Great Apostasy

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Christian eschatological belief Latter-day Saint doctrine theological concept

The Great Apostasy is a Latter-day Saint belief that Christ’s original church and priesthood authority were lost from the earth after the deaths of the early apostles, necessitating a later restoration.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian eschatological belief ⓘ Latter-day Saint doctrine ⓘ theological concept ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	death of the original apostles of Jesus Christ ⓘ
category	Christian theological controversies ⓘ Latter-day Saint beliefs ⓘ
causeOf	need for a restoration of the gospel ⓘ need for re-establishment of Christ’s church ⓘ need for restoration of priesthood authority ⓘ
claimedResult	fragmentation of Christianity into many churches ⓘ introduction of unauthorized changes to ordinances ⓘ loss of continuous apostolic succession ⓘ loss of divine priesthood keys ⓘ loss of the fullness of the gospel ⓘ
contrastedWith	partial apostasy views in other Christian traditions ⓘ
coreTo	Latter-day Saint restoration narrative ⓘ Latter-day Saint theology ⓘ
describedAs	a corruption of original Christian doctrine and ordinances ⓘ a falling away from Christ’s original church ⓘ a loss of priesthood authority from the earth ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	universal apostasy (in Latter-day Saint usage) ⓘ
implicationForOtherChurches	they lack full priesthood authority in Latter-day Saint belief ⓘ they preserve elements of truth but not the fullness of the gospel in Latter-day Saint belief ⓘ
interpretedBy	Latter-day Saints as a universal apostasy ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
opposedBy	many non-Latter-day Saint Christian theologians ⓘ
precedes	First Vision of Joseph Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Latter-day Saint belief in the Restoration ⓘ restoration of priesthood authority to Joseph Smith ⓘ
relatedConcept	First Vision NERFINISHED ⓘ Restoration (Latter-day Saint belief) NERFINISHED ⓘ apostolic succession ⓘ priesthood authority ⓘ
religiousTradition	Latter-day Saint movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Mormonism NERFINISHED ⓘ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints NERFINISHED ⓘ
scripturalBasisClaimed	1 Timothy 4:1 ⓘ 2 Thessalonians 2:3 ⓘ 2 Timothy 4:3–4 ⓘ Amos 8:11–12 ⓘ
taughtBy	Joseph Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ early Latter-day Saint leaders ⓘ
taughtIn	Latter-day Saint Sunday School curriculum ⓘ Latter-day Saint missionary lessons ⓘ Latter-day Saint seminary and institute programs ⓘ
timePeriod	after the deaths of the early apostles ⓘ
topicOf	Latter-day Saint apologetic and missionary literature ⓘ
viewedByLDSAs	a historical period of general Christian apostasy ⓘ evidence that no existing church in Joseph Smith’s day had full authority ⓘ

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