Mormon theism, the traditional christian concept of God, and Greek philosophy: A critical analysis

From: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society | Date: December 1, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

One of the charges leveled against traditional Christian theology is that its concept of God, otherwise known as the classical Christian concept of God, is the result of Greek philosophical thought significantly shaping, indeed corrupting, the way in which church Fathers, councils, theologians, and philosophers have interpreted the phenomenon of God found in Scripture.

A number of scholars in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), popularly known as the Mormon church, believe that the truth of this charge helps ground their unique theology.2 For the necessity of the founding ...

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