Apostasy
Falling away from gospel truth and authority, individually or as a whole church.
Also known as: Falling Away
106 documents · 6 libraries · 1971–2024
Gospel Topics overview
Emphasis over time
Peak: 7 documents in 1977
Documents tagged with this topic each year. Libraries cover different years (Liahona starts in 2021), so the rate compares eras more fairly than the count.
Where it lives
- General Conference90 documents
- Scripture Central10 documents
- BYU Speeches2 documents
- Interpreter2 documents
- BYU Studies1 document
- Gospel Topics and Questions1 document
Latest
Scripture Central
Why Was a Restoration Necessary? (opens in a new tab)
Dec 2024
General Conference
In the Space of Not Many Years (opens in a new tab)
David A. Bednar · Oct 2024
General Conference
It Is Wisdom in the Lord That We Should Have the Book of Mormon (opens in a new tab)
Mark L. Pace · Apr 2024
Scripture Central
What Does the Parable of the Wheat and Tares Teach about the Apostasy? (opens in a new tab)
Scripture Central · Apr 2024
General Conference
The Prodigal and the Road That Leads Home (opens in a new tab)
Dieter F. Uchtdorf · Oct 2023
Scripture Central
What Does the New Testament Teach about the Great Apostasy? (opens in a new tab)
Oct 2023
Interpreter
Book Review: Temple Mysticism: An Introduction, by Margaret Barker (opens in a new tab)
Kevin Christensen · 2013
Interpreter
The Cultural Context of Nephite Apostasy (opens in a new tab)
Mark Alan Wright, Brant A. Gardner · 2012
BYU Studies
What Does It Mean to Be a Christian? (opens in a new tab)
David L. Paulsen · 2008
BYU Speeches
Faith, Reason, Knowledge, and Truth (opens in a new tab)
Richard N Williams · Feb 2000
Earliest
General Conference
Kingdom of God (opens in a new tab)
Theodore M. Burton · Apr 1971
Most frequent voices
- Boyd K. Packer6 documents
- James E. Faust6 documents
- LeGrand Richards6 documents
- M. Russell Ballard6 documents
- Gordon B. Hinckley5 documents
- Bruce R. McConkie3 documents
- Charles Didier3 documents
- Dallin H. Oaks3 documents
- Harold B. Lee3 documents
- Mark E. Petersen3 documents
- N. Eldon Tanner3 documents
- Spencer W. Kimball3 documents
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