What About The Sermon, "The Christian Godhead: Plurality Of Gods?"

Recorded in Vol. VI of the Utah Church’s history are some purported remarks by Joseph Smith on the subject of the plurality of gods. This is another so-called sermon which was never printed, let alone endorsed by Joseph Smith during his lifetime. An interesting quote from this document reads as follows:

I will preach on the plurality of Gods. I have selected this text for that express purpose. I wish to declare I have always and in all congregations when I have preached on the subject of the Deity, it has been the plurality of Gods. It has been preached by the Elders for fifteen years. (History of the Church, Vol. VI, p. 474)

With all of the scriptures which have been quoted in this essay from the Bible, Book of Mormon, and the revelations accepted by the Church during the life of Joseph Smith, it is nothing short of preposterous for someone, whoever that was, to represent Joseph as claiming that the Elders of the Church had endorsed the teaching of the plurality of gods since before the Church’s founding in 1830. There is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that any Latter Day Saint minister preached on this subject with the approval of Joseph Smith or the Church at any time during Joseph’s tenure as it’s leader. All one has to do is to study the Lectures of Faith, a series of theological lectures which were included in the 1835 edition of the Doctrine and Covenants to know where the stance of the Church rested in regard to the concept of God. Once again, unless there is additional evidence to the contrary, this supposed sermon on the plurality of gods which was reportedly preached less than one month before his death cannot in any way be classified as a true teaching of Joseph Smith.