I just wrote a blog post on this subject (with a video of the talk & everything!), but wanted to bring it here for discussion also.
Jeffery R. Holland, an Apostle in the LDS Church, gave a talk on the subject of whether the LDS view of the Godhead is Christian or not. What it gets down to is whether or not the Mormon view of the Godhead is supported by the New Testament or the Nicene view of the Trinity is supported by the New Testament. Elder Holland makes it crystal clear that Mormons view of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost being three separate beings, but united in purpose IS what is taught in the New Testament.
I especially loved this quote, from a fourth-century monk. I'm assuming it was shortly after the councils defined the trinity - “Woe is me! They have taken my God away from me, . . . and I know not whom to adore or to address."
You often hear that Mormons worship a "different Jesus." That may be the case, but the Jesus that Mormons worship is the Jesus found in the New Testament.
Jeffery R. Holland, an Apostle in the LDS Church, gave a talk on the subject of whether the LDS view of the Godhead is Christian or not. What it gets down to is whether or not the Mormon view of the Godhead is supported by the New Testament or the Nicene view of the Trinity is supported by the New Testament. Elder Holland makes it crystal clear that Mormons view of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost being three separate beings, but united in purpose IS what is taught in the New Testament.
I especially loved this quote, from a fourth-century monk. I'm assuming it was shortly after the councils defined the trinity - “Woe is me! They have taken my God away from me, . . . and I know not whom to adore or to address."
You often hear that Mormons worship a "different Jesus." That may be the case, but the Jesus that Mormons worship is the Jesus found in the New Testament.