“The doctrine of Christ with roles as a Father as well as a Son was the source of some confusion and contention in Book of Mormon times. One of the most skillful and cunning of adversaries in the Book of Mormon … was Zeezrom. He used the complexity of this doctrine to try to trap new missionary Amulek … .
“There are ways in which Christ is so united with his Father that in some assignments he rightfully plays a fatherly role and rightfully bears the title of Father in doing so.
“The fundamental … doctrine of the Son-as-Father is illuminated more definitively in the Book of Mormon than in any other revelation” (Holland, Christ and the New Covenant, 182–83).