All About Mormons

The idea that Mormons do not believe in the Trinity is not accurate, although many Mormons (and even some Mormon leaders) claim that they are not Trinitarian. I suspect this rejection of the "Trinitarian" label is born of the Mormon rejection of the Nicene Creed. The truth is, Trinitarians also believe that "God the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit are three separate beings that are one in purpose and supremacy," just as Mormons do. In contrast to "modalism," an early Christian heresy that taught that God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost are one, Trinitarians believe that the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are as much three as they are one. It is true, however, that the Mormon view of the Trinity is subtly different than the orthodox view. Mormon belief actually comes very close to the concept of "social Trinity" described by the Catholic theologian Karl Rahner and the Protestant theologian Jürgen Moltmann.