<Ul> <Li> Those groups which have Arian Christology such as Jehovah's Witnesses may identify some appearances of angels, particularly the archangel Michael, as Christophanies, but not theophanies . </Li> <Li> Those groups with early Unitarian or Socinian Christology such as Christadelphians and the Church of God General Conference identify the Angel of the Lord in the Old Testament much as Jews do, simply as angels . Early Christadelphians, notably John Thomas (1870) and C.C. Walker (1929) integrated angelic theophanies and God as revealed in his various divine names into a doctrine of God Manifestation which carries on into a Unitarian understanding of God's theophany in Christ and God being manifested in resurrected believers . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Those groups which have Arian Christology such as Jehovah's Witnesses may identify some appearances of angels, particularly the archangel Michael, as Christophanies, but not theophanies . </Li> <Li> Those groups with early Unitarian or Socinian Christology such as Christadelphians and the Church of God General Conference identify the Angel of the Lord in the Old Testament much as Jews do, simply as angels . Early Christadelphians, notably John Thomas (1870) and C.C. Walker (1929) integrated angelic theophanies and God as revealed in his various divine names into a doctrine of God Manifestation which carries on into a Unitarian understanding of God's theophany in Christ and God being manifested in resurrected believers . </Li> <P> Joseph Smith, the prophet and founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, said that when he was 14 years old, he was visited by God the Father and Jesus Christ in a grove of trees near his house, a theophany in answer to his spoken prayer . This "First Vision" is considered to be the founding event of the Latter Day Saint movement . The Book of Mormon describes other hierophanies and theophanies that occurred in the New World . </P>

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