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==Pregunta: ¿Los Santos de los Últimos Días creen en una persona divina femenina, una "Madre Celestial" como contraparte de Dios, el Padre Celestial?==
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===Latter-day Saints infer the existence of a Heavenly Mother through scripture and modern revelation===

Because LDS theology rejects the doctrine of creation out of nothing ([[creatio ex nihilo]]) as a post-Biblical addition to Christian belief, and because they see God as [[Corporeality_of_God|embodied in human form]] while rejecting creedal [[Godhead_and_the_Trinity|Trinitarianism]], having a female counterpart to Our Heavenly Father seems logical and almost inevitable.  This is especially true given the LDS embrace of the doctrine of [[Deification_of_man|''theosis'']], or human deification.  Thus, the Heavenly Mother shares parenthood with the Father, and shares His attributes of perfection, holiness, and glory.

There is evidence for this doctrine in ancient Israel,<ref>{{FR-19-1-9}}</ref> and within the Book of Mormon.<ref>See {{NephiAsherah0}}</ref>

As early as 1839, Joseph Smith taught the idea of a Heavenly Mother.<ref>{{EoM1|author=Elaine Anderson Cannon|article=Mother in Heaven|start=961|vol=}}{{link|url=http://ldsfaq.byu.edu/emmain.asp?number=133}}</ref> Eliza R. Snow composed a poem (later set to music) which provides the most well-known expression of this doctrine:<ref>This is Hymn #292 in the current LDS hymnal ("O My Father").  Written at Joseph Smith's death, the poem was originally published as {{TS1|author=Eliza R. Snow|article=Invocation|vol=6|num=17|date=15 November 1845|start=1039}} (See {{PeopleParadox1|start=168}})</ref>

:::In the heav´ns are parents single?<br>No, the thought makes reason stare! <br>Truth is reason; truth eternal <br>Tells me I´ve a mother there. <br>When I leave this frail existence,<br> When I lay this mortal by, <br>Father, Mother, may I meet you <br>In your royal courts on high?<br>

In 1909 the First Presidency, under Joseph F. Smith, wrote that

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man, as a spirit, was begotten and born of heavenly parents, and reared to maturity in the eternal mansions of the Father [as an] offspring of celestial parentage...all men ''and women'' are in the similitude of the universal Father ''and Mother'', and are literally the sons and daughters of Deity....<ref>{{Messages1st4|start=205|end=206}} {{ia}}.  Originally in {{IE|article=[Evolution:Primary_sources:First_Presidency_1909 The Origin of Man]|date=November 1909|vol=13|start=61|end=75|author=First Presidency}}</ref>
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The 1995 statement issued by the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles, entitled <i>The Family: A Proclamation to the World</i>, states that all men and women are children of heavenly parents (plural), which implies the existence of a Mother in Heaven.<ref>{{ProclamationFamily}}</ref>

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All human beings—male and female—are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny.
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[[de:Frage: Glauben Heilige der Letzten Tage an eine weibliche göttliche Person, an eine „Himmlische Mutter”?]]
[[en:Question: Do Latter-day Saints believe in a female divine person, a "Heavenly Mother" as counterpart to God, the Heavenly Father?]]
[[pt:Pergunta: Os Santos dos Últimos Dias acreditam em uma pessoa divina, uma "Mãe Celestial" como contrapartida a Deus, o Pai Celestial?]]