![]() ![]() “It doesn’t take from our worship of the Eternal Father, to adore our Eternal Mother, any more than it diminishes the love we bear our earthly fathers, to include our earthly mothers in our affections. Widtsoe, “Everlasting Motherhood,” Millennial Star 90, May 10, 1928: 298 and A Rational Theology: As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1937: 69) a mother who possesses the attributes of Godhood.” And “since we have a Father, who is our God, we must also have a mother, who possesses the attributes of Godhood.” (John A. Oaks, “Apostasy and Restoration,” Ensign 25 (May 1995): 84) Our highest aspiration is to be like them.” (Dallin H. “Our theology begins with heavenly parents. Canon’s Lecture,” Salt Lake Daily Herald 14, April 15, 1884, 8.) we are the offspring of Him and His wife.” (George Q. Widtsoe, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1954: 51) in the image of our father and our mother, the image of our God.” (Brigham Young, Discourses of Brigham Young, ed. Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose.” (“The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” Ensign Nov. ![]() Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny. “All human beings-male and female-are created in the image of God. Nonetheless, it seems an extremely valuable resource to actually have before us at least a small sampling of what church authorities have said from then til now when we discuss this important doctrine. The quotes themselves are clearly in the public domain, but it still feels a bit like plagiarism. All credit goes to them. I thought a good companion to Jonathan’s recent post would be a list of quotations by church authorities on Heavenly Mother found in Paulsen’s & Pulido’s recent BYU studies article, “A Mother There.” I do not list them in the same order as they’re found in the article, nor do I list all of the quotations found in their article (not to mention the hundreds more that they’ve accumulated) – but let me be clear about the fact that I’ve culled them directly from the article. ![]()
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