The Apostasy
• Really??? Doctrine and
Covenants 1:30??? Sounds
so… rude.
Wilford Woodruff Video
A Search for Truth (15mins)
http://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2010-07-02-a-search-for-truth?lang=eng
The Apostasy
• The Piano was invented in 1698 by an
Italian, Bartolomeo Cristofori.
• There are over 12,000 parts in a piano,
10,000 which are moving.
• There is approximately 18 tons of
pressure being exerted by the stretched
piano strings.
• The first note is A and the last note of
the keyboard is C.
• "You can tune a piano, but you can't
tuna fish"
The Apostasy
Which keys could we do away
with?
How is the gospel like a
piano?
17 points of the true church
(story).
17 Points of the True Church
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The true church must bear the name of Jesus Christ (Eph 5:23)
The true church must have a foundation of Apostles and Prophets (Eph 2:19-20)
The true church must have the same organization as Christ's Church (Eph 4:11-14)
The true church must claim divine authority (Heb 4:4-10)
The true church must have no paid ministry (Acts 20:33-34; John 10:11-13)
The true church must baptize by immersion (Matt 3:13-16)
The true church must bestow the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands (Acts 8:14-17)
The true church must practice divine healing (Mark 3:14-15)
The true church must teach that God and Jesus are separate and distinct individuals (John 17:11; 20:17)
The true church must teach that God and Jesus have bodies of flesh and bone (Luke 23:36-39; Acts 1:9-11;
Heb 1:1-3)
The officers must be called by God (Heb 5:4; Ex 28:1; 40:13-16)
The true church must claim revelation from God (Amos 3:7)
The true church must be a missionary church (Matt 28:19-20)
The true church must be a restored church (Acts 3:19-20)
The true church must practice baptism for the dead (1Cor 15:16&29)
"By their fruits ye shall know them." (Matt 7:20)
The Foundation
Ephesians 2:19-21, 4:11-14
What evidences do we have that an Apostasy
occurred?
2 Thessalonians 2:1-3
APOSTASY OR RESTORATION EVENTS
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30
33
33-96
Christ born
Began ministry
Crucified
Apostles taught and were killed off
“James was killed in Jerusalem by Herod. Peter and Paul died in
Rome. Tradition holds that Philip went to the East. Much more
than this we do not know.
“They scattered; they taught, testified, and established the
Church. And they died for their beliefs, and with their deaths
came the dark centuries of apostasy.
“The most precious thing lost in the Apostasy was the authority
held by the Twelve—the priesthood keys. For the Church to
be His Church, there must be a Quorum of the Twelve who hold
the keys and confer them on others”(“The
Twelve,” Ensign orLiahona, May 2008, 84).
APOSTASY OR RESTORATION EVENTS
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30
33
33-96
320
785
1000
1100
Christ born
Began ministry
Crucified
Apostles taught and were killed off
Constantine holds council at Nicea
Second Nicean Council- Saint Worship
Pope Joan (?)
Great Schism
APOSTASY OR RESTORATION EVENTS (con’t)
1200
1300
1492
1515
1523
1534
1540
1560
Pope Innocent III – Indulgences / Printing Press
Renaissance
Columbus
Martin Luther
Martin Luther excommunicated
Henry VIII – Episcopalian Church
John Calvin - Presbyterians
John Knox – Puritans
“As the centuries passed, the flame flickered and dimmed.
Ordinances were changed or abandoned. The line was broken,
and the authority to confer the Holy Ghost as a gift was gone.
The Dark Ages of apostasy settled over the world” (“The Cloven
Tongues of Fire,” Ensign, May 2000, 8).
APOSTASY OR RESTORATION EVENTS (con’t)
1620
1776
1805
1820
1829
1830
Puritans move to Boston
Revolutionary War
Joseph Smith born
First Vision
The Priesthood is Restored
The Church is Restored
Who has a testimony of the Apostasy and
Restoration?
The Apostasy and Restoration
Elder Holland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDYJ5Ql-Qhc (2min clip)
The Apostasy and Restoration
Elder Holland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDYJ5Ql-Qhc (2min clip)