Wilford Woodruff reports Joseph teaching that the Father was a Saviour on a previous earth like Jesus is for our earth.

Date
Jan 30, 1842
Type
Speech / Court Transcript
Source
Joseph Smith, Jr.
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Summary
Reference

Discourse, January 30, 1842, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed April 9, 2022

Scribe/Publisher
Wilford Woodruff
People
Joseph Smith, Jr.
Audience
N/A
Transcription

Jan 30[th] [1842] Joseph the Seer taught the following principles that the God & father of our Lord Jesus Christ was once the same as the Son or Holy Ghost bothaving [both having] redeemed a world became the eternal God of that world he had a son Jesus Christ who redeemed this earth the same as his father had a world which made them equal & the Holy Ghost would do the same in his turn & so would all the Saint

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