# Brigham Young on Theosis — He [God] . . . was once a man in mortal flesh as…

> He [God] . . . was once a man in mortal flesh as…

— Brigham Young


He [God] . . . was once a man in mortal flesh as we are, and is now an exalted being . . . It appears ridiculous to the world, under their darkened and erroneous traditions, that God has once been a finite being.

**Tags:** mormon authorities, theosis