AboutRay McIntyre Expertise All but homework questions. I will answer questions about the Early Church of the Restoration, the LDS and RLDS / Community of Christ as well as differences between them.
Experience Former LDS Elder; former Community of Christ Elder
Question I am a former mormon, now Christian. My understanding is that RLDS/community of Christ accepts the belief of the trinity, my LDS family says it's not possiable because the BOM and Joseph Smith saw 2 persons. What is the RLDS understand of this. My family likes to poke fun at my trinity belief.
Answer The Community of Christ does have a Trinitarian belief. From the Community of Christ website:www.cofchrist.org
God
The one eternal, living God is triune: one God in three persons. The God who meets us in the testimony of Israel is the same God who meets us in Jesus Christ, and who indwells creation as the Holy Spirit. God is the Eternal Creator, the source of love, life, and truth. God actively loves and cares for each person. All things that exist owe their being to God who alone is worthy of our worship.
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is "God with us," the Son of God, and the living expression of God in the flesh. Jesus Christ lived, was crucified, died, and rose again. The nature, love, and purpose of God are most clearly seen in Jesus Christ, our Savior.
Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the continuing presence of God in the world. The Spirit works in our minds and hearts through intelligence, comfort, guidance, love, and power to sustain, inspire, and remake us.
You might also like to remind your family that while Joseph Smith jr saw the Father and Jesus Christ he was under the influence of the Holy Spirit because he was in prayer.
