: Brigham Young: “God is here; his influence fills immensity. He has his messengers throughout all the works of his hands. He watches every one of his creatures: their acts, their affections, and thoughts are all known to him; for his intelligence and power fill immensity. Not that his person does, but his Spirit does.” (JD 7:159) 18. POWER BY WHICH GOD IS OMNISCIENT 27

28. THE OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD Charles W. Penrose: Charles W. Penrose: “As I have previously explained, God is not everywhere present personally, but He is omnipresent in the power of that spirit – the Holy Spirit – which animates all created things.” (JD 26:23) 19. POWER BY WHICH GOD IS OMNIPRESENT 28

29. THE UNITY AND ONENESS OF GOD Brigham Young: Brigham Young: “The Father and I are one, you disciples and I are one; it is quite a curiosity, but it is as true as it is curious. It is nothing more than a key-word to exaltation, glory, power, and excellency, by which principalities, kingdoms, dominions, and eternal lives will surround us.” (JD 1:272) 20. HOLY SPIRIT ACCOUNTS FOR UNITY AND ONENESS OF GODHEAD 29

30. ONE DIVINE SUBSTANCE AND AN INFINITE NUMBER OF DIVINE BEINGS Orson Pratt: Orson Pratt: “Well, these three are called one, are they not? Yes, they are called one. Jesus prays that all his disciples may be made one, as he and the Father are one. If ever that prayer is answered, then, in one sense of the word, there would only be one God, but, in another sense of the word, there would not only be three, but a great many personal beings called gods.” (JD 19:319) 21. ONE ETERNAL SPIRIT DWELLS IN INFINITE NUMBER OF GODS: 30

31. THE MAN MADE AND THE METAPHYSICALLY GIVEN 31

32. NO ENTITY WITHOUT IDENTITY MAN MADE METAPHYSICALLY GIVEN IS A TREE A CHAIR? A NEWLY CREATED ENTITY WITH A NEWLY CREATED IDENTITY DOES THE MAN MADE VIOLATE THE LAW OF IDENTITY? (NECESSARY / HAD TO BE) (CHOSEN / DIDN’T HAVE TO BE) 32

33. NO ENTITY WITHOUT IDENTITY GOD MADE METAPHYSICALLY GIVEN IS PRIMAL MATTER A TREE? A NEWLY CREATED ENTITY WITH A NEWLY CREATED IDENTITY DOES THE GOD MADE VIOLATE THE LAW OF IDENTITY? (NECESSARY / HAD TO BE) (CHOSEN / DIDN’T HAVE TO BE) PrimalMatter Primal Matter 33

34. METAPHYSICALLY GIVEN FOR GOD UNORGANIZED MATTER UNORGANIZED MATTER METAPHYSICALLY GIVEN GOD MADE Organized Matter New Entities / New Identities CHOSEN CHOSEN MAN MADE Organized Matter New Entities / New Identities METAPHYSICALLY GIVEN FOR MAN METAPHYSICALLY GIVEN FOR MAN 34

35. LDS COSMOLOGY 1: An Everlasting Covenant Made In Heaven 2: Differentiating Holy Ghost & Holy Spirit 3: God’s Omnipotence, Omniscience, Omnipresence 4: LDS Cosmology 5: Abominable Creeds 35

36. An Everlasting Covenant 3 Holy Ghost Spirit Personage God the Third, the Revelator 2 Jesus Christ Glorified Body God the Second, the Redeemer 1 God the Father Glorified Body God the First, the Creator Three Gods In One Godhead Unity of Purpose and Will One Spirit plus B.H. Roberts: “‘I and my Father are one,’ refers to a moral union— to a perfect union of purpose and will—not to a unity or identity of substance, or essence,” (Seventy’s Year Book, No. III, p, 215). Omnipresent, Omniscient and Omnipotent 4 Holy Spirit Divine Substance Infinite & Eternal Whereby a Plurality of God’s are: 36

37. 3 Holy Ghost Spirit Personage 2 Jesus Christ Glorified Body 1 God the Father Glorified Body Theological Confusion: Three Gods In One They First Confuse Holy Ghost and Holy Spirit as One in Essence 4 Holy Spirit Divine Substance Infinite & Eternal Omnipresent, Omniscient and Omnipotent Whereby a Plurality of God’s are: 37

38. Holy Ghost Spirit Personage 2 Jesus Christ Glorified Body 1 God the Father Glorified Body Theological Confusion: Three Gods In One They First Confuse Holy Ghost and Holy Spirit as One in Essence Holy Spirit Divine Substance Infinite & Eternal Omnipresent, Omniscient and Omnipotent Whereby a Plurality of God’s are: 3 Thereby Mixing Up a Divine Personage with a Divine Substance 38

39. Holy Ghost Spirit Personage Theological Confusion: Three Gods In One Holy Spirit Divine Substance Infinite & Eternal Omnipresent, Omniscient and Omnipotent Whereby a Plurality of God’s are: 3 2 Jesus Christ Glorified Body 1 God the Father Is a Spirit Thereby Mixing Up All Three Divine Personages with a Divine Substance They Add to the Confusion by Attributing All of the Convoluted Attributes of the Holy Ghost with the Other Two Members of the Godhead 39

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