Category: Lorenzo Snow couplet
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Does Lorenzo Snow’s Famous Couplet No Longer Have a Functioning Place in LDS Theology?
“It is a ‘Mormon’ truism that is current among us and we all accept it, that as man is God once was and as God is man may become.” Apostle Melvin J. Ballard General Conference, April 1921 “From President Snow’s understanding of the teachings of the Prophet on this doctrinal point, he coined the familiar…
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The Lorenzo Snow Couplet’s Subordination & Dependence Dilemma for Mormons
Given both halves of the Lorenzo Snow couplet: “As man now is, God once was. As God now is, man may be.” (a) If we will forever be dependent on and subordinate to our God, then it stands to reason that God himself remains dependent on and subordinate to his own God (our Heavenly Grandfather).…
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Lorenzo Snow Couplet (Defined)
Lorenzo Snow Couplet. Lorenzo Snow, the fifth president and prophet of the mainstream sect of Mormonism, is famous both in and outside of Mormonism for his couplet: “As man is God once was, as God is man may be.” This short couplet summarizes the traditional understanding of what Joseph Smith taught in the “Sermon in…
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What is the Status of the First Half of the Lorenzo Snow Couplet in Mormonism?
By Aaron Shafovaloff“As man is God once was, as God is man may be.”Many non-Mormons make the mistake of either stereotyping Mormons as those who firmly believe in the entirety of the Lorenzo Snow couplet or over-generalizing Mormonism as strongly abandoning the belief. Based on the collective experience of myself and those in the ministry…
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Before God Was God
“After circumlocuting around and around the question, I finally said, ‘Yes, we believe that.'”
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As God Is Man May Be?
By Bill McKeever