In one sense of the word, there are
more Gods than one; and in another sense there is but one God. The Scriptures
speak of more Gods than one. Moses was called a God to Aaron, in plain terms;
and our Saviour, when speaking upon this subject, says, "If the Scriptures
called them Gods unto whom the word of God came, why is it that you should seek
to persecute me, and kill me, because I testify that I am the Son of God?"
This in substance was the word of our Saviour; those to whom the word of God
came, are called Gods, according to his testimony. All these beings of course
are one, the same as the Father and the Son are one. The Son is called God, and
so is the Father, and in some places the Holy Ghost is called God, They are one
in power, in wisdom, in knowledge, and in the inheritance of celestial glory;
they are one in their works; they possess all things, and all things are
subject to them; they act in unison; and if one has power to become the Father
of spirits, so has another; if one God can propagate his species, and raise up
spirits after his own image and likeness, and call them his sons and daughters,
so can all other Gods that become like him, do the same thing; consequently,
there will be many Fathers, and there will be many families, and many sons and
daughters; and they will be the children of those glorified, celestial beings
that are counted worthy to be Gods. (Orson Pratt, "Celestial
Marriage," August 29, 1852; JOD 1:56-57)
