Nontrinitarianism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Latter-day Saint movement==== {{see also|Holy Spirit (Christian denominational variations)#Latter Day Saints|l1=Holy Spirit in Mormonism|God in Mormonism}} <!-- This follows [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Latter-day Saints)]] --> In the LDS Church, the Holy Ghost (usually synonymous with Holy Spirit)<ref>{{Cite book |last= Wilson |first= Jerry A. |contribution= Holy Spirit |contribution-url= http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EoM/id/3768 |page= [https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofmo01ludl/page/651 651] |editor-last= Ludlow |editor-first= Daniel H |editor-link= Daniel H. Ludlow |year= 1992 |title= Encyclopedia of Mormonism |location= New York |publisher= [[Macmillan Publishing]] |isbn= 978-0-02-879602-4 |oclc= 24502140 |quote= The Holy Spirit is a term often used to refer to the Holy Ghost. In such cases the Holy Spirit is a personage." |title-link= Encyclopedia of Mormonism }}</ref> is considered to be the third distinct member of the [[Godhead (Mormonism)|Godhead]] (Father, Son and Holy Ghost),<ref>{{Cite book |last= McConkie |first= Joseph Fielding |author-link= Joseph Fielding McConkie |contribution= Holy Ghost |contribution-url= http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EoM/id/3766 |pages= [https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofmo01ludl/page/649 649β651] |editor-last= Ludlow |editor-first= Daniel H |editor-link= Daniel H. Ludlow |year= 1992 |title= Encyclopedia of Mormonism |location= New York |publisher= [[Macmillan Publishing]] |isbn= 978-0-02-879602-4 |oclc= 24502140 |title-link= Encyclopedia of Mormonism }}</ref> and to have a body of "spirit",<ref>[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/131.7-8?lang=eng D&C 131:7β8] ("There is no such thing as immaterial matter. All spirit is matter, but it is more fine or pure, and can only be discerned by purer eyes; We cannot see it; but when our bodies are purified we shall see that it is all matter.")</ref> which makes him unlike the Father and the Son who are said to have bodies "as tangible as man's".<ref name="DC130_22">[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/130.22?lang=eng D&C 130:22].</ref> According to LDS doctrine, the Holy Spirit is believed to be a person,<ref name="DC130_22"/><ref>{{citation |url= https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1974/05/the-holy-ghost?lang=eng |title= The Holy Ghost |first= Marion G. |last= Romney |author-link= Marion G. Romney |date=May 1974 |journal= [[Ensign (LDS magazine)|Ensign]]}}</ref> with a body of spirit, able to pervade all worlds.<ref name="MillennialStarXII">{{cite book |title= Millennial Star |volume= XII |date= October 15, 1850 |pages= 305β309 |url= http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/MStar&CISOPTR=2051&REC=12&CISOSHOW=2013 |access-date= March 30, 2011}}</ref> Latter-day Saints believe that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are part of the Godhead, but that the Father is greater than the Son, and that the Son is greater than the Holy Spirit in position and authority, but not in nature (i.e., they equally share the "God" nature).<ref name="MillennialStarXII"/> They teach that the Father, Son, and Spirit are three ontologically separate, self-aware entities who share a common "God" nature distinct from our "human" nature, who are "One God" in the sense of being united (in the same sense that a husband and wife are said to be "one"), similar to [[Social trinitarianism]]. A number of [[List of sects in the Latter Day Saint movement|Latter Day Saint sects]], most notably the [[Community of Christ]] (the second largest Latter Day Saint denomination), the [[Church of Christ (Temple Lot)]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Basic Beliefs Articles of Faith and Practice|url=http://www.churchofchrist-tl.org/basicBeliefs.html|publisher=Church of Christ|access-date=21 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121163919/http://www.churchofchrist-tl.org/basicBeliefs.html|archive-date=21 January 2015}}</ref> and derived groups, follow a traditional Protestant trinitarian theology. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page