“If Jesus Christ was the Son of God, and [the apostle] John [in Revelation 1:6] discovered that God the Father of Jesus Christ had a Father [i.e. the Grandfather], you may suppose that He had a Father also [i.e. the Great-Grandfather]. Where was there ever a son without a father? And where was there ever a father without first being a son? Whenever did a tree or anything spring into existence without a progenitor? And everything comes in this way.” — Joseph Smith (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith <16 June 1844> page 373)