Apostasy of the Early Christian Church

The Great Apostasy, loss of priesthood authority after the apostles.

49 documents · 9 libraries · 1971–2026

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Peak: 6 documents in 2024

197119801990200020102026

1971198019902000201020202026

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General Conference15 documents
BYU Studies8 documents
Scripture Central7 documents
Interpreter5 documents
Religious Educator5 documents
BYU Speeches4 documents
Gospel Topics and Questions2 documents
Liahona Articles2 documents
Journal of Book of Mormon Studies1 document

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Interpreter
40 Questions on Latter-day Saint Religion: Sincere, Frequently Respectful, Too Often Polemical (opens in a new tab)
Jeff Lindsay · 2026
Liahona Articles
Jesus Christ Has Restored His Church (opens in a new tab)
Kofi Sosu · Jan 2025
Interpreter
“Our Hands Have Handled”: Ensuring the Reassuring Doctrine of the Resurrection in the Lucan and Johannine Writings (opens in a new tab)
Matthew L. Bowen · 2025
Scripture Central
Why Was a Restoration Necessary? (opens in a new tab)
Dec 2024
Scripture Central
How Does 3 Nephi Dovetail with the So-Called Forty-Day Literature? (opens in a new tab)
Oct 2024
Scripture Central
Parallels with Christ's 40-Day Ministry (opens in a new tab)
Oct 2024
BYU Studies
Ten Views on the Falling Away (opens in a new tab)
John Gee · 2024
Liahona Articles
Grateful for Living Prophets and Apostles (opens in a new tab)
Oct 2023
Interpreter
An Unexpected Case for an Anthropomorphic God (opens in a new tab)
Daniel C. Peterson · 2022
BYU Studies
Narrating Religious Heritage (opens in a new tab)
Miranda Wilcox · 2021

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General Conference
The Message of the Restoration (opens in a new tab)
A. Theodore Tuttle · Apr 1971

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