Tag: Theosis

More engagement with a Mormon (a different one this time). On Mormonism as a Form of Gnostic Arianism No, it’s because the Mormon Jesus is equivocal with the Christian Jesus. In other words, the Mormon Jesus is not understood to be the second person of the Trinity (along with the Father and Holy Spirit), i.e., not ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑠 (of the same exact being) with the Father and the Holy Spirit. The Mormon Jesus, at best, is a philosophical demiurge deployed by the Father (who alone is God) to point the LDS to their inherent need to be freed from the physical…