Evangelical Outpost noted this post, itself a link to another, explaining how the Nicene Creed would read if it conformed to the theology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It may be instructive to those who don't know the difference between orthodoxy and Mormon belief.
He Lives: The LDS Nicene Creed
I came across this provocative post on This Side of Glory. The writer modifies the venerable Nicene Creed to reflect LDS theology:The original post, with the notes, can be found here.
We believe inone God, the main God of a number of Gods(1), who acquired His place as Supreme Being over a long period of time by living a righteous life(2), the Father Almighty,Makerone of the Makers (3) of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible (and Who is married, by the way) (4);
And in one Lord Jesus Christ,the Son of God, one of the spirit children of God (Lucifer being another), (5) the Only-begotten, Begotten of the Father before all worlds, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, Begotten, not made;of one essence with the Father(6) by whom all things were made: Who won God's favor by agreeing with God's plan of salvation when Lucifer disagreed,(7) and who was called Jehovah in the Old Testament(8).
Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate ofthe Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, of a physical relationship between God the Father and Mary, (9) and was made man, and was married at the wedding in Cana(10).
And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried;
And the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures;
And ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of the Father in the celestial kingdom, the highest of the three kingdoms of heaven;(11) And He and Joseph Smith (12) shall come again with glory to judge the quick and the dead, Whose kingdom shall have no end. [the rest]
He Lives: The LDS Nicene Creed
I saw an LDS reworking of scripture using the Athanasian Creed that went something like this:
ReplyDeleteHe saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, "Thou art one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the persons, nor dividing the substance. For there is one person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, is all one; the glory equal, the majesty coeternal. Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Ghost. The Father uncreate, the Son uncreate, and the Holy Ghost uncreate. The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, and the Holy Ghost incomprehensible. The Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Ghost eternal. And yet there are not three eternals, but one eternal."
And Jesus said, "What?"