The Godhead

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are one God, infinite and eternal, without end. Amen. Doctrine & Covenants 20:28

Some have thought that Doctrine and Covenants 20:28 seems to convey the notion that there are not three Gods but one. Joseph Smith’s first vision represents the beginning of the revelation of God to man our day, and it shows clearly that the Father and the Son are distinct personages and distinct Gods. And yet there is a unity, a divine indwelling relationship that exists among the members of the Godhead such that they are infinitely more one than they are separate. Their oneness may be described as follows: They are three separate persons, each of whom possesses all the attributes of godliness in perfection. Further, they are a completely united, divine community of beings whose oneness is occasionally expressed in the scriptural formula “they are one God” (2 Nephi 31:21; Alma 11:44; 3 Nephi 11:23-25; Mormon 7:7). Their oneness a lesson, a signal, a call for all true disciples to like wise be one. (Robert L. Millet and Lloyd D. Newell. Draw Near Unto Me: Daily Reflections on the Doctrine and Covenants. 67)