What is your interpretation of the last

[exUte]

sentence of the Testimony of the Three Witnesses in the Book of Mormon?

[ilmf]

Originally Posted by exUte

sentence of the Testimony of the Three Witnesses in the Book of Mormon?

For those of us who don't have their scriptures handy, could you post that sentence?

[exUte]

Originally Posted by ilmf

For those of us who don't have their scriptures handy, could you post that sentence?

"And the honor be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, which is one God. Amen."

Is it simply a reflection of what they believed at the time..... 'one God'?

[ilmf]

Originally Posted by exUte

"And the honor be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, which is one God. Amen."

Is it simply a reflection of what they believed at the time..... 'one God'?

Maybe they were following Joseph's first account of the First Vision, which was that he saw one being.

[BYU71]

Originally Posted by exUte

"And the honor be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, which is one God. Amen."

Is it simply a reflection of what they believed at the time..... 'one God'?

One purpose. Pretty sure that is how it was explained to me when it shows up in the Book of Mormon somewhere.

[exUte]

Originally Posted by ilmf

Maybe they were following Joseph's first account of the First Vision, which was that he saw one being.

I must have missed that one. He didn't see two personages or he changed his account later in life?

[ilmf]

Originally Posted by exUte

I must have missed that one. He didn't see two personages or he changed his account later in life?

You could Google it but you'll start hitting anti-Mormon sites. It's in one of the first few chapters of Bushman's biography of JS, "Rough Stone Rolling", I think chapter 2.

When you say "Huh?", I imagine your internal reaction is similar to what mine was, which was, "Why am I only finding this out at age 35?!".

[Jim Swarthout]

Originally Posted by exUte

I must have missed that one. He didn't see two personages or he changed his account later in life?

here's a good comparison of the various versions of the FV (not an anti site):

http://www.annuitech.com/ms/ftp/Jim/ComparisonChart.pdf