ETERNAL PROGRESSION

ETERNAL PROGRESSION
   the MORMON DOCTRINE of existence which theorizes a SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION FORM for humanity resulting in the DEIFICATION of men who become "Gods." The idea was summed up by the MORMON APOSTLE, Lorenzo Snow, who said "As man is, God was. As God is, man will become."

Concise dictionary of Religion. 2012.

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