2026 Annotated Edition · Eugene Seaich
Volume 3: Mormon Anthropology
Preexistence, the Heavenly Council, and the Divine Origin of the Soul
What human beings are and where they came from: the preexistence of spirits, the heavenly council’s role in the divine plan, and the ancient roots of the doctrine that the soul has a divine origin. Draws on biblical, pseudepigraphal, and early Christian witnesses.
About this volume
Part of Ancient Texts and Mormonism: Discovering the Roots of the Eternal Gospel in the Ancient Primitive Church (2026 Annotated Edition), Eugene Seaich’s study of ancient texts and Latter-day Saint theology, revised and edited with a foreword by Eric Hendrickson. Print length: 531 pages.
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Seaich’s readings of the ancient sources are his interpretation, not official teaching of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The other volumes
- Volume 1 — Introduction and Proem · What Is Mormonism? Apostasy, Orthodoxy, and the Eternal Gospel
- Volume 2 — The Mormon Concept of Deity · Father, Son, Holy Spirit, and the Divine Council
- Volume 4 — Mormon Soteriology · Grace, Theosis, and the Three Degrees of Glory
- Volume 5 — The Temple · Ancient Temple Symbolism, the Jerusalem Temple, and the Modern Temple
- Volume 6 — Gnosticism and the Book of Abraham · The Nag Hammadi Texts, the Papyri, and the Facsimiles
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