Incarnation (Christianity)

===The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism)===
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According to [[Latter-day Saint theology]], two of the three [[List of Latter Day Saint movement topics#Latter Day Saint doctrines regarding deity|divine beings]] of the [[God in Mormonism|Godhead]] have perfected, glorified, physical bodies, namely [[God the Father]] ([[Mormonism and Judaism#Nature of God|Elohim]]) and [[God the Son]] ([[Jehovah]]). Instead of considering the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost as one in ''substance'' or ''essence'' with one another, Latter-day Saints understand the oneness of the Godhead as symbolic of Their perfectly united characteristics and purpose, while yet acknowledging that they are three separate and distinct beings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/eng/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/130|title=Doctrine and Covenants 130|website=www.churchofjesuschrist.org|accessdate=December 22, 2021}}</ref> To explain this divergence from Trinitarian oneness as literal rather than symbolic, Latter-day Saints commonly cite <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abn.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2007/10/the-only-true-god-and-jesus-christ-whom-he-hath-sent?lang=eng&adobe_mc_ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fgeneral-conference%2F2007%2F10%2Fthe-only-true-god-and-jesus-christ-whom-he-hath-sent%3Flang%3Deng&adobe_mc_sdid=SDID%3D79043BC462C4403C-490D1F185E7FA996%7CMCORGID%3D66C5485451E56AAE0A490D45%2540AdobeOrg%7CTS%3D1631896676|title=The Only True God and Jesus Christ Whom He Hath Sent|accessdate=December 22, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/eng/general-conference/2013/04/the-father-and-the-son|title=The Father and the Son| first=Elder Christoffel Jr. | last=Golden |website=www.churchofjesuschrist.org|accessdate=December 22, 2021}}</ref> Christ's Intercessory Prayer in John 17:20-23, which reads:
*"I do not ask for these [disciples] only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2017&version=ESV|title=Bible Gateway passage: John 17 - English Standard Version|website=Bible Gateway|accessdate=December 22, 2021}}</ref>

This conception of the Godhead differs from the [[Trinitarian]] view of the Incarnation in which only [[God the Son]], temporarily possessed an incarnated, physical body while God the Father is and has always remained unembodied. Despite these differences, Latter-day Saint doctrine accepts a similar version of so-called [[ethical monotheism]] (which developed out of the [[Jewish tradition]]), in that Latter-day Saints believe that the Light of Christ (alternatively referred to as the Spirit of Christ) emanates from God the Son throughout the world, thereby influencing all people everywhere to do good and eschew evil. This teaching is best exemplified in the Book of Mormon in Moroni 7:13-19, which states:
* "Wherefore, all things which are good cometh of God; and that which is evil cometh of the devil; for the devil is an enemy unto God, and fighteth against him continually, and inviteth and enticeth to sin, and to do that which is evil continually. But behold, that which is of God inviteth and enticeth to do good continually; wherefore, every thing which inviteth and enticeth to do good, and to love God, and to serve him, is inspired of God...For behold, the Spirit of Christ is given to every man, that he may know good from evil; wherefore, I show unto you the way to judge; for every thing which inviteth to do good, and to persuade to believe in Christ, is sent forth by the power and gift of Christ; wherefore ye may know with a perfect knowledge it is of God. But whatsoever thing persuadeth men to do evil, and believe not in Christ, and deny him, and serve not God, then ye may know with a perfect knowledge it is of the devil...Wherefore, I beseech of you, brethren, that ye should search diligently in the light of Christ that ye may know good from evil; and if ye will lay hold upon every good thing, and condemn it not, ye certainly will be a child of Christ."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/eng/scriptures/bofm/moro/7|title=Moroni 7|website=www.churchofjesuschrist.org|accessdate=December 22, 2021}}</ref>