Trinity?

Could the Book of Mormon feasibly be used to argue for trinitarianism? Is it possible it actually teaches the Trinity or does it clearly teach some other concept of the Godhead?

Most explicit trinitarian statements

2Ne 31:21; Alma 11:44; Morm 7:7

Oneness

God is one

1Ne 13:41; 2Ne 31:21; Mosiah 15:4–5; Alma 11:28–29, 35, 44; 14:5; 33:1?; Morm 7:7

Threeness

Father, Son, Holy Spirit triadic pattern

1Ne 10:17; 12:18; 2Ne 31:12–14, 18, 21; Jacob 6:8; Mosiah 3:19; 15:5; Alma 11:44; 34:38; 3Ne 11:25, 27; Morm 5:16; 7:7; Ether 5:4; 12:41; Moro 4:3; 5:2; 6:4; 7:32; 10:4

Distinction between the persons

Unity of the persons

3Ne 11:27; 20:35

Intra-trinitarian love

Holy Spirit is a person

Equality

The Father is fully God

Main topic: Father is God

Jesus is fully God

Main topic: Jesus is God
1Ne 19:7–13; 22:20–21; 2Ne 1:10; 10:3, 7; 11:7; 26:12; Omni 1:25–26; Mosiah 13:33–34; Hel 8:22–23; 3Ne 11:14; Morm 3:21

The Holy Spirit is fully God

Main topic: Holy Spirit is God

Perichoresis (mutual indwelling)

3Ne 9:15; 11:27

Distinction

Father holds primacy in role

Son begotten of Father

Son sent by Father

Spirit sent by Father and Son

Economy of the Trinity

Or does the Book of Mormon actually teach modalism?

Possible modalist passages

1Ne 19:10; 2Ne 9:5; 25:12; Mosiah 3:5, 8; 7:27; 13:28, 34; 15:1–5, 7; 16:15; 17:8; Alma 11:26–40; Hel 14:12; 16:18; 3Ne 1:14; 12:48; Morm 3:21; 5:17; 9:11–12; Ether 3:14–16; 4:7–12 — and in the first edition: 1Ne 11:18, 21, 32; 13:40

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