of the Christian world think God is one being that manifests himself in three forms (The Trinity) based on a decision made by a group of men in 325 a.D. Those men never claimed to be prophets or that the document was given as a revelation of God but a consensus that took years to come into existence because of the disagreements to get to what it is. Many revisions exist of the Nicene Creed. The LDS Church does not adopt the creed, it is not Biblical, it is not prophetic. I read it and don't see many things that we should not agree with, it even says that there should be only one Universal Church, called there Catholic (Universal) and Apostolic (which word makes me think of the Apostles who did receive revelation) and one baptism.If the Christian churches out there that adopted the creed read it carefully they should dissolve their incorporations and either join the Roman Catholic Church or the LDS Church as both claim to carry the priesthood (authority and power) given by Christ to Peter. But then, something is very wrong in the Christian world because they are divided and they do baptize each other into the other religions, the Roman Catholic church, mother of all the other churches, accepting those baptisms although the priests are not ordained with power from the Pope... except baptisms from the LDS Church. This tells a lot about both the authority and power of the Catholic Church and all the churches that sprung from it (Anglican, Orthodox, Protestants, etc.) We do not belong to the followers of the Nicene creed but we do believe there should be only one church and that the Trinity is composed of three gods: The Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost. Here is an example of the incomprehensible understanding of God expressed by some churches:
There is but one only living and true God, who is infinite in being and perfection, a most pure spirit, invisible, without body, parts, or passions, immutable, immense, eternal, incomprehensible, almighty, most wise, most holy, most free, most absolute, working all things according to the counsel of His own immutable and most righteous will, for His own glory; most loving, gracious, merciful, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin; the rewarder of them that diligently seek Him; and withal most just and terrible in His judgments, hating all sin, and who will by no means clear the guilty.(...) In the unity of the Godhead there be three Persons of one substance, power, and eternity; God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. The Father is of none, neither begotten nor proceeding; the Son is eternally begotten of the Father; the Holy Ghost eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son.
Interestingly enough in the baptism of Christ, Christ is in the water and a voice from Heaven says he is His son and they see the Holy Ghost descend upon him like a dove - according to this descruiption of the Trinity, the baptism of Christ a very theatrical thing where Jesus (for them Father in Heaven) is being a ventriloquist so they people think to hear a voice from Heaven stating that the person in the water (Christ) is His (the Fahter's) beloved Son. Also, Christ is being an illusionist as he produces the Holy Ghost' appearance in the form of a dove since it is Him (Christ who is in the water) showing himself as a dove at the same time. The answer they have to this is in the first paragraph I guess: that God is incomprehensible. But then, John would tell them all "“Now this is eternal life; that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.” (John 17:3).How can we know a God that is incomprehensible and a God which definition is so confusing? Well, a boy testified in 1830 that he went to a grove to ask God which church he should join and a dark power came upon him and he could not pray anymore. Then the power of the Holy Ghost came upon him and he saw this light that came from heaven descending gradually upon him, dissipating all darkness. In the light he saw two personages that were beyond description. One called him by name and
pointing to the other, said: "This is my beloved son. Hear Him." Those were two men: the Father and the Son. We know they are two separate beings because of revelation and not the decisions of men, not biblical, not prophetic. This vision of the young prophet Joseph Smith Jr. fits the experiences of Moses and other ancient prophets that described that God had a face, hands, back, feet, etc. Anyone can google those terms associated with God and see that it is a fact. Christ after his resurrection ate fish and honey to prove the apostles he was not a ghost. Let's follow what the Bible says and let's follow living prophets. God is a man and we can know Him, He is our Father, He wants us to know Him, He wants us to accept His Son, Jesus Christ who was resurrected with a body of flesh and bones, his body, glorified and immortal and we believe we will also be resurrected and have our eternal bodies and live with them, gods and angels, with bodies that are likewise glorified. I hope this make sense.
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